FAQ - Packaging Lubrication

It reduces wear, minimizes failures and ensures a constant supply of lubricant in critical assemblies.

Chains, conveyor elements, bearings, guides and moving assemblies in packaging lines in particular benefit from controlled lubrication.

Yes. DropsA Germany supports you with advice, delivery, service and suitable spare parts for packaging systems.

As a rule, oil. Chain elongation arises in the gap between pin and bush, and lubricant only gets there by capillary action — which thin oil manages and grease does not. Grease stays on the outer plate, looks like lubrication and never reaches the joint.

At the inner plate, on the slack side of the chain. There the oil has time to penetrate the joint before the chain comes under load again. Applied to the outside it misses the wear point, and on a fast chain it is mostly thrown off.

Small amounts often instead of large amounts rarely. A large dose at long intervals is mostly thrown off and lands on floor, product and packaging. Couple the lubrication to the machine cycle rather than the clock — a slower line needs proportionally less.

By the chain elongation. It can be measured on the chain and is the only reliable feedback that the lubricant reaches the joint. A shiny outside says nothing — the joint can still run dry underneath.

The zone decides, not the machine. Where the product runs open, contact is technically possible and an H1-registered lubricant is indicated. In the drivetrain with no product proximity H2 is permitted and usually more capable.

The protection grade has to match the cleaning method: IP 54 resists splashing, IP 65 jet water from a nozzle, IP 67 also temporary immersion. With high-pressure cleaning pick one grade higher than the calculation requires — cleaning crews keep no distances.