Over greasing: The Silent Killer of Your Equipment and How to Avoid It
Introduction: The Commonly Ignored Peril of Over-Greasing When it comes to your industrial machinery, maintenance is synonymous with keeping your equipment in top-notch condition. But what is sometimes overlooked, yet can also have considerable adverse effects, is over-greasing. Although most companies take desired steps to keep machinery well lubricated, most have no idea that over lubrication can lead to expensive machine breakdown, unplanned downtime, and irreversible failures. In this article, we will discuss the hazards of over-greasing, why it happens, and how to prevent it and keep your equipment running as it should. What is Overgreasing? Over-greasing is simply applying too much grease to a component, often in excess of the recommended amount. In theory, if a little lube improves the performance of your equipment, then more lube should help it even better, right? Wrong! Too much grease leads to a variety of issues that reduce machinery performance and spoil equipment in t...