Targeted oil/grease dosing keeps drives clean and efficient – ideal for dry and clean packaging environments.
Less friction & energy consumption
Efficient lubrication reduces friction losses and lowers the energy requirements of the drives.
Clean chains
Targeted application avoids dirt build-up - less cleaning effort, longer service life.
Planned maintenance
Controlled dosage and documented cycles make maintenance calculable.
In packaging lines, chains, conveyor belts, transport chains and deflections carry the material flow to the cycle — often in multiple shifts and with sensitive downtime costs. Targeted, automatic lubrication of these drives keeps friction low, protects against premature wear and ensures that the line keeps running stably even at high cycle rates. Dry-running or manually greased chains are, by contrast, one of the most common causes of avoidable micro-stops and chain stretch.
A chain is only as good as the film on its pins and bushes. As cycle rates rise, the window for lubricating each link shrinks, and a missed or uneven application quickly shows up as friction, noise, stretch and ultimately failure. Lubrication has to reach every link in the right amount, be timed to the drive, and stay clean enough not to attract dust onto the conveyed goods — a balance that manual greasing rarely achieves consistently.
The proven layout meters lubricant to each chain and conveyor point with a progressive distributor fed by an electric pump; cycle sensors confirm each cycle to a VIP5 control unit, which alarms a missed cycle before a dry chain stretches or stops the line. Applied this way, lubrication keeps pace with the highest cycle rates.
The system lubricates while the line runs, so there is no need to stop for greasing. Routine care is limited to refilling, checking the cycle and pressure signals and keeping the application points clear. Because the supply is continuous and monitored, chains stay within their wear limits longer, and a developing problem is flagged before it becomes a stoppage.
Chain lubrication is as much about timing as quantity. A link needs a small, regular dose delivered while it is in the right position, so that the oil works into the pin-and-bush contact rather than flinging off or pooling on the outside. Too much oil attracts dust and migrates onto the conveyed goods; too little leaves the contact dry between applications. An automatic system solves this by metering a defined quantity to each application point and triggering it to the machine cycle, so every link is treated the same way every time. On long or multi-strand conveyors, several application points share one pump and distributor, keeping the whole transport system evenly lubricated without manual intervention — and without the over-greasing that hand lubrication tends to produce.
Chains carry the material flow to the cycle; dry or unevenly greased chains cause friction, noise, stretch and avoidable micro-stops.
A progressive distributor meters lubricant to each point continuously and to the drive's cycle, so every link is supplied even as rates rise.
No — the system lubricates while the line runs, so there is no greasing stoppage.
Cycle sensors confirm each cycle to a VIP5 control unit, which alarms a missed cycle before a chain runs dry or stretches.
Little — refilling, checking the cycle and pressure signals and keeping the application points clear.