I'm kinda fascinated by the automatic lubricator (yes, I need to get a life ;).
I presume they cause the oil to be atomized ... I have yet to see any liquid
oil come out the end of a 25' hose no matter how fast the dripping occurs.
Either that or the oil is just pooling in the hose.
BTW, I'm using "air tool oil" I got from Sears. It's a blood red color.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@pacbell.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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> Bob wrote:
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>> I got one of those HF "FRL" (Filter, Regulate, Lubricate) units which
> supplies
>> oil automatically to air-powered tools. What is the (approximate)
> rate--in drops
>> per second (very scientific ;)--that the L should supply oil to the tools?
>
> I can't answer Bob accurately but I'm glad for the thread . . I have an
> Ingersol-Rand pneumatic chain hoist with pneumatic trolley transport. The
> operators information I downloaded call for "light spindle oil" as the
> lubricant and I had a tussle finding _that_, finally got a gallon from ENCO.
> Both my ENCO FRL unit _and_ my IR hoist warns that the lube must not be one
> that might attack the plastic components of the FRL _or_ the hoist. Does
> anyone know about that? Also, will it be good running the lubed air
> through conventional air hose to the hoist?
>
> I 'preciate any input,
> Tony in Texas
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