Applications

Up to ~300 points

Slideways, spindle bearings, ballscrews and rotary tables, each fed a fixed dose per cycle regardless of pipe run or pump pressure — the point-count and precision that made volumetric distributors the standard here.

Under ~20 points

Smaller machines with fewer lubrication points, where a resist-type distributor meters oil or grease by flow resistance rather than a piston — simpler, and sized for light-duty equipment.

Varies by machine

The original application these distributor designs were built for. Spindles, rollers and bearings across a production line, on both resist-type and volumetric systems depending on point count.

1–200 points

Pins, bushings and slew rings under high load, supplied in sequence through a progressive distributor at up to 30 MPa — grease-only, and built to keep running under shock loading.

Step chains, guide rails & door gear

Guide rails, step chains and door mechanisms that need a steady, metered feed rather than periodic manual greasing. Factory-fitted by escalator OEMs and retrofitted in service — see the full escalator lubrication system page.

Slides, gibs & ejector gear

Forging presses, punching and stamping lines, where slideways and gibs take shock loading and a manual grease gun cannot keep up. A progressive system feeds every point in a fixed sequence and stalls visibly if one is blocked — which is what makes it the usual choice where a missed point means a scrapped die.

12 / 24 V DC, on-vehicle

Chassis pins, bushes, spring shackles and fifth wheels on tippers, trucks and buses. These pumps run straight off the vehicle’s own 12 V or 24 V supply and carry a vehicle-mounted controller, so lubrication happens while the vehicle works rather than waiting for it to come back to the yard.

Main, yaw & pitch bearings

Inside the nacelle: the main bearing, the yaw and pitch bearings and their gear faces, and the generator bearings. Points that sit a long climb away from anyone who could grease them by hand, on a machine that has to keep turning — so the pump runs to a schedule and reports low level and blockage back down the tower.

Small & medium equipment

Bearings and gear faces on smaller equipment where a compact manual or motor-driven grease pump covers the whole job without a full distributor network.