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AssigneeHoerbiger Wien GmbH
InventorsMatthias Kornfeld, Tino Lindner-Silwester, Bernhard Fritz
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In order to avoid over-lubrication of the cylinders (2) in a piston compressor (1) and to reduce the amount of lubricant to a level required for operation, according to the invention, a lubricating system having a lubricating system control unit (14) is provided, in which system at least one lubricant sensor (15) is provided for detecting a lubricating film measurement variable (S) representative of a lubricating film thickness of a lubricating film (11) on the cylinder surface of the cylinder (2), the lubricating system control unit (14) being designed to operate the lubricating system at least once in a predetermined calibration operating mode during operation of the piston compressor (1) and to determine a lubricating film state value (SZ) on the basis of the lubricating film measurement variable (S) detected during execution of the calibrating operating mode and the lubricating system control unit (14) being designed, after the end of the calibration operating mode during operation of the piston compressor (1), to control the amount of lubricant to be introduced depending on the determined lubricating film state value (SZ).
Lubricating system for a piston compressor for introducing a lubricant onto a cylinder surface of a cylinder of the piston compressor in which a piston can be moved in a reciprocating manner, the lubricating system comprising:
Method for operating a piston compressor having at least one cylinder in which a piston is moved in a reciprocating manner, wherein a lubricant is supplied to a cylinder surface of the at least one cylinder by means of a lubricating system and an amount of lubricant of the supplied lubricant being controlled by a lubricating system control unit, the method including the following steps:
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