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Published: July 30, 2007
'Without the right lubrication, mechanical equipment of all kinds cannot function correctly. Grease guns are used to apply grease as a lubricant to machines such as cars, and they come in a few different types. The advent of the grease gun made the task of lubricating machinery less laborious.
The first grease gun was invented in 1916 by a man named Arthur Gulborg. A plant worker at the Alemite Die Casting and Manufacturing Company in Chicago, Gulborg invented the screw type of grease gun to make his job of lubricating die casting machines easier. Gulborg named his invention The Alemite High Pressure Lubricating System and from there, the grease gun became increasingly common as the preferred method of lubrication. More styles of Alemite grease guns came about in the following years, allowing mechanics to choose which kind they prefer to get the job done; mechanics may want to keep a couple types handy, as different parts of machine in need of lubricant may call for a certain type of grease gun to be used.
Common types of grease guns include the lever, air-powered and pistol-grip. Lever grease guns are long and cylindrical, with a long lever attached to the barrel. Pistol-grip grease guns, as the name would imply, look somewhat similar to a pistol. There are two handles, and the inner handle is trigger-like in appearance. The two handles are compressed to apply the grease. Air powered grease guns have the long barrel seen on other types of grease guns, but it adds a motor attached to the grip with a small trigger to release the grease.
Improper use of grease guns can lead to the user to either under-lubricate or over-lubricate his machine. The user cannot be blamed entirely, however; the strokes per ounce that a grease gun delivers varies by manufacturer, so users should be aware of the specifications of their model. The maximum pressure also should be taken into account. Putting too much pressure on certain machinery parts can damage them; for example, some high-pressure grease guns such as the Alemite 6268-2 lever grease gun deliver up to 15,000 pounds per square inch of pressure, but many bearing lip seals can only stand up to 500 psi, according to Machinery Lubrication magazine's online buyers guide to grease guns.
Lincoln is just one manufacturer of grease guns. The Lincoln 1163 Automatic Air Operated Grease Gun is capable of 6000 psi and improves upon its predecessor, the Lincoln 1160, by cutting the moving parts of the motor in half. The trigger only has to be pulled once, and the relatively quiet motor will do the rest. The Lincoln 1134, a pistol-grip gun, can put up to 7500 psi down on a machine and comes with both an 18-inch flexible hose and 4-inch rigid tube.
Lincoln does not list prices on their site, but similar grease guns from online store Wade's Lubricants sell for as low as $95 and as high as $1,290.
Sources:
Greasing Equipment. Wades.net. 1992. Wade's Lubricants. 16 July 2007. http://www.wades.net.au/store/cart.php?target=cate gory&category_id=72
Lincoln Proudly Introduces The Model 1134. LincolnIndustrial.com. 2007. Lincoln Industrial Corporation. 16 July 2007. http://65.16.243.140/catalog_pages/_English/downlo ads/1134_flyer.pdf
High Pressure Series. Alemite.com. 1999-2007. Alemite. 16 July 2007. http://www.alemite.com/catalog/details.aspx?identi fier=guns_pressure
The first grease gun was invented in 1916 by a man named Arthur Gulborg. A plant worker at the Alemite Die Casting and Manufacturing Company in Chicago, Gulborg invented the screw type of grease gun to make his job of lubricating die casting machines easier. Gulborg named his invention The Alemite High Pressure Lubricating System and from there, the grease gun became increasingly common as the preferred method of lubrication. More styles of Alemite grease guns came about in the following years, allowing mechanics to choose which kind they prefer to get the job done; mechanics may want to keep a couple types handy, as different parts of machine in need of lubricant may call for a certain type of grease gun to be used.
Common types of grease guns include the lever, air-powered and pistol-grip. Lever grease guns are long and cylindrical, with a long lever attached to the barrel. Pistol-grip grease guns, as the name would imply, look somewhat similar to a pistol. There are two handles, and the inner handle is trigger-like in appearance. The two handles are compressed to apply the grease. Air powered grease guns have the long barrel seen on other types of grease guns, but it adds a motor attached to the grip with a small trigger to release the grease.
Improper use of grease guns can lead to the user to either under-lubricate or over-lubricate his machine. The user cannot be blamed entirely, however; the strokes per ounce that a grease gun delivers varies by manufacturer, so users should be aware of the specifications of their model. The maximum pressure also should be taken into account. Putting too much pressure on certain machinery parts can damage them; for example, some high-pressure grease guns such as the Alemite 6268-2 lever grease gun deliver up to 15,000 pounds per square inch of pressure, but many bearing lip seals can only stand up to 500 psi, according to Machinery Lubrication magazine's online buyers guide to grease guns.
Lincoln is just one manufacturer of grease guns. The Lincoln 1163 Automatic Air Operated Grease Gun is capable of 6000 psi and improves upon its predecessor, the Lincoln 1160, by cutting the moving parts of the motor in half. The trigger only has to be pulled once, and the relatively quiet motor will do the rest. The Lincoln 1134, a pistol-grip gun, can put up to 7500 psi down on a machine and comes with both an 18-inch flexible hose and 4-inch rigid tube.
Lincoln does not list prices on their site, but similar grease guns from online store Wade's Lubricants sell for as low as $95 and as high as $1,290.
Sources:
Greasing Equipment. Wades.net. 1992. Wade's Lubricants. 16 July 2007. http://www.wades.net.au/store/cart.php?target=cate gory&category_id=72
Lincoln Proudly Introduces The Model 1134. LincolnIndustrial.com. 2007. Lincoln Industrial Corporation. 16 July 2007. http://65.16.243.140/catalog_pages/_English/downlo ads/1134_flyer.pdf
High Pressure Series. Alemite.com. 1999-2007. Alemite. 16 July 2007. http://www.alemite.com/catalog/details.aspx?identi fier=guns_pressure
