Abstract: A method of operation is provided during which buffer air flows into a buffer cavity in a turbine engine. The buffer cavity surrounds a bearing compartment in the turbine engine. Leakage air flows across a buffer seal device in the turbine engine. The buffer air and the leakage air are combined to provide combined air. The combined air is vented to a pressure sink such that: a pressure of the buffer air within the buffer cavity is maintained at or below a maximum buffer air threshold during operation of the turbine engine; and a flowrate of the leakage air across the buffer seal device is maintained at or above a minimum leakage air threshold during the operation of the turbine engine.

Abstract: A pumping system is provided. The pumping system may include a drive assembly and a pump assembly that is operatively coupled to the drive assembly. The pump assembly may include a pump configured to pressurize a fluid and a multispeed gearbox that is attached to the pump. The multispeed gearbox may be configured to transfer rotational energy from the drive assembly to the pump.

Abstract: A liquid-cooled integrative power system for electric forklift includes an integrated transmission gearbox, an integrated motor controller, a drive motor, an oil pump motor, an oil pump and a vehicle controller. The integrated transmission gearbox includes a drive motor transmission mechanism and an oil pump motor transmission mechanism. The integrated motor controller includes a drive motor control unit and an oil pump motor control unit. The integrated transmission gearbox, the integrated motor controller, the drive motor, the oil pump motor, the oil pump and the vehicle controller are completely integrated and mounted to form the liquid-cooled integrative power system for electric forklift.

Abstract: A device for monitoring a lubrication of a tool may include: a housing including: a lubricator connector configured to connect the housing to a lubricator and including a lubricant inlet opening, a chamber configured to receive a lubricant from the lubricator through the lubricant inlet opening, a tool connector configured to connect the housing to a lubricant fitting of a tool and including a lubricator outlet opening through which the lubricant leaves the chamber; and a pressure transducer configured to measure a lubricant pressure in the chamber of the housing and generate an output pressure signal related thereto.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an inflatable pump comprising an inflatable pump body, a plastic air cylinder and a plastic disc. A side of the inflatable pump body is provided with a bracket, the plastic air cylinder and the bracket are connected to each other through rotary joint protrusions and rotary joint holes, and the plastic disc is fastened to a top side of the plastic cylinder. By adopting the inflatable pump of the disclosure, the production and processing of the plastic air cylinder and the plastic disc is more convenient and will not cause environmental pollution. Meanwhile, the plastic air cylinder and the plastic disc can meet structural accuracy requirements of the inflatable pump. Furthermore, the plastic air cylinder and the bracket are connected to each other through rotary joint protrusions and rotary joint holes, no additional fasteners and assembly jigs are needed.

Abstract: A hubcap for a heavy-duty duty vehicle that includes mounting structure that is formed with and cooperates with a side wall of the hubcap to provide a stiff, rigid structure that enables non-cantilevered connection to a wheel hub. The mounting structure can be a plurality of elongated bosses circumferentially spaced about the side wall that are formed with corresponding elongated bolt openings to enable the non-cantilevered attachment to the wheel hub. The elongated bosses cooperate with the hubcap side wall to provide a stiffened or rigid structure between the elongated bolt openings for increased and more uniform clamping force on a sealing gasket between the hubcap and the wheel hub. The hubcap profile provides clearance for removal of an outboard mounted disc brake rotor in heavy-duty vehicle wheel end assemblies that include such rotor configurations. The hubcap may support simple mounting of a hub odometer.

Abstract: Disclosed are multifunctional compounds represented by structural formula (I): methods of producing compounds represented by structural formula (I) and their use in inhibiting corrosion in corrodible material.

Abstract: A rotary machine system includes a rotary electric machine, a rotary machine, a first supply line and a second supply line through which the lubricating oil is supplied to the rotary machine bearing, a first discharge line and a second discharge line through which the lubricating oil is discharged downward from the rotary machine bearing, and a lower discharge line through which the lubricating oil discharged from the first discharge line and the second discharge line flows toward a discharge destination. The lower discharge line has a first connecting portion connected to a lower end of the first discharge line and a second connecting portion connected to a lower end of the second discharge line, and extends such that the lubricating oil heads for the discharge destination through the first connecting portion from the second connecting portion.

