March 4th, 2010
Bijur Delimon is now on YouTube! We will be updating our Channel with helpful videos for various lubrication products. We’ve started off with two of our manual lubricators, the L5P and the L18P. Included in these videos you will find a product overview, maintenance and replacement part numbers. This is just the beginning! Check out our YouTube Channel by clicking the link below.
Also, if there’s a product you’d like to see a video on please let us know in the comments section. We’re listening!
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February 16th, 2010
The Resources section on bijurdelimon.com has officially launched. Here you have access to our Application Success library, which is continually being expanded. Below you will find some of the new Application Success additions to the section. If there are any industries or products you’d like to see featured in an Application story feel free to let us know in the comments section.
Mobile Off-road & On-road
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January 18th, 2010
Bijur Delimon is pleased to introduce a new tool we believe can assist you in evaluating if an automatic lubrication system is right for you. Our Application Success stories will provide you with a short description of a “real world” application and the advantages of installing an automatic lubrication system provided.
Our first set of Application stories is for mobile off-road vehicles. Lubrication is critical for all vehicles found in this demanding environment. Please follow the links below to see how Bijur Delimon International was able to keep a variety of vehicles “on the job”.
-Jim Carse
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January 11th, 2010
To those in the maintenance department, precision lubrication is a no-brainer. It stands to reason that lubrication excellence is a good investment. Put simply, machines run better when they are properly lubricated. However, for those in other parts of the organization who don’t understand the nuances of elastohydrodynamic lubrication, lithium complex grease thickeners or filtration beta ratios (or perhaps don’t care!), spending money on lubrication upgrades and improvements is simply another overhead cost. From this viewpoint, lubrication, like every other cost, should be minimized to help the organization survive in today’s ultracompetitive global marketplace.
So how do we convince management that spending money on lubrication and other reliability-based maintenance improvement initiatives is a good idea? After all, we in maintenance understand that such improvements must make a difference. Surely management should be able to see the value that improved lubrication can have on equipment and productivity.
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-Mark Barnes, Noria Corporation, “Lubrication – Maintenance Cost or Opportunity?”. Machinery Lubrication Magazine. July 2005
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January 10th, 2010
Maintaining properly lubricated machinery is an important part of any lubrication program. Without administering lubricant at correct intervals with the proper amount, a machine can experience costly failures. Centralized lubrication systems are a common tool used in industry to distribute a precise amount of lubricant to specific locations at specific times through the use of programmable timers, lubricant pumps and lubricant injectors.
Centralized lubrication systems were introduced in the mid-1930s. Since then, much research has concentrated on resolving the flow issues of viscous lubricants, such as grease, to deliver the fluid properly to its designated points. Advancements in technology have created today’s centralized lubrication systems with precise delivery methods for a wide range of industrial applications. Centralized lubrication systems are sometimes referred to as automatic lubrication systems because they are completely or mostly computerized in the process of lubricant dispensing. These systems eliminate the risk of human error and increase precision when an application requires the lubrication of many components on numerous machines.
Centralized lubrication can deliver either grease or oil to a lubrication point. The basic operation of a centralized system includes the following: The system controller and injectors are preset to deliver a specific amount of lubricant at a specific interval. To deliver the lubricant, the lubricant pump is activated by the controller, via an air solenoid. This builds pressure in the lines, causing the grease to flow out of the injectors. A pressure switch is incorporated in the system to deactivate the pump once the lubricant injection is complete. In the last step of this process, the system directs any lubricant remaining in the lines back into the reservoir by venting.
Technological advancements have created many products for controlling and monitoring centralized lubrication systems that further increase the precision and reliability of these systems. Lubricant injectors, system plumbing and lubricant reservoirs are commonly monitored by alarms. An alert signal is sent when an undesirable flow pattern exists or when the lubricant reservoir is low. Incorporating such alarms into a system is useful in preventive maintenance. Furthermore, to prolong maintenance intervals, high-capacity lubricant reservoirs can be incorporated into the systems and typically hold double the volume of the common system reservoir.
-Derek Destefano and Nguyen Truong, Noria Corporation, “Selecting Centralized Lubrication Systems”. Machinery Lubrication Magazine. November 2007.
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January 9th, 2010
In a study conducted by a major component manufacturer, it was determined that over 50% of bearing failures were the result of improper lubrication. Inadequate lubrication and bearing contamination were the two biggest contributors to improper lubrication.
Automated lubrication systems can end the “feast or famine” conditions associated with manual lubrication. Too much lubrication creates safety or environmental hazards while too little lubrication causes bearing friction and wear. An automatic lubrication system ends this cycle by applying smaller amounts of lubricant frequently while the equipment is running. This keeps your machine in the “Optimum Lubrication Zone”.
Manual lubrication constantly introduces contaminants to the bearing causing premature wear and failure. The closed system design of an automatic system keeps contaminants out allowing for longer bearing life and less downtime.
Please contact Bijur Delimon’s experienced team of regional sales managers and application engineers. They can help you determine which system is best for your application.
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January 8th, 2010
Welcome to a New Year and the new Bijur Delimon Lubrication Blog. We are launching this blog to share our many years of experience in assisting customers with evaluating or optimizing the use of automatic lubrication systems on their equipment. Our goal is to offer helpful tips on everything from grease guns and single point lubricators to complex centralized lubrication systems covering hundreds of bearings.
You can expect to see future articles from many different field and applications people who will share their decades of experience with you. We hope this site will offer timely and in-depth content that will keep our readers up to date with the latest industry trends. Check back Monday (01/11) for our new Application Success stories!
We want to hear from you too. What topics would you find valuable? Please let us know if you have an idea. Our blog is intended to provide features and content for you. Thanks in advance for your feedback.
-Jim Carse
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