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new machine lubrication concept

09/17/2009 12:08 PM

new machine lubrication concept


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It is worthy to note an MIT study calculated that six to seven percent of America's Gross National Product is spent repairing wear damage caused by poor lubrication. Those numbers are from a dow corning advertisement. Crunching the numbers using 14 trillion x 7% = 980 billion. Figure about 5 million high school seniors per year in the country. If we do the math in round numbers that is about $200,000 per high school senior each year. If we could just save 50% thru better lubricators we would certainly be more competitive.
I am in the process of developing a pneumatic frl type machine lubricator that makes it possible to detect, monitor and control each and every drop of oil dispensed into the airstream of a machine using compressed air. It is in the prototype stage and has been demonstrated to work as described. You can understand that it has the potential to impact all of industry since it is difficult to manufacture any product in quantity without using various machines that use compressed air. It should reduce downtime and increase thruput due to extended life of all pneumatic machine components including air solenoids, cylinders and air motors. There should be a residual savings of energy as well due to less air loss from reduction of seal wear and constant lubrication. Is this something that you would have applications for or do you know someone who has applications for it? 610-340-4637 brucesu1@verizon.net
Bruce Sunderland

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Re: new machine lubrication concept

09/17/2009 1:04 PM

I work for a company who designs, distributes, and installs automatic lubrication systems every day. Our systems operate on a wide range of applications, from large scale lubrication systems to lubricate all the machinery in a (for example) steel mill, to automatic grease systems used on mobile equipment, to pneumatic lubrication systems for shop air systems.

If you do have a Improved system, and would like to chat, we are a distributor, and are always looking for the most cutting edge technology to help our customers improve efficiency, and reduce downtime.

It always amazes me how inexpensive (small profits) lube systems are, and how much they help in equipment maintenance. Any Lube system is always worth the investment in the long run.

(lubrication is probably the smallest division of the company, overshadowed by pneumatics/automation/hydraulics)

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09/28/2009 1:15 PM

Yes I would like to discuss this opportunity with you.

Bruce Sunderland

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