Abstract: A system is presented for directing the flow of cooling fluid in a rotational machine having co-axial rotatable shafts. The system comprises a first shaft rotatable about an axis, a second shaft rotatable about the axis and having a portion axially overlapping with the first shaft, and a fluid catcher. The fluid catcher is coupled between the first shaft and the second shaft. The fluid catcher comprises a first interface region interfacing with the first shaft, a second interface region interfacing with the second shaft, a fluid retention lip at least partly defining an oil capture region; and a body. The body is coupled to the oil retention lip and defines a channel in fluid communication with the oil capture region. The channel is positioned to direct fluid to one of the first interface region or the second interface region.

Abstract: A high-pressure mixing device adapted to form a polymeric mixture from the reaction of two or more reactive liquid components or resins, comprises a head-body with a mixing chamber having an inner cylindrical surface with inlet and outlet openings for injecting and recirculating reactive components; a duct for delivering the mixture, a valve body with recirculation longitudinal slots; the delivery duct, of the self-cleaning type, is a single-piece tubular element, insertable into a hole passing through the head-body, having an intermediate transversal hole aligned with the mixing chamber with a diameter greater than a diameter of the mixing chamber for avoiding protrusions of the walls of the transversal hole from forming inwardly of the mixing chamber of the head-body. Sealing elements duly arranged between the coupling interfaces of the various components prevent the leakage of polymeric mixture and lubricant liquid. There is also disclosed a related method.

Abstract: A knotter system for a baler, including a needle; a tucker arm; a billhook; and a driver adapted to make the billhook perform at least a first full rotation during the first knot forming cycle and a second full rotation during the second knot forming cycle. The driver comprises a pinion and at least a first and second gear stretch provided along a circumference of a disc. The disc is provided with a recess downstream of at least one of the first gear stretch and the second gear stretch. An obstacle is arranged for engaging the pinion when moving in the recess. The recess and obstacle are configured to rotate the pinion over a determined angle and back to move the upper lip of the billhook away from the lower lip and back after at least one of the first full rotation and the second full rotation.

Abstract: A seal gas supply control method according to the present invention comprises a step for detecting a pressure difference between an internal pressure of a rotary machine and a supply pressure of a seal gas with respect to a dry gas seal portion, a step for adjusting an opening degree of a seal gas supply valve on the basis of the detected pressure difference between the internal pressure and the supply pressure, and a step for detecting a vent pressure for discharging the seal gas evacuated from the dry gas seal portion to the outside. The seal gas supply control method fully opens the seal gas supply valve when the detected vent pressure satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: Provided is a construction machine allowing a deck to be compact while facilitating water supply to a urea tank and access to a grease supply device. The construction machine includes a hose reel for grease supply disposed on a front-side portion of a deck of an upper slewing body, and a urea tank 30 disposed rearward of the hose reel on the deck and stores urea water for exhaust gas purification. The urea tank has a front surface provided with a water inlet for resupplying urea water. The hose reel is disposed deviated from the water inlet widthwise of the upper slewing body. The water inlet has a distal end located on the front side of a rear end of the hose reel.

Abstract: A lubrication system for a planetary gear device includes a planetary gear mounted on a planetary gear shaft. The shaft is mounted in a shaft hole that allows the gear to rotate freely about the shaft. Lubricant reservoirs formed as voids or spaces on the inner surface of the shaft hole and outer surface of the shaft provide additional volume for lubricant to lubricate the shaft and shaft hole interface. These lubricant reservoirs extend the lifespan of the lubricant and reduce maintenance requirements of the planetary gear.

Abstract: Reduction gear for driving a stirred mill including a reduction gear housing, an input shaft suitable for being connected to a drive motor, a reduction stage arranged in the reduction gear housing, and an output shaft that is suitable for being connected to a stirred mill element and which is suitable for being driven by the reduction stage, the output shaft including a proximal axial side, associated with the reduction stage, and a distal axial side, opposite the proximal axial side and intended to be fastened to the stirred mill element, the reduction gear including an axial stop, which is suitable for axially guiding the output shaft and which is suitable for limiting an axial movement of the output shaft in a direction oriented from the proximal axial side toward the distal axial side.

