APE ROBOVIBE, Operating And Maintenance Manual

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VIBRATORY DRIVER/
EXTRACTOR
IV. MAINTENANCE AND ADJUSTMENTS
E. LUBRICATION
1. Vibration Case
The oil level is easily read through the sight glass located at the lower center of
the vibration case on the motor side. Lubricating oil may be added when
necessary, through the hole in the vibration case top plate, after removing the
pipe plug. To drain the case, remove the pipe plug at the end of the base plate.
Tilt the case for complete drainage.
The preferred lubricating oil for APE vibration cases is “High Moly” oil (Schaeffer
268). Longer intervals between oil changes and fewer maintenance hours
spent on mechanical service can generally be realized with this oil.
Therefore, whenever the "first preferred" oil is not available, or desired, and an
alternate oil is selected, it will be necessary to test and/or change the oil at
shorter intervals.
Extensive tests have indicated that the use of Schaeffer 268 results in cooler
operation and extended bearing and gear life.
a. The vibration case lubricant installed at the factory is Schaeffer 268 but the
following gear lubes may be used when changing lubricants:
FIRST Preference Group:
SCHAEFFER 268
SECOND Preference Group:
MOBIL SHC-634
BORON Gearep 140
CHEVRON Gear Comp. NL460
CITGO Premium MP 85W-140
CITGO Standard MP 85W-140
GULF Lub 85W-140 Lub 85W-140
PHILLIPS MP 85W-140
SHELL Omala 460 Omala 460
SUN Sunep 1110
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