Method for operating a roller bearing assembly, and roller bearing device therefor
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsWalter Holweger, Marcus Wolf, Frank Walther
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Abstract
A roller bearing device (1) and to a method for operation thereof, including a roller bearing (2) having roller contacts (6, 7) in contact with a medium and lubricated by the liquid medium (10). In order to improve the lubrication and load capacity of such a medium-lubricated roller bearing (2) while simultaneously improving the biologically compatible behavior, a biologically neutral additive material (13) that thickens the medium is held available in a holding device (14) and metered to the roller contacts (6, 7) on demand.
Claims10
Method for operating a roller bearing device comprising providing a roller bearing with roller contacts that are in contact with a medium and are lubricated by the liquid medium, characterized in that storing a biologically neutral additive that thickens the medium in a supply device, and dosing the biologically neutral additive as needed to the roller contacts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.