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Yes, and that’s exactly the point. A bearing needs lubrication while it’s in motion, whereas manual lubrication can usually only happen when production is stopped. Automatic systems deliver at the right moment, without anyone having to enter a moving zone — which also reduces the number of risk situations for your technicians.

That differs greatly by manufacturer and configuration. As a guideline: 2 to 8 points per electric motor, pump, or fan, 30 to over 200 per conveyor section, 4 to 20 per drive line. For packaging machines, SKF counts 6 to 50 grease lubrication points plus 10 to 30 chains, or roughly 26 points on small

Step 1 is the cheapest: better tools for the points you deliberately keep manual, plus single-point lubrication units on standalone points. Step 2 — consolidating lubrication points onto distributor blocks — usually delivers the biggest effect per euro invested, because you immediately eliminate the search around the machine and estimated dosing. Euroquip suggests starting with

With manual lubrication you don’t know that for certain — that’s exactly the problem. With a progressive system, a blockage is mechanically visible: if one outlet stops, the whole block stops. With a fully automatic system, the reservoir level is monitored with an early warning. With a connected system, you read out status, fill level,

Lubricant consumption drops by up to 33% because dosing is exact instead of estimated. The manual lubrication round of 15 to 20 minutes per machine per cycle also disappears. The biggest gain is usually not in the grease itself but in avoided downtime: 40 to 60% of maintenance costs stem from inadequate lubrication, while lubricants

Not one system, but one approach. SKF components are modular and can be connected regardless of brand: distributor blocks, pumps, and lines are sized per machine but drawn from the same range. That gives you one spare-parts list, one type of dosing block, and one lubrication plan, even if there are eight brands of machine