Lubricants in canned food preparation

In the diagram below the process is given. Moving the mouse over the different steps will open a window showing points of lubrication and recommended lubricants.

1. Raw Material Components:

Lubricate	Application	Food grade -H1 compliant option
hydraulic harvesting	hydraulic oil	Cassida HF 68

2. Transport:

Lubricate	Application	Food grade -H1 compliant option
hydraulic unloading	hydraulic oil	Cassida HF 68

3. Quality Checking:

Lubricate	Application	Food grade -H1 compliant option
roller bearings	grease NLGI 2, water resistant	Cassida EPS 2
gear box	gear oil	Cassida GL 220 or GL 460 (for worm gear)

4. Cold Storing:

Lubricate	Application	Food grade -H1 compliant option
roller bearings	grease NLGI 2, water resistant	Cassida EPS 00 or LTS 1
chain conveyor	low temperature chain oil	Cassida Chain Oil LT
gear box	gear oil	Cassida GL 220 or GL 460 (for worm gear)

6. Weighing/Grading:

Lubricate	Application	Food grade -H1 compliant option
roller bearings	grease NLGI 2, water resistant	Cassida EPS 2
gear box	gear oil	Cassida GL 220 or GL 460 (for worm gear)

5. Rinsing:

Lubricate	Application	Food grade -H1 compliant option
roller bearings	grease NLGI 2, water resistant	Cassida EPS 2
gear box	gear oil	Cassida GL 220 or GL 460 (for worm gear)

7. Food preparation:

Lubricate	Application	Food grade -H1 compliant option
chain oil		Cassida Chain Oil series
compressor oil	Cassida CR series
gear oils		Cassida GL series
greases, general purpose	General purpose	Cassida RLS series
greases, extreme pressure	Extreme presuure	Cassida EPS series
greases, heavy duty	Heavy duty	Cassida HDS series or HD2
greases, high temperature	High temperature	Cassida HTS2
greases, low temperature	Low temperature	Cassida LTS 1
hydraulics		Cassida HF series
heat transfer fluid	FM HT32
maintenance spray	Cassida silicone
penetrating fluid	Cassida PL
rotary cooker fluid	Cassida RC220

8. Forklift:

Lubricate	Application	Food grade -H1 compliant option
vacuum pump oil	Cassida VP!00
roller bearings	grease NLGI 2, water resistant	Cassida EPS 2
chain	chain oils	Cassida chain oils
hydraulics	hydraulic oils	Cassida HF68
roller bearings	grease NLGI 2, water resistant	Cassida EPS 2

Depalletizer:

Lubricate	Application	Food grade -H1 compliant option
gear box	gear oil	Cassida GL 220 upto 460 or WG 220 upto 460 (for worm gear)
vacuum pump	vacuum pump oil	Cassida VP100
roller bearings	grease NLGI 2, water resistant	Cassida EPS 2
hydraulics	hydraulic oil	Cassida HF 46 or 68

Can rinser:

Lubricate	Application	Food grade -H1 compliant option
roller bearings	grease NLGI 2, water resistant	Cassida EPS 2
gear box	gear oil	Cassida GL 220 upto 460 or WG 220 upto 460 (for worm gear)

Can Filler:

Lubricate	Application	Food grade -H1 compliant option
lubrication system	recirculation	Cassida HF 100 or GL 150
rotating filler: roller bearings main axis	automatic lubrication system	Cassida EPS 2 or HDS 2
rotating filler: product seal & bearing	silicon grease	Cassida VTS 3
roller bearings	grease NLGI 2, water resistant	Cassida EPS 2
gear box	gear oil	Cassida GL 220 upto 460 or WG 220 upto 460 (for worm gear)

Can Seaming:

Lubricate	Application	Food grade -H1 compliant option
seamer heads - roller bearings	grease NLGI 1, water resistant	Cassida RLS 1 or EPS 1
seamer heads - roller bearings	automatic lubrication system	Cassida RLS 00 or RLS 0
lubrication system	total loss or recirculation	Cassida GLE 150, GLE 220 or FM TLS 150
lubrication system	recirculation (incl.seamer heads)	Cassida HF 100 or CR 100
roller bearings	grease NLGI 1 or 2, water res.	Cassida RLS 1 or 2, EPS 1 or 2
gear box	gear oil	Cassida GL 220 or GLE 220
main drive - gear box	gear oil	Cassida GL 220 upto 460 or WG 220 upto 460 (for worm gear)

10. Cooker/ Pasteurizer:

Lubricate	Application	Food grade -H1 compliant option
hydraulics	hydraulic oil	Cassida HF 32
lubrication system (cams, bearings)	total loss	Cassida GL 320
roller bearings	grease NLGI 2, water resistant	Cassida EPS 2
roller bearings and cams	grease NLGI 0 (automatic)	Cassida RLS 0 or EPS 0
seal (in peroxide)	silicon grease	Cassida VTS 3
bearing (in peroxide)	extreme circumstance grease	Cassida XTS
gear box	gear oil	Cassida GL 220 upto 460 or WG 220 upto 460 (for worm gear)

Labeling:

Lubricate	Application	Food grade -H1 compliant option
roller bearings	grease NLGI 2, water resistant	Cassida EPS 2
gear box	gear oil	Cassida GL 220 upto 460 or WG 220 upto 460 (for worm gear)
gear box - aggregate	gear oil	Cassida GL 150 or GLE 150
roller bearings - hot seal	grease NLGI 2, high temperature	Cassida HTS
lubrication system	recirculation	Cassida HF 100 or GL 150

11. Packing:

Lubricate	Application	Food grade -H1 compliant option
roller bearings	grease NLGI 2, water resistant	Cassida EPS 2
gear box	gear oil	Cassida GL 220 upto 460
lubrication system	chain oils	Cassida GL 220
shrink tunnel: lubrication system	chain oils, high temperature	Cassida GL 220 or WG 220

12. Stack and Pallettize:

Lubricate	Application	Food grade -H1 compliant option
roller bearings	grease NLGI 2, water resistant	Cassida EPS 2
hydraulics	hydraulic oil	Cassida HF 68 (optional)
gear box	gear oil	Cassida GL 220 upto 460 or WG 220 upto 460 (for worm gear)

13. Transport

14. Customer Purchase

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