Grease Guns And Oil Transfer Equipment For The Engine Room

Match The Equipment To The Round

Grease equipment is chosen by how much grease has to move and how hard it is to get it in. A simple hand gun suits a short lubrication round with accessible points. A lever type hand gun gives more pressure for stiffer points. A high pressure bucket pump is the tool for a long round or for points that will not take grease from a hand gun.

The catalogue sheet for the high pressure grease bucket pump states 250 kgf/cm² output pressure with a 16 litre container capacity, hand operated. That combination — high pressure and a large reservoir — is what makes a full round possible without stopping to refill.

Oil Transfer Is A Different Problem

Oil volume bucket pumps, pump oilers, oil syringes and plastic oil jugs solve the transfer and top-up problem rather than the pressure problem. Choose by the volume being moved and the access at the filling point, not by pressure rating.

The Parts That Actually Cause Failures

• Grease nipples — the wrong type on the point means grease goes on the floor rather than into the bearing
• Flexible extension hose — the difference between reaching a point and giving up on it
• Coupler condition — a worn coupler blows off under pressure and wastes the charge
• Grease compatibility — mixing incompatible greases in one point is a slow failure nobody attributes to the store

Stocking It Properly

• One bucket pump for the main round, hand guns for detail and emergency use
• Grease nipples held as an assortment rather than a single size
• A flexible extension hose kept with the pump, not in a different locker
• Oil jugs and syringes for the top-up points that do not need pressure

Why This Group Repays Attention

Lubrication failures are expensive and they are almost never caused by the grease. They are caused by grease that never arrived at the point because the gun could not develop the pressure, the nipple was wrong, or the hose could not reach. This is a low cost group protecting high cost machinery.