Apparatus and method of applying lubricant to steel wire ropes
AssigneeGilbarco AFS (PTY) Ltd.
InventorColin Mckenzie
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of applying lubricant to steel wire ropes, wherein the apparatus comprises a plurality of nozzles directed centrally towards a rope segment, the nozzles are connected to a compressor and a lubricant reservoir for enabling the dispensing of the lubricant therefrom. The apparatus is remotely controllable allowing quality, quantity and sequence of lubricant dispensed to be activated or deactivated remotely.
Claims11
An apparatus for applying lubricant to steel wire rope comprising a pressuring means for storing and dispensing lubricant under pressure, a lubricant dispensing nozzle assembly fluidly connected to the pressuring means, wherein the nozzle assembly comprises a first lubricant outlet leading into an atomization chamber, the chamber configured to create a plurality of lubricant streams which are channelled to collide and atomize, and a second dispensing outlet which channels and dispenses the atomized lubricant, in use.
A method of lubricating steel wire ropes comprising the steps of:
- securing a rope lubricating apparatus around the rope where the apparatus comprises a pressuring means for storing and dispensing lubricant under pressure, a lubricant dispensing nozzle assembly fluidly connected to the pressuring means, wherein the nozzle assembly comprises a first lubricant outlet leading into an atomization chamber, the chamber configured to create a plurality of lubricant streams which are channelled to collide and atomize, in use and a second dispensing outlet which channels and dispenses the atomized lubricant;
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- activating the apparatus to dispense lubricant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.