Wireless lubrication monitoring

Lubrication has for many years been considered to be a two-fold problem, the choice of lubricant and the correct method of application. However, there has always been the question – particularly with regard to important bearings – of how do we know lubricant has entered the bearing or wear surface? R J Mellor & Co believes this question is answered using WLubeMon. 

The system works completely independently and is capable of monitoring all types of grease lubrication systems including manual lubrication.

This type of meter has been available from Assalub for several years but with cable transmission. The disadvantages have been the high cost of cable installation as well as the risk of cable damage.

The WLubeMon system comprises a precision grease meter that measures the amount of lubricant fed into the bearing or wear surface. The meter communicates wirelessly to a control unit of the lubrication system’s operation. The system provides alarms both for too high and too low volume of lubricant discharged, as well as statistics and log functions.

The control unit can monitor up to 20 individual meters over a distance of 75m. The condition for each meter is shown clearly on the user-friendly control unit.

The battery has a 15 years’ life.

R J Mellor & Co believes that many expensive bearing breakdowns will be avoided using this system as issues will be identified before they become a problem to the equipment the system serves.