I have a Fadal (1990) with the 10K spindle that has the air/oil lube system for the bearings. My question is what air pressure should it be at, and how many drops per minute should the flow be. Thanks in advance. Tim
Are you sure ???
Suggest call Fadal--FWIW : I'm pretty sure that info isn't in their online manuals.
Sam,
My 89 4020 had a spindle oiler. It use a 10wt turbine oil. Don't remember the pressure exactly, but I believe it was 60-80 psi. The drop rate was about 1 per second, if I remember correctly.
The biggest problem was an oil "fog" in the enclosure. Solved that by building an acrylic top cover, with a 10 inch exaust flange that went to a big ass Tepco Trion, ionic scrubber.
Mark
Modul-- The pressure should be 18 to 25 PSI. If it gets up to 35 or beyond then the diaphgram is leaking. The drip rate should be 1 drop every 2 seconds.
Neal
Ya, had thought our oldest was ~ '90 model, but turns out it's a circa '92...greased spindle unit 10k
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