Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Automatic Lubricator

Hi Jon,

The lines I'm thinking of is pistons operated via a motor and a camshaft
similar to the way valves on a car operate. The cams could have multiple
lobes when more oil is necessary such as for the leadscrews. The motor drive
could be geared down to deliver one revolution per hour and the amount of
oil per stroke could be controlled via the diameter of the piston. It should
be possible to have a piston for each oiling point rather than having a
manifold. I would also include some sort of manual lever to give every point
a shot before starting the machine.

What do you think?

Regards,

Terry

> >I have a number of different machines, Bridgeport Clone, Horizontal

miller,

> >Denford lathe and a Harrison 280 CNC. None of these machines have an
> >automatic oiler and I was thinking of designing a one sizes fit all

system,

> >as one thing I'm not great at is remembering the lubricating and I'm soon

to

> >start CNC'ing all these machines.
> >
> >Any suggestions for a system design would be most welcome.
> >
> >
> I bought a brand-new lube pump for something like $34 on eBay. Some guy
> imports
> manual machines and CNCs them, or something, and removes the brand-new
> manual
> pumps and replaces them with motor-driven oil pumps. He sells them in
> batches of
> six or so. Otherwise, I think you can probably find similar deals there.
> I made a distributor valve that lubes one pair of oil ports in each
> position. I don't
> have lube metering orifices in this system. But, really, the Bijur
> system is pretty
> nice, you can pick all the pieces out of a catalog. If you are going to
> have a
> motor-driven oil system, then the metering orifices are pretty much
> necessary, as
> the pump delivers a very slow trickle of oil.
>
> Jon