The Lubrication of Cane Sugar Machinery

-This IS a subject which does not at first sight appear to be of major importance in Cane Sugar Factory operation nor possibly of sufficient interest to warrant intensive thought on the part of the Engineer whose duty it is to keep machinery run"ning at all costs. Lubrication is only too often regarded as a necessary evil-a messy, troublesome -subject only to be tackled as and when hitches occur in the smooth operation of the plant. This is an old idea, possibly due to the fact that at the beginning of the mechanical era very' few suitable products were available as Lubricants. Shifts had to be made with such animal and vegetable fats as were known to satisfy the slow running and low temperature conditions then existent, and a kind of precept was established with their use.