Abstract: A device for supplying lubricant to a vehicle system includes a lubricant pump for supplying fluid from a lubricant reservoir and a lubricant distributor having a plurality of individually drivable supply valves configured for injecting a lubricant into lubricating points of associated operating components. The device also includes a controlling device for operably controlling the supply valves to lubricate the operating components based upon a lubricant demand or lubricant consumption related to operational information of the operating components.

Abstract: A gearbox is provided for use in a gas turbine engine. The gearbox includes a plurality of gears, a casing surrounding the plurality of gears, and a lubricant re-circulation system. The casing defines a sump positioned beneath the plurality of gears to retain lubricant. The lubricant re-circulation system includes a re-circulation pump, a re-circulation inlet positioned within the sump, and a re-circulation outlet positioned to supply lubricant to the plurality of gears.

Abstract: An oil container for cooling and/or lubricating bearings of a drive train of a vehicle. The drive train has a driveshaft, a gear mechanism, a differential and a wheel driveshaft. The differential has a final drive gearwheel in engagement with a gearwheel of the gear mechanism and they splash at least partially in an oil sump region. The gearwheels of the gear mechanism and/or the final drive gearwheel form at least two gear stages. The structural complexity of a drive train is reduced or the efficiency of a drive train is increased when the oil container is functionally configured and/or arranged such that the oil container is arranged in the region between the two gear stages and substantially on the side of the driveshaft and/or the wheel driveshaft lying opposite the oil sump region.

Abstract: An oil pan disposed underneath an engine of a motorcycle and configured to reserve engine oil includes a shallow bottom portion and a deep bottom portion formed to extend in a front-rear direction of the motorcycle substantially at a center in a left-right direction of the motorcycle of the shallow bottom portion, and to become deeper than the shallow bottom portion, and in which a space defined in the left-right direction of the motorcycle between both side wall portions of the deep bottom portion that face each other in the left-right direction of the motorcycle is formed to increase as the deep bottom portion extends from a front toward a rear thereof with respect to the motorcycle.

Abstract: A lubrication system for a planetary gear device includes a planetary gear mounted on a planetary gear shaft. The shaft is mounted in a shaft hole that allows the gear to rotate freely about the shaft. Lubricant reservoirs formed as voids or spaces on the inner surface of the shaft hole and outer surface of the shaft provide additional volume for lubricant to lubricate the shaft and shaft hole interface. These lubricant reservoirs extend the lifespan of the lubricant and reduce maintenance requirements of the planetary gear.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine in a shutdown mode comprises one or more rotatable shafts, a first oil sump, a second oil sump, and an oil drainage conduit fluidically connecting the first oil sump and the second oil sump. The one or more rotatable shafts are oriented with an axis of rotation less than 90 degrees from vertical. The first oil sump has a selected critical vertical level. The second oil sump is positioned at an elevation lower than the elevation of the first oil sump. The oil drainage conduit effects oil drainage by gravity from the first oil sump to the second oil sump to prevent the level of oil collected in the first oil sump from exceeding the selected critical vertical level.

Abstract: A work vehicle having a joint, a joint sensor, a lubricant reservoir, a pump, and a controller. The joint has a first member connected to a second member by a bearing. The joint sensor is configured to provide a joint signal indicative of at least one of a position, velocity, and acceleration of the joint. The pump is configured to dispense lubricant from the lubricant reservoir to the bearing when actuated. The controller receives the joint signal, determines a cumulative bearing travel based on the joint signal, determines a bearing lubrication value based on the cumulative bearing travel, and actuates the pump based on the bearing lubrication value.

Abstract: A turbine engine such as a pusher fan engine is provided. This turbine engine includes a nacelle with a bypass flowpath. A fan rotor is configured to propel air out of the bypass flowpath. A plurality of guide vanes are configured to direct the air to the fan rotor.

Abstract: A system includes a hydraulic energy transfer system configured to exchange pressures between a first fluid and a second fluid, wherein pressure of the first fluid is greater than pressure of the second fluid. The system also includes a lubrication system coupled to the hydraulic energy transfer system and configured to pump or direct a lubrication fluid into the hydraulic energy transfer system.

