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2.Lubricants
2. Lubricants
2.1 General information
Lubricants are used specifically for certain
application purposes. In order to fulfil their
tasks, lubricants must fulfil various require-
ments to varying extents. The most impor-
tant requirements for lubricants are:
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reduction of abrasion and wear
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corrosion protection
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noise minimisation
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protection against contamination or
penetration of foreign objects
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cooling (primarily with oils)
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longevity (physical/ chemical stability)
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compatibility with as large a number of
materials as possible
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economic and ecological aspects
2.2 Selection of lubricants
SKF considers lubricants to be an element
of system design. A suitable lubricant is se-
lected already when designing the machine
and forms the basis for the planning of a
centralized lubrication system.
The selection is made by the manufacturer/
operator of the machine, preferably together
with the lubricant supplier based on the re-
quirement profile defined.
Should you have little or no experience with
the selection of lubricants for centralized lu-
brication systems, please contact SKF.
If required we will be glad to support cus-
tomers to select suitable components for
feeding the selected lubricant and to plan
and design their centralized lubrication
system.
You will avoid possible costly downtimes
through damage to your machine/ system
or damage to the centralized lubrication
system.
Only lubricants specified for the
product may be used. Unsuitable
lubricants may lead to a failure of
the product.
Do not mix lubricants. This may
have unforeseeable effects on
the usability and therefore on the
function of the centralized lubri-
cation system.
Due to the multitude of possible
additives, it is possible that indi-
vidual lubricants, which according
to the manufacturer's data sheets
fulfil the necessary specification,
are not in fact suitable for use in
centralized lubrication systems
(e.g. incompatibility between
synthetic lubricants and materi-
als). In order to avoid this, always
use lubricants tested by SKF.
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