OIL MIST LUBRICATION

What is oil mist lubrication?

Oil mist system is a centralized
lubrication system that
automatically and continuously
delivers lubricant to machinery
bearings. It is a system that has
few moving parts making it
very reliable. The heart of an oil
mist system is the generator
that utilizes the energy of
compressed air to atomize oil
into micron size particles.
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What is oil mist lubrication?
The lean mixture of oil and air produced by the
generator is known as oil mist. The oil particles form a
stable suspension that can be conveyed considerable
distance (180 meters) through piping and tubing to the
points requiring lubrication.

One oil mist system can provide lubrication to sixty

pumps and their drivers.
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Application and Use:
Oil mist is used to lubricate rolling element bearings of
all types. The most common applications in refineries
and petrochemical plants are the bearings in pumps
and their electric motor drivers.

In addition, oil mist is used to purge gearboxes and the

bearing houses of small steam turbines with sleeve
bearings.
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Why Oil Mist?

LSC Statistic
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Why Oil Mist?
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Construction and Classification:
Closed Loop or Opened Loop.
Pure Oil Mist or Purge Oil Mist.
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Closed Loop and Pure Oil Mist Type

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Closed Loop and Purge Oil Mist Type

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Closed-Loop Pure Oil Mist Construction

Oil console or oil mist generator

is an equipment which creates
oil mist.
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Closed-Loop Pure Oil Mist Construction
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Closed-Loop Pure Oil Mist Construction
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Closed-Loop Pure Oil Mist Construction

Mist manifold
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Reclassifier
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Closed-Loop Pure Oil Mist Construction

Vent collection
assembly
This device is connected to the bearing housing reservoir at a low
point drain. This bottle allows for visual inspection of the condition of
the oil draining from the bearing sump and collection of an oil sample.
They are used on pumps and not normally with motors.
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Closed-Loop Pure Oil Mist Construction

Vent collection
assembly
Oil mist collection containers placed at each equipment foundation.
One container serves both the pump and driver. These devices
eliminate/minimize oil spills around equipment and provide for easy
collection of coalesced oil.
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Closed-Loop Pure Oil Mist Construction

Automated drain leg is utilized whenever the header sloping and

elevation change leads to a low point trap. For example, when the
header crosses a road it can be routed up, over and down. The header
on the opposite side from the generator will have a trap and this is the
location for an automated drain leg. This device provides for the
capture and reuse of oil collected in the low point of the header. The
oil is automatically pumped overhead to a section of the header, which
is sloping back to the generator.
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Oil Mist Inquiry

List of equipment using oil mist, type of

equipment will concern to quantity of oil
console, reclassifier and drop point.
Come with equipment list are some required
data: shaft diameter (provided by equipment
vendor after PO), brake horsepower, motor
power, speed. These are to define size of
reclassifier.
General plot plan. This is for vendor to calculate
quantity of oil console and layout equipment,
check piping arrangement.
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Oil Mist Inquiry
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Oil Mist Utility
Instrument Air:
Pressure: max. 8.6 bar, min. 4.5 bar, as typical.
Dew point: lower -4oC.

Electric Power Supply: 220V/50Hz/1 phase.