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Knowing how much lubricant the bearing needs makes it easy to determine the proper setting on the GREASOMATIC dial. If you have been manually lubing the bearing, it's simple to determine the best GREASOMATIC dial setting based on the frequency and number of strokes from a grease gun. Each lubricator contains approximately 96 strokes out of a standard grease gun which equals about 4 ounces of lubricant. For example, at an average ambient temperature of 68º F and a dial setting of 1, the GREASOMATIC will discharge the equivalent of 96 grease gun strokes in 1 month. The above graph illustrates the monthly discharge rates in grease gun strokes for all 7 dial settings at 68º F (20º C). The chart below gives rates for additional time periods at the same ambient temperature.
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GREASOMATIC dial settings |
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| Grease gun strokes |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
12 |
| per day | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| per week | 22.4 | 11.2 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| per month | 96 | 48 | 32 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 8 |
| Another way to determine the proper GREASOMATIC dial setting
is by the frequency of manual lubrication and the number of grease gun strokes each
time.
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Use this dial setting |
For this manual lubrication schedule: |
| 1 | 3-4 grease gun strokes per day |
| 2 | 3-4 grease gun strokes every 2 days |
| 3 | 6-8 grease gun strokes per week |
| 4 | 10-12 grease gun strokes every 2 weeks |
| 6 | 6-9 grease gun strokes every 2 weeks |
| 8 | 10-13 grease gun strokes per month |
| 12 | 7-9 grease gun strokes per month |
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