Development of Automatic Grease Lubricator for Gas Generation Type of Galvanic Electricity

Automatic grease lubricator is an equipment that provides adequate amount of fresh grease constantly to the shaft and bearings of machines. It minimizes the friction heat and reduces the friction loss of machines to the least. This paper is developing an automatic grease lubricator using a mode of the gas generation type from galvanic electricity. The ultimate goal of this equipment is to lubricate an adequate amount of grease with galvanic corrosion. In an electrolyte, combining anode(Mo) with cathode(Zn) is pressing out hydrogen gas of an galvanic element with galvanic reaction. The characteristics of this method is continuous flowing small hydrogen gas and controling the usage of the amount of the generation of hydrogen gas. The exterior body of grease lubricator was analyzed by Digital Mock-up of CATIA V5 and finite element analysis. The maximum stress is distributed over the outlet part where the grease lubricator suddenly narrowly contracts. The outlet part is analyzed with different constructed angle due to the different loading and setting angles. Using the analyzed design, RP trial products were producted and tested.