Grease lubrication of roller bearings in railway waggons. Part 1: field tests and systematic evaluation to determine the optimal greases

• Published in: Industrial Lubrication and Tribology
• Main Author: Lundberg, Jan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald 2000
• Subjects: Kiruna; Narvik; Northern Norway; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00368790010308410; https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/00368790010308410/full/xml; https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/00368790010308410/full/html

Describes a comprehensive field test to determine the best grease for spherical roller bearings in railway waggon wheels and increase the knowledge of grease lubrication. Nine different fully‐formulated commercial greases were examined in the wheel bearings of five ore waggons, used for transporting...