Reduce the need and cost of bearing greasing

For the Food and Beverage Industry, the consequences of ineffective lubrication can be catastrophic; excessive downtime, food and operator safety risks including monitoring of additional HACCP, and ultimately an expensive toll on the maintenance budget.

Is it time to re-think your bearing maintenance and move to relubrication-free or greased-for-life bearing technologies?

How new thinking about bearing greasing can impact goals, such as:

Food safety compliance
Remove HACCP points in
your food safety program

Cost reduction
Reduce planned and unplanned
downtime and maintenance costs

Asset availability
Improve Original Equipment
Effectiveness (OEE)

UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs)
Reduce grease waste
and clean-up disposal

Re-thinking lubrication to meet day-to-day pressures

 Given the pressure to constantly reduce cost, prevent food contamination, and increase environmental responsibility, a traditional lubrication management approach may no longer be effective.
 A minor change and new thinking on greasing bearings or not can make the difference.

Considering the shift to relubrication-free bearing technologies?

Here are some options that simultaneously provide food and operator safety, cost reductions, potential 
increase in OEE and environmental benefits.

Remove the need to re-lubricate and avoid unnecessary risks to food safety

Reduce corrosion and risk of contamination

Reduce ingress of process material, and breathing in bearings from rapid temperature shifts

Reliable, grease-free performance in high and extreme temperatures

Use frying oil to grease the bearing