SKF Bearing Greases and their Applications

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LGMT 2 SKF general purpose industrial and automotive bearing grease
Agricultural equipment Automotive wheel bearings Conveyors Small electric motors Industrial fans

LGMT 3 SKF general purpose industrial and automotive bearing grease
Bearings >100 mm (3,9 in) shaft size Outer bearing ring rotation Vertical shaft applications Continuous high ambient temperatures >35 °C (95 °F) Propeller shafts Agricultural equipment Car, truck and trailer wheel bearings Large electric motors

LGEP 2 SKF high load, extreme pressure (EP) bearing grease
Pulp and paper making machines Jaw crushers Traction motors for rail vehicles Dam gates Work roll bearings in steel industry Heavy machinery, vibrating screens Crane wheels, sheaves

LGFP 2 SKF food compatible bearing grease
Bakery equipment Food processing equipment Multi–pack cassette bearings Wrapping machines Conveyor bearings Bottling machines

LGEM 2
SKF High viscosity bearing grease with solid lubricants

• Rolling element bearings running at low speed and very high loads
• Jaw crushers
• Track laying machines
• Lift mast wheels
• Building machines such as mechanical rams, crane arms and crane hooks

LGEV 2
SKF Extremely high viscosity bearing grease with solid lubricants

• Trunnion bearings on rotating drums
• Support and thrust rollers on rotary kilns and dryers
• Bucket wheel excavators
• Slewing ring bearings
• High pressure roller mills
• Crushers

LGLT 2 SKF low temperature, extremely high speed bearing grease
Textile spinning spindles Machine tool spindles Instruments and control equipment Small electric motors used in medical and dental equipment In–line skates Printing cylinders Robots

LGGB 2 SKF green biodegradable bearing grease
Agricultural and forestry equipment Construction and earth-moving equipment Mining and conveying equipment Water treatment and irrigation Locks, dams, bridges Linkages, rod ends Other applications where contamination of the environment is a concern

LGWM 1
SKF extreme pressure low temperature bearing grease

• Windmills
• Screw conveyors
• Centralised lubrication systems
• Spherical roller thrust bearing applications

LGWA 2
SKF high load, extreme pressure, wide temperature range bearing grease

• Wheel bearings in cars, trailers and trucks
• Washing machines
• Electric motors

LGHB 2
SKF high load, high temperature, high viscosity bearing grease

• Steel on steel plain bearings
• Pulp and paper making machines
• Asphalt vibrating screens
• Continuous casting machines
• Sealed spherical roller bearings operating up to 150 °C (302 °F)
• Withstands peak temperatures of 200 °C (392 °F)
• Work roll bearings in steel industry
• Mast rollers of fork lift trucks

LGHP 2 SKF high performance, high temperature bearing grease
Electric motors: Small, medium and large Industrial fans, including high speed fans Water pumps Rolling bearings in textile, paper processing and drying machines Applications with high speed ball bearings operating at medium and high temperatures Clutch release bearings Vertical shaft applications Kiln trucks and rollers Vibrating applications

LGET 2
SKF extreme temperature, extreme condition bearing grease

• Bakery equipment (ovens)
• Kiln truck wheels
• Load rollers in copying machines
• Wafer baking machines
• Textile dryers
• Film stretching tenders
• Electric motors running at extreme temperatures
• Emergency / hot fans
• Vacuum pumps

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