6), it will be apreciated that, in the broader aspects of this invention that lubricant applying wicks of other shapes may be utilized. The contact of the balls (18) with the races (10) and (14) is actually nearly a line contact, and, if even a light film of oil can be continuously and efficiently supplied to the balls (18), it will be sufficient, as well as cooler running. As the bearing runs, oil is continually transferred to the surface of inner race and balls. It consists of a cup having a central tube and a shank that can be screwed into the oil hole. Safety-lock throttle lever prevents . . 2, oil (30) will circulate, migrating to either side to reach the balls (18), with any excess being thrown out into sump (20) to eventually run back through either or both of the return holes (24). 3 illustrating the end of a spherical, self-aligning bearing member; FIG. Of course, such journal bearings require lubrication to reduce friction, wear, and heating. 3 through 5, a wick element is indicated generally at (36). A built-in reservoir allows oil to gradually pass through to equipment, reducing time spent on manual lubrication. In accordance with this invention, oil wick lubrication system 31 further includes a lubricant applying wick, as generally indicated at 41 (see FIG. Wick oilers are used in applications where precise oiling is required. Other objects and features of this invention will be in part apparent and in part pointed out hereinafter. Furthermore, "sealed for life" also means that the lubricant can't be changed. 1; FIG. In the splash lubricating system (fig. Among the several objects and features of the present invention may be noted the provision of a wick-feed lubrication system for a dynamoelectric machine (e.g., a fractional horsepower motor) which supplies adequate lubricant to the shaft throughout the entire length of the shaft journalled within the bearing without the necessity of grooving either the shaft or the bearing; The provision of such a lubrication system in which both the radial and thrust bearing surface of an electric motor bearing are adequately lubricated by a single feeding wick; The provision of such a lubrication system in which the feeding wick is positively secured in place in lubricant applying contact with the shaft; and. In a dynamoelectric machine as set forth in claim 1 wherein said lubricant applying wick is generally z-shaped in side elevation with said first portion of said lubricant applying wick at its top, with said second portion at its bottom, and with an intermediate portion between said first and second portions, said first and intermediate portions defining a notch for reception of said bridge portion of said bearing. Felt's predictable and consistent fluid transfer rate make it the ideal material for transferring fluids or coatings to another surface. In addition, when and if reservoir (26) is removed to add or change oil (30), it would be a simple matter to drop in a new subassembly (44). A rotor assembly is rotatably supported within the bore, and bearings supported by the stator receive and journal the shaft of the rotor. Check that the oil temperature is high enough. 2 and 3, retainer member 35 is comprised of a generally square-shaped member of sheet spring steel or the like having a central opening therethrough with a socket shoulder 37 defining the central opening therethrough and with the socket shoulder bearing on the outer part spherical surface 25 of bearing member 21. 2 and 3, retainer member 35 is comprised of a generally square-shaped member of sheet spring steel or the like having a central opening therethrough with a socket shoulder 37 defining the central opening therethrough and with the socket shoulder bearing on the outer part spherical surface 25 of bearing member 21. They 'float' on a thin film of oil that is forced under pressure into . Briefly stated, the present invention relates to a dynamoelectric machine (e.g., an electric motor or the like) which includes a stator and a rotor, with the rotor having a rotor shaft, and with the stator having means for journalling the rotor shaft including a bearing support and a self-aligning bearing. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line 2--2 of FIG. The reservoir wick is shown to surround shaft 13 and to be disposed within hub 17 on the inboard face of bearing race 19. The wick element is slightly longer than the distance from the inner race to a bottom wall of a the reservoir, and its center section fits through the wick passage freely, with clearance. Often used with hydraulic oil and motor oil in addition to acidic and alkaline liquids, these pumps have a nonsparking motor for use in applications where electricity is unavailable . Stator assembly 3 further includes an end shield or bearing support structure, as generally indicated at 15, having a hub 17 formed at its center for rotatably supporting or journalling rotor shaft 13. Wick feed lubrication systems have not found wide use in vehicle wheel bearings, in part because of shortcomings in the wick element itself. When installed, the wick element and supporting spring are . Engine influence the efficiency of the choice of the lubricant. The shaft surface speed in this case is 30 rev/sec 5 in. Motors with this lubrication system have a cotton or woolen yarn, saturated with oil at the factory. 