To all Bijur Delimon distributors:
BDI is pleased to announce the addition of model 55105 Lube Point Monitor to our product family. This monitor can be mounted at or near the inlet on critical lube points. The 55105 can be fed oil or grease from any Dualine/PDI or Series Progressive lubrication system.
For more information visit www.bijurdelimon.com or call (800) 631-0168.
~ Bijur Delimon International
Bijur Delimon International participated in Hydrovision 2010 in Charlotte, NC July 27th-29th, 2010. This was the largest gathering of the year for Hydropower professionals from throughout the world. Nearly 3,000 people attended and there were over 250 exhibitors at the show. BDI featured our Farval Dualine Systems which are the industry standard for turbine wicket gate lubrication.
In addition, our sister companies SM Seals, Flexider Industrial and Hellan Fluid Strainers also participated.
HydroVision 2010 booth
Bijur Delimon section
Hellan Strainers section
SM Seals section
Flexider section
HydroVision 2010 group
We have added 2 new products to our website:
The SC400 Controller is a full featured lubrication control, offering “two plus one” functionality: Two independent lubrication zones may be programmed with a single controller, plus control of one automatic reservoir fill system.
The Oil Streak Sensor is designed to detect oil traces in the air tube, down to 5mm3/min. The product has been designed using a master and slave concept. The slave sensors may be piggybacked to the master sensor, up to a maximum of 3, or may be remotely connected via an interconnecting cable.
Check them out and see if they would be useful additions for your business.
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.
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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.
Read Full Article from Machinery Lubrication Magazine
-Mark Barnes, Noria Corporation, “Lubrication – Maintenance Cost or Opportunity?”. Machinery Lubrication Magazine. July 2005
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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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
