Method and apparatus for applying lubricant to a hydrodynamic be

Details Method and apparatus for applying lubricant to a hydrodynamic be Method and apparatus for applying lubricant to a hydrodynamic be

1996-04-03

1996-11-19

Look, Edward K.

Lubrication

Lubricators

Force feed

184 622, 184 623, 184 29, 184109, 141 7, 141 65, 141 82, 198500, 384100, F16N 730

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055753558

ABSTRACT:
A method, and associated apparatus, or applying fluid lubricant to hydrodynamic bearing. Clearance spaces of the bearing which are to be filled with the fluid lubricant are evacuated. The fluid lubricant is then applied to the clearance spaces. Once the fluid lubricant has been applied to the clearance spaces, or concurrent therewith, the clearance spaces are returned to ambient pressure levels. Any pockets of air, or other gas, trapped within the bearing are collapsed as the clearance spaces are returned to the ambient pressure levels. The method is amenable to a high volume, assembly line-like process wherein large numbers of bearings may be filled with the fluid lubricant in a short period of time. A conveyor conveys the bearings into a pool of fluid lubricant in a vacuum tank having a pressure level adjustable between an ambient pressure level and an evacuated pressure level, through the pool of fluid lubricant, beyond the pool, and out of the vacuum tank.

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