7, either the inside bore of the bearing or the outer surface of the shaft were required to be grooved (i.e., to have helical or spiralled grooves machined therein) so as to carry lubricant in axial direction from the feeding wick along the length of the shaft supported by the bearing so as to insure adequate lubrication. 7 is a view similar to FIG. Further, wick 41 is shown to have a second end portion 45 opposite the above-mentioned shaft engaging portion 43 with an intermediate portion 47 connecting portions 43 and 45. 3. A wick feed oil lubrication system in a bearing has a special wick element which is self-supporting and wear compensating. Oil may be introduced to the bearing housing in many ways. Check the pressure level in a lubrication system: Step 1. 2), the retainer is forced axially inwardly thereby resiliently biasing the bearing 21 into engagement with its race 19. Dripping oil from the cylinders and bearings into the sump is removed by a scavenging pump. Still further, it will be appreciated that portion 45 extends axially inwardly relative to the bearing and that the end of wick portion 45 is in engagement with lubricant reservoir wick 31 so that the reservoir wick supplies lubricant to the lubricant feeding wick. Other objects and features of this invention will be in part apparent and in part pointed out hereinafter. To work properly, the inner end of the wick has to be kept in rubbing . The wick is a soft, oil absorbent material capable of capillary action. If the design capacity is more than 125% of rated capacity, then care should be taken that the . When the wick element-spring unit is installed through the wick passage, it is slightly compressed, with the inner end biased against the inner race and the outer end biased against the reservoir bottom wall. c) ladder lubricator system. b) Wet sump lubrication system. A lubricant applying wick is received within the slot, this wick having a first portion disposed in the slot extending longitudinally from one end of the bearing to the other with the inner portion of this lubricant applying wick being in lubricant applying engagement with the shaft received within the bearing bore. Further, it will be noted in FIG. Standards CE Certified; EAC Certified. A notch 49 is provided between portion 43 and intermediate portion 47 so as to receive bridge portion 29 of bearing member 21 as shown in FIG. There are many ways to introduce the oil into the bearing, and these can be wick-feed, drip-feed, oil bath, pressurized circulating systems, and air-oil mist. Medium hard felt wick has density from 0.26 grams/cm3 to 0.32 grams/cm3 and hard grade refers to 0.36 grams/cm3 and above . UNSPSC 27131511. Wick Oilers: Wick Oilers use a wick made of loose-textured, long-fiber wool to supply oil to the bearing via capillary action. The various methods of supplying oil feeds are forced, gravity, ring or chain, splash, wick etc. 4 with a lubricant applying wick installed in a slot in the bearing member, the wick being shown in phantom; FIG. Functions of Engine Lubricating System. Wick Lubricator iii. The recommended minimum temperature is typically at least 120F. Owner name: A needle valve adjusts the rate of flow, which may be seen as drops passing through the window beneath the glass reservoir. Typically, the motor includes a rotor shaft, a bearing support and a self-aligning bearing supported thereby journalling the rotor shaft of the motor. Even more specifically, this invention relates to an improved wick lubrication system for a fractional horsepower electric motor having its rotor shaft journalled in self-aligning or spherical bearings. Frequent lubrication helps prevent premature gear failure and helps . 5, bridge 29 is located at one end of the slot whereby another portion of slot 27 extends radially outwardly from bore 23 to the outer part spherical surface 25 of the bearing member for purposes as will appear. Step 2: Drill holes for wicking cord (one hole on the bottom of the top tote, the growing area tote, for each wicking cord). As shown in FIGS. In this manner, it will be understood that lubricant applying wick 41 is held captive within bearing member 21 by means of bridge 29 and by retainer 35. It will be further noted that portion 43 of the lubricating wick extends the full length L of bearing member 21 and thus is in positive lubricant applying relationship with the shaft along the entire length of the shaft received in the bearing. Such a twist lock retainer is more fully disclosed in the coassigned U.S. patent, now U.S. Pat. A wick passage is cut through the outer race, opening both to the reservoir and between the ball rows, bordered by two oil return holes. Turbine lubrication: Practical guidelines. Further, a lubricant applying wick is received within this slot, the lubricant applying wick having a