Oil Mist Catalog wwwalemitecom Oil Mist Catalog 2 W h e n m e c h a n i c a l p e r f o r m a n c e i s v i t a l A l e m i t e O i l M i s t L u b r i c a t i o n S y s t e m s d e l i v e r What is OilMist OilMist is a cost justifed environmentally clean safe centralized lubrication system that continuously and effciently atomizes oil into small particles and then conveys and delivers the correct amount of the pressurized lubricant to the surfaces requiring lubrication Oil mist is the only lubrication system that can be used to continuously lubricate several different classes of operating or standby equipment in widely dispersed physical locations within the same facility using only one type of lubricant What can OilMist do for you Alemite OilMist Lubrication Systems deliver controlled continuous l u b r i c a t i o n t o b e a r i n g s gears chains and other moving parts that are vital to the ser vice life and productivity of plants a n d m a c h i n e r y A l e m i t e o i l m i s t s y s t e m s h a v e b e e n i n o p e r a t i o n f o r o v e r 5 0 y e a r s T h e s e systems are reliable safe green and require minimum maintena nce H o w I t W or ks As compr essed dr y air passes thr ough a v enturi at v er y high speed oil is intr oduced into the air str eam b y siphoning it fr om a r eser v oir The r esulting atomized oil par ticles a v erage 15 micr ons The suspended oil par ticles in the air r esemble smok e and ar e dr y enough to be transpor ted at lo w pr essur e and v elocity to distant machine elements Reclassifers ar e used to intr oduce turbulence in the dr y mist fo w causing the oil par ticles to coalesce and pr oduce larger dr oplets which w et the interacting surfaces C a r b o n p a r t i c l e s d i s a s s o c i a t e f r o m t h e s e o i l d r o p l e t s when the y meet the interacting surface lea ving a solid carbon la y er Due to lo w er surface tension on the carbon la y er than metallic surfaces oil collects easier The combination of a liquid lubrication la y er and a contin uousl y r eplenished solid lubrication la y er leads to a po w erful lubrication technique