If you operate like this, the screw conveyor will become a pile of scrap metal soon.

Are you complaining that your screw conveyor always have problems and you feel you bought a bad quality conveyor? After reading this article you will change your opinion.
Based our investigation, we find that many users operate the screw conveyor in the way. It will not only result in conveyor damage, but also harm to the operating personnel. Please avoid the following wrong operating methods in order to hope utilize the screw conveyor reasonably.
1.Open the upper cover plate during conveyor running.
Users always open the upper cover in order to observe running situation easily, however, this behavior is forbidden. During running ,if sundries fall into conveyor, the conveyor will break down, such as screw blade deformation, shaft cracking, casing damage, etc.
2.Do not clean the residual material timely after using conveyor .
If the residual material is sticky and corrosive, the blade and shaft will be corroded which will lead to a shorter service life.
3.Motor is overloaded heavily.
It can make motor temperature become too high even it will lead to motor overburning. Please control the feeding flow strictly, vibrating feeder will be a good choice.
4.Do not add lubricating oil for bearing.
The dust can make the lubricating oil become viscous, thus it will influence shaft rotating, so please add oil regularly.
5.The temperature of reducer is too high.
The reason is reducer lack of lubricating oil, please check the oil amount before conveyor running.
6.After shutting down the conveyor, the shaft is forced to stop rotating.
This behavior is very dangerous, it will harm the screw blade, shaft and motor. We should stop the screw conveyor naturally.

Lubrication of Screw Conveyor

The lubrication requirement of driving device, please see the product manual that issued by the supplier.
Oil in proper amount of 2# lubricating grease between cross slide coupling intermediate plate and half-coupling when shut down the screw conveyor.
The bearings inside the tail and head end of bearing seats should be lubricated with 3# calcium base grease, and change the grease every month.

The rolling bearing inside the hanging bearing should be lubricated with engine oil every week. Note: please not oil in lubricating grease to avoid squeezing the sealing ring outside the roiling ring away.

Above mentioned lubrication time is just the minimum requirements, detailed time should be flexible and depends on the operation condition.
 

List of Lubrication parts

No.	Name of Lubrication part	Lubrication material	Lubrication part cycle	Lubrication method
1	Coupling	2# lubricating grease	1000 hours	Lubricator
2	Bearing seat	3# calcium base grease	1 month	Lubricator
3	Hanging bearing （Rolling bearing）	Engine oil	1 week	Lubricator
4	Gearmotor	00# lithium lubricating grease	6 months	Lubricator