first portion thereof disposed in the portion of the slot extending longitudinally from one end of the bearing to the other with this last said portion of the lubricant applying wick being in lubricant applying engagement with the shaft received within the bore. Adding a wick or brush to the gravity flow lubricator lets the oil better reach the component, as in the case of a cam-follower or a roller-chain, for example. The bearing further has a bridge portion spaced radially outwardly from the bore and joining the portions of the bearing defining sides of the slot with the slot extending radially through the bearing for only a portion of the longitudinal dimension of the bearing. Turn off the circulating pump. As a consequence, it is soft, with little internal rigidity. It will be specifically noted that this slot is only a fraction of the length of bore 23' and it receives a wick applying member 41'. 3, substantially and not capable of remaining straight. This drag is translated into extra heat. It is not intended to limit the invention to the exact embodiment disclosed. 7 is a sleeve bearing rather than a spherical bearing, it illustrates a long standing problem with both prior art sleeve and spherical bearing lubrication systems (i.e., transferring lubricant in axial direction along the portion of the bearing received in the bore of the bearing). In the engine, dippers on the connecting-rod bearing caps enter . Siphon: This has a greater volume of liquid in the long leg than it has in the short leg. Oil and bearings. Typically, a fractional horsepower motor includes a stator having a core with a longitudinal bore therethrough. Circulating systems keep bearings lubricated at all times. Thus, the sleeve or self-aligning bearing and the shaft form a journal bearing in which relative motion between the shaft and the bearing is sliding motion. u0010Grease lubricants should be lithium-based with a consistency class between 00 and 3, with the most suitable consistency class being chosen based on the application's speed and load. Force feed i. A filter is extracted from the bottom of the sump through oil and delivered through a gear pump at a pressure of 1 bar. Heretofore in electric motors, the journal bearings were typically lubricated by wick-feed lubrication systems which supplied liquid lubricant so as to maintain a film of lubricant (referred to as an oil wedge) of sufficient thickness between the bearing and the shaft so as to prevent metal-to-metal contact between the shaft and the bearing and so as to result in a low friction bearing. 5), as indicated by dimension L. In FIG. Automated lubrication methods. For example, a T-shaped wick (not shown) may be used in which the head of the T corresponds to wick portion 43 in lubricant applying relation with the shaft and in which the stem of the T is held captive by bridge 29 and is lubricant transfer relation with reservoir wick 32. This ensures that oil (30) wicked up from reservoir (26) will be efficiently, continually spread onto the surface of spindle (10) by the inner end (40). 2; FIG. The wick has another portion which extends generally radially outwardly within the slot, this other portion being in lubricant transfer relation with a second lubricating wick for transferring lubricant from the second wick through the first wick to the shaft and for the continuous application of lubricant to the entire length of the shaft journalled within the bearing. As shown in FIG. Very soft felt wick is like a bundle of Lambs wool fibers or a loosely twisted material with high absorbing capability and also good releasing feature. Each oiler includes a multi-pack of colors for flow testing. Specifically, the bearing has a part-spherical outer surface which is socketed in the bearing . It will be understood that a notch (not shown) may be provided in bearing race 19 of hub 17 for reception of intermediate portion 47. Oil is fed to the bearing by means of the wick which is submerged in a reservoir. In this vedio we study about lubrication and thaeir types . As is best shown in FIGS. Oil splash feed lubrication. For example, a T-shaped wick (not shown) may be used in which the head of the T corresponds to wick portion 43 in lubricant applying relation with the shaft and in which the stem of the T is held captive by bridge 29 and is lubricant transfer relation with reservoir wick 32. Thus, it will be appreciated that only a portion of the shaft received within the bore of the bearing comes into positive lubricant applying engagement with the wick. This set of Automobile Engineering Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on "Lubrication Systems". 5, wick portion 43 also extends the length of bearing member 21. 