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Lubricating greases – properties, selection and monitoring

Lubricating greases – properties, selection and monitoring - Seminar (2 days)

07.10.2025 09:00
08.10.2025 16:30
Brannenburg
On-siteGerman
850.00 € plus VAT
07.10.2025 09:00
08.10.2025 16:30
Live video stream
OnlineGerman
790.00 € plus VAT
06.10.2026 09:00
07.10.2026 16:30
Brannenburg
On-siteGerman
850.00 € plus VAT
06.10.2026 09:00
07.10.2026 16:30
Live video stream
OnlineGerman
790.00 € plus VAT
Appointment on request
Location as desired
In-HouseGerman
5,400.00 € plus VAT

Efficient grease application and monitoring for maximum machine reliability

Expand your expertise on the optimal application and monitoring of lubricating greases with our practical seminar. Learn how to select and use lubricating greases correctly in order to identify lubrication problems early on and remedy them effectively.

Use grease analyses and laboratory results to precisely monitor the condition of your machines and thus minimise downtime. Proper grease monitoring increases the service life and reliability of your equipment while reducing maintenance costs. Improve machine performance in your business now with in-depth knowledge of lubricating grease and secure sustainable efficiency gains.

  • Optimal selection of the right lubricating grease for economical and reliable plant operation
  • Understanding the influence of grease type and grease quality on relubrication intervals and trouble-free operation
  • Professional collection of meaningful fat samples for analysis
  • Extension of relubrication intervals through targeted use of grease
  • Selection criteria for lubricating greases in central lubrication systems and lubrication devices
  • Use of grease analysis as a proactive measure in maintenance
  • Competent assessment and interpretation of analysis results
  • Application of warning values for early detection of machine damage and grease condition
  • Early detection of unusual wear and potential malfunctions
  • Systematic investigation of causes of machine failures and lubrication problems

  • Specialists and managers from operations and maintenance
  • Technical specialists from the design, service and sales departments of bearing and system manufacturers or their service partners
  • Sales engineers and sales people of lubricant proucers und their resellers
  • Specialists and service personnel from the areas of lubrication systems and lubrication devices
  • Technical purchasers of lubricants and operating materials
  • Appraisors and surveyors for damage analysis and machine malfunction
  • Technically interested employees who want to extend their knowledge in the areas lubrication techniques and tribology
Seminar (2 days)

Seminar (2 days)

Fundamentals of Lubrication

  • Introduction, basic principles of lubricant film formation (hydrodynamics, hydrostatics, EHD)
  • Most important lubrication-related characteristic values
  • (viscosity, viscosity-temperature behaviour)

Basics of lubricating greases

  • Lubricating greases – definition, advantages and disadvantages
  • Principle significance of the individual components (base oil, additives, thickener)

Fundamentals of Lubricants

  • Mineral oils and synthetic oils in comparison
  • Advantages and disadvantages of the individual fluid types
  • Additives as a basic and application-specific component of a lubricant

Thickener for lubricating greases

  • Thickener types (soap and soap-free thickeners), their properties and areas of application
  • Miscibility and compatibility as a complex parameter influenced by all components of the lubricating grease

Characteristic values of lubricating greases

  • Chemical-physical and mechanical-dynamic characteristics (penetration and consistency classes)
  • Base oil viscosity, V-T behaviour
  • Wear protection properties
  • Speed characteristic, shear viscosity, flow pressure, breakaway torque, bleeding behaviour…)

Grease lubrication of rolling bearings

  • Basic procedure for selecting a lubricating grease
  • Application-related selection criteria
  • The grease in rolling contact

Relubrication and relubrication intervals

  • Grease operating life and relubrication
  • Relubrication period and quantity
  • Design instructions for relubrication: grease supply, displacement, grease outlet, basic design rules,
  • Procedure for changing the type of grease

Grease lubrication in plain bearings

  • Application-related selection criteria
  • The grease in the plain bearing

Grease lubrication in gearboxes

  • Application-related selection criteria
  • The grease in the gearbox

The lubricating grease in use

  • Ageing of lubricating greases
  • Change in the base oil: oxidation, cracking,
  • Degradation or consumption of additives
  • Bleeding of lubricating greases, changes in the thickener structure, causes and consequences of contamination

Lubricators and lubrication systems

  • Grease supply for individual rolling bearings (manual, automatic, service life)
  • Types of centralised lubrication systems and their areas of application

Condition monitoring through grease analyses

  • Sampling
  • Wear metals: Determination methods
  • Fat condition: FT-IR, residual oil content, penetration
  • Contamination: Dust and water
  • Bleeding, hardening, softening

Evaluation of used grease analyses Basic procedure

  • Limit values and trend evaluation
  • Examples from the pool of samples at OELCHECK

Onsite analyses

  • e.g. with the SKF test case Possibilities and limits – briefly presented, demonstrated and discussed

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Seminar price includes:

  • Participation in the seminar
  • Hot lunch
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  • Coffee/tea and snacks*
  • Water and juices
  • Detailed seminar documents
  • Certificate of participation
    (*with presence in Brannenburg)

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  • via Microsoft Teams
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  • optional: camera
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