Automatic lubrication on cable cars

Initial installation among friends

By installing simalube lubricators on the Mürrenbahn, not only the suspension cable, but also the friendship between Mürren cable car company and simatec ag is running smoothly.

Neither under nor over lubrication simalube consists of lubricators, which continuously release the lubricant by means of gas-operated drive cells. "We have neither over- nor under-lubrication, but always an optimal lubricating film," Bayard explains the benefits of the automatic lubrication system. He was able to persuade Peter to take a test - and he was thrilled: "Even at the lowest, winterest temperatures, the dispensers lubricated the support rope saddles evenly and precisely."

That's why both of them are now installing 80 lubricant dispensers on the four pillars of the track (ten lubricators per saddle). "We are usually present during the first installation, and then the railway operators can fill up the lubricators again and again," explains Bayard. Because of the wrong torque, about air in the dispenser to clogged lines can happen at the first installation numerous errors. Replenishing existing dispensers, on the other hand, is very simple and easy to do.