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Dislikes: Ricoh wants $$$$$$ for their high temp grease.
Anyone know of a good substitute?
I have used Katun, but it gives off a funny smell.
Ricoh wants $$$$$$ for their high temp grease.
Anyone know of a good substitute?
I have used Katun, but it gives off a funny smell.
CHEMPLEX 710 works great and no smell
I once priced the Kluber Barrierta grease from the local Kluber rep. It was $700 CAD for a kilogram can. Still was cheaper than buying from Ricoh, but really steep still. We just bit the bullet and bought it from Ricoh as we needed it (I didn't have a graceful way to split the can among techs.
We use Castrol high temp bearing grease. Never had any trouble with it. But then not all HT greases are the same.
High-Temperature Greases
The castrol is a bentone clay based grease but i have just started using a Clacium Suffonate based grease made by Lubex I think I like it better but that may be only becasue its coloured green both greases are NLGI grade 2.
Perhaps the benifit I can see from using Barrierta grease is that its a high/low grease but temps on my patch never get that low to be of a concern.
Dupont Krytox GPL-205 is a high temperature grease that is used for fuser bearings, pressure roll bearings, etc. You can purchase at this web-site Krytox lubricants,H-1 certified food lubricants,vacuum pump oil, high temperature lubricants, vacuum grease, remanufactured vacuum pumps, and vacuum components, clean room gloves, clean room notebooks or search the net for your preferred tool/supplies vendor. For specifications please read the attached PDF file.
I don't know about cost, but the best high temp grease that I've ever used is Molycote HP-500.
I personally don't care for the Chem-Plex. It drips, and smokes, & stinks. For a long time it was the only thing we had. It worked well on the one-way bearings in the fuser drive sprockets on the Mita DC-513Z/ DC-5055. But there was a few inches of distance from the fuser to the drive pack, so it wasn't quite as hot as it could be. There were a few times that I tried to save some heat roller bearings. At 190C the Chem-Plex grease just ran out of the bearings and smoked off of the heat roller. =^..^=
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We used the Chemplex 710 stuff years ago - because it was cheap.Originally Posted by blackcat4866
As Blackcat said, it left a lot to be desired.
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Hate to resurrect an old thread, but I'm out of grease and don't want to buy the expensive stuff from Ricoh. Anybody have a good substitute or recommendation?
Krytox is what we've been using.
I've used SUPERLUBE for several years now! no problems with performance or oders, it's cheap and they also make it as an oil. I buy it at Harbor Freight, $5 for a 3oz tube. It's good from -45 to +450 degree's F. It contains PTFE.
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