Automatic Lubrication Systems for Deep Hole Drills
I retrofitted automatic lubrication on a deep hole drilling machine that was having way wear problems. The operators were supposed to grease the ways every morning, but it was not happening consistently. Some ways were dry, some were over-greased, and the machine was losing accuracy over time. The automatic system solved all of those problems. Here is what I learned from the retrofit and from installing systems on three machines since then. ...