Method for a controlled supply of lubricant to an antifriction bearing

US6105724A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Barmag AG · DE

Inventors

• Albert Stitz · Lingen (Ems), DE
• Wolfgang Hahmann · Kempen, DE
• Franz Peter Salz · Remscheid, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 21, 1999
• Grant date: Aug 22, 2000
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/86
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A lubrication system for supplying lubricant to a plurality of antifriction bearings composed of inner and outer bearing rings and a plurality of rolling elements mounted between the rings. The lubricant is intermittently supplied to the region of the rolling elements, with the amount of each intermittent supply being determined as a function of operating data which are continuouslu acquired from the bearing.