Here you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions Lubrication systems for packaging machines from DropsA Germany.
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Packaging lines run to a cycle, often in multiple shifts and with sensitive downtime costs. Automatic lubrication of chains, conveyors, guides and bearings keeps friction low, protects against premature wear and ensures high line availability. The answers below summarise the most common questions about automatic lubrication in packaging — from the key components to service and spare parts — and link to the products that solve each task.
Packaging assemblies combine many small, fast-moving points that each need a precise, regular dose, timed to the machine cycle. The lubrication must be monitored so a fault is caught before it stops the line, clean enough not to compromise the packaged goods, and reliable across long multi-shift runs. Dry-running or hand-greased chains are one of the most common causes of avoidable micro-stops.
Most packaging systems use an electric pump and a progressive distributor to meter each point, with cycle sensors and a VIP5 control unit confirming and alarming the cycles. This keeps the line available and the lubrication documented.
Routine care is limited to refilling, checking the cycle and pressure signals and keeping lines clear. Because the system documents its cycles and alarms a fault, service can be planned around production rather than forced by a breakdown.
A packaging line presents a characteristic mix of lubrication points: transport and conveyor chains that need oil delivered to every link, linear guides on forming, filling and sealing stations, bearings on gripping and feeding units, and the cam followers of FFS machines and cartoners. Each has its own appetite for lubricant and its own cycle, which a progressive distributor maps by fitting the right dosing element to each outlet. The choice of medium follows the machine and the product: a general line uses standard oils and greases, while a food-contact line uses food-grade H1 media and a hygienic, closed design. The questions below explain how the right system, dosing and medium are chosen for these conditions, and how a line is kept available across its shifts.
Chains, conveyors, guides, bearings and cam followers — the fast-moving points that each need a precise, regular dose.
An electric pump and progressive distributor for metering, with cycle sensors and a VIP5 control unit for monitoring.
By keeping chains and conveyors from running dry and by alarming a missed cycle before it causes a stoppage.
Yes — the standard components can be added to an existing line, often without major modification, to bring it under automatic, monitored lubrication.
Little — refilling, checking signals and keeping lines clear; documented cycles let service be planned around production.