Automotive u-joints

Dana Incorporated has been in the mobility industry since its founding in 1904. The product brands are known worldwide and across all markets for their longstanding legacy of innovation, performance, durability, quality, and after-sales service. 

DANA Spicer Argentina contacted DROPSA Specialists to design and supply a reliable system to warranty 9.00 cc of grease in the 100% of the automotive universal joints made according to the high-quality standard required by the automotive terminals (FORD, VOLKSWAGEN, TOYOTA, NISSAN).

The original requirement +/- 2.00 cc has been reduced to +/- 0.03 cc in quality test at commissioning.

Now a days, after 10 years of this first step, DANA Spicer Argentina has installed more than 10 DROPSA’s lubrication systems, and gets continuous trainings and annual maintenance as part of a full solution provided by DROPSA.

The components provided are:

- 1 Pneumatic grease pump 
- 1 Vent Valve 
- 1 Pressure switch – adjustment 20 to 200 bar - set to 180 bar.
- 10 DL-1 injector (2 x 3083494), all outlets joined to 1 single outlet, adjustable flow rate (min 1.30 cc / max
- 13.00 cc), each one set to 0.7 cc x 10 units = 7.00 cc.
- 1 VIP5 Advance Lubrication Controller.

The VIP5 Controller turns on the air to the pump and the Vent Vale. The pump starts to pressurize the line, the DL-1 injectors dose the precise amount of lubricant, when the pressure reach the max value, the pressure switch send the signal to the VIP5 and turn off the air allowing the relief and pause to the next cycle.

BENEFITS ACHIEVED
The DropsA automatic grease lubrication solution made it possible to provide the proper amount of lubricant to the points of the joints automatically ensuring correct and continuous operation.

The automatic lubrication system also reduces manual interventions, avoiding unnecessary maintenance costs and down times.