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Spindle grease questions(fill percentages of bearings)

anonimasu

Aluminum
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Nov 8, 2009
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Sweden(Luleå)
Hello,
I am replacing the grease of my spindle on my abene milling machine with klüber isoflex nbu-15 and I am trying to determinate the fill percentages for the bearings.

(the bearings are 32013-x and 30207-a) and given the bearing data, my calculations show that the amount of grease to fill the larger one of the bearing with a 30% fill is 6.61 grams and for the smaller one 4.1 grams which seems very very little I am using the formula from http://www.klueber.com/ecomaXL/get_blob.php?name=Lubrication_of_rolling_bearings_tips_and_advice.pdf and the weight from the datasheet of the grease which is 0.99g/cm3).

Thanks for the help!
 
Spindle bearings don't like too much grease. I don't have data for a tapered roller bearing but my chart (Okuma Machinery Inc.) says for a cylindrical roller bearing with 70mm ID and 6000 rpm max speed, to use 6 cm3. This is very similar to your calculation. You're on the right track.
 








 
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