3. Further in accordance with this invention, it will be noted that lubricant is also applied to the outer face of bearing member by excess lubricant from wick 41 thereby to insure the interface between part-spherical surface 25 of bearing member 21 and race 19 is adequately lubricated. Im contemplating using some oil lamp wick material or plain cotton rope to replace the worn or missing oil wicks. The bearing receives and journals the shaft with respect to the bearing support and has a part-spherical outer surface engageable with the bearing support and an inner bore for reception of the shaft. Wick Oilers have a wick of loose textured, long fiber wool that supplies oil to the bearing through capillary action. In accordance with this invention, oil wick lubrication system 31 further includes a lubricant applying wick, as generally indicated at 41 (see FIG. 1. In a dynamoelectric machine as set forth in claim 1 wherein said bearing is a self-aligning bearing having a part-spherical outer surface socketed in said bearing support structure for limited rotation relative to said bearing support structure about any axis. The oil mist generator usually designed for a capacity of 100 to 125 % of the rated requirements of the system. While ISO viscosity grades up to 1,000 and higher can be used, many mist systems employ a mineral gear oil in the ISO VG68 to VG460 viscosity range (68 to 460 cSt at 40C) with anticorrosion, antiwear, and extreme pressure properties.. Past problems with wax and additive separation from . a) Mist lubrication system. Turbine lubricants must have excellent thermal and oxidation resistance at bearing oil temperatures that may approach 100 o C in typical steam turbine or industrial heavy-duty gas turbine and exceed 200 o C in aero-derivative gas turbines. Pressure Feed by Hand Pump iii. The core has a bore 6 extending longitudinally therethrough. Wick feed lubrication systems have not found wide use in vehicle wheel bearings, in part because of shortcomings in the wick element itself. 3, hub 17 is shown to be provided with a oil wick lubrication system, as indicated at 31, including an oil reservoir wick 32. passages or nozzles, Arrangements for supplying oil or unspecified lubricant from a stationary reservoir or the equivalent in or on the machine or member to be lubricated, Arrangements for supplying oil or unspecified lubricant from a stationary reservoir or the equivalent in or on the machine or member to be lubricated with feed by capillary action, e.g. a) Oil can Lubricator : This is the direct application of oil to a moving machine This invention relates to a dynamoelectric machine, and more particularly to fractional horsepower electric motors. Reference may be made to U.S. Pat. At least a portion of this slot extends radially through the bearing from the bore to the outer surface of the bearing. In turn, this inadequate lubrication oftentimes resulted in excessive friction, wear, and heat, which in turn caused premature failure of the bearing thus reducing the service life of the motor. Pressure lubrication is a process where an oil pump precisely distributes oil to key areas of the pump. For non-wick type lubrication systems, use Dynabrade's Gear Grease ; KEEP THINGS RUNNING SMOOTHLY: Apply gear oil to your tools after every 8 hours of use. 2; FIG. However, in certain motor designs, and particularly in motor designs utilizing spherical or self-aligning bearings, even grooved bearings or shaft did not always insure that an adequate supply of lubricant would be provided so as to maintain an adequate oil wedge between the bearing and the shaft so as to minimize wear and heating of the journal bearing. Corresponding reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several view of the drawings. 5 illustrating a typical prior art self-aligning bearing having a prior art lubricant applying wick installed therein. Which type of lubrication system is used in two-stroke engine? Tool Weight 1.3 lb. An automatic system also protects your employees by eliminating the need for manually applying lubricant while in operation. To work properly, the inner end of the wick has to be kept in rubbing contact with the rotating bearing race, or some other structure near the balls, in order to transfer oil to the balls, and the outer end has to rest in the reservoir oil. 4. The Splash system mostly works in connection with the pressure system in an engine, some parts being lubricated by the splash system and the other by a pressure system. Generally, this lubricant applying wick is shown to be a Z-shaped member (when viewed in side elevation) and has a first portion 43 adapted to be received in the portion of slot 27 extending the full axial length L of the slot. Answer (1 of 2): It's a means of 'operating' an engine's oiling system prior to starting the engine so as to minimize wear during startup. 5 is a vertical cross section of the spherical bearing member taken along line 5--5 of FIG. The oil pressure ranges from 100 to 250 psi. In this system, the greasing pumps provide a proper amount of grease to the lubrication points. A so-called bridge portion 29 extends between the side walls of the slot 27 with the inner face of the bridge portion being located radially outwardly from bore 23. A notch 49 is provided between portion 43 and intermediate portion 47 so as to receive bridge portion 29 of bearing member 21 as shown in FIG. 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