Knowing when to grease a piece of machinery, when to stop, and when to just leave it alone takes a finer ear than many of us can claim. Too much lube, and you get overheating and elevated pressures that can burst the seals on your equipment. Too little, and your bearings get fried. So how about getting a smart grease gun?
The UE Systems Ultraprobe 201 Crease Caddy, a highly practical device, detects high-frequency emissions produced by bearings and translates them into the audible range, where they can be heard through headphones and viewed as intensity increments on a