Abstract: An oil supply apparatus for a vehicle includes: an oil pump that supplies oil in an oil pan that stores the oil circulating in an engine; an oil supply passageway that supplies the oil from the oil pump to a lubricating part and a hydraulic actuating part of the engine; and a bubble separating unit that is provided in the oil supply passageway and separates bubbles contained in the oil.

Abstract: A lubricant scavenging system for a turbine engine having a pair of concentric, counter-rotating shafts. The system comprises a lubricant sump housing having a radially inner surface, a pair of pedestal mounts each adapted to receive a bearing assembly from a respective shaft, a lubricant collection point axially disposed between the pedestal mounts, and a pair of axial channels adapted to guide lubricant toward the lubricant collection point.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment, an attachment for a work vehicle includes a hydraulic motor including a case cavity, a bearing, a mandrel received by the bearing, and a disc saw rotationally coupled to the hydraulic motor via the mandrel. A mandrel cavity surrounds the mandrel, and at least a portion of the bearing is disposed within the mandrel cavity. The mandrel cavity is hydraulically connected to the case cavity downstream of the case cavity.

Abstract: An improved heat engine that includes an organic refrigerant exhibiting a boiling point below ?35° C.; a heat source having a temperature of less than 82° C.; a heat sink; a sealed, closed-loop path for the organic refrigerant, the sealed, closed-loop path having both a high-pressure zone that absorbs heat from the heat source, and a low-pressure zone that transfers heat to the heat sink; a positive-displacement decompressor providing a pressure gradient through which the organic refrigerant in the gaseous phase flows continuously from the high-pressure zone to the low-pressure zone, the positive-displacement decompressor extracting mechanical energy due to the pressure gradient; and a positive-displacement hydraulic pump, which provides continuous flow of the organic refrigerant in the liquid phase from the low-pressure zone to the high-pressure zone, the hydraulic pump and the positive-displacement decompressor maintaining a pressure differential between the two zones of between about 20 to 42 bar.

Abstract: A pump lubricant supply system has a lubricant reservoir and at least one contactor to engage a lubricant transfer device provided on a rotor shaft of a pump to transfer lubricant from the lubricant reservoir to the lubricant transfer device via the at least one contactor. The lubricant reservoir includes at least a first reservoir portion formed of a first elongate strip of porous material wound to define a first lubricant container body having a longitudinal axis that extends transverse to the longitudinal axis of the elongate strip.

Abstract: A method of preventing bearing seizure may include using at least one of a knock sensor, an engine oil pressure sensor, and a continuously variable valve timing (CVVT) system as a bearing seizure detection factor by a bearing controller, detecting damage of a bearing applied to an engine during operation of the engine in which a state of the bearing seizure detection factor is changed, and performing engine control using the bearing seizure detection factor when the bearing damage is detected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for lubricant heating during starting up of a thermodynamic cycle device, wherein the cycle device comprises a working medium with a working substance and a lubricant, an evaporator for evaporating the working substance, a lubricant separator for separating at least part of the lubricant from the working medium which is supplied by the evaporator, an expansion machine which is to be lubricated with the lubricant, and a condenser device with a condenser, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: delivery of lubricant from the lubricant separator to the condenser device and/or to the evaporator during shutdown of the cycle device, as a result of which a working medium which is enriched with lubricant is provided in the condenser device and/or in the evaporator; and heating of the working medium which is enriched with lubricant in the evaporator during starting up of the cycle device.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for expediting light-off of a catalyst during engine cold-start conditions by inhibiting rotation of the turbocharger shaft. In one example, a method may include inhibiting rotation of the turbocharger shaft during engine cold-start conditions until the catalyst is operating at a desired efficiency. The rotation of the shaft may be inhibited via either a passive or an active shaft locking mechanism.

Abstract: Provided is a screw device nozzle that can gas-cool a screw device effectively. A screw device cooling nozzle (4) of the present invention is placed in such a manner as to surround at least one of a screw shaft (1) and a nut (2). The cooling nozzle (4) includes an internal passage (8) into which gas is introduced, an opening (7) for releasing the gas flow introduced into the internal passage (8), a deflection surface (27), provided adjacent to the opening (7), for bending the gas flow released from the opening (7), and a guide path (10) for drawing in gas outside the cooling nozzle (4).

Abstract: A heating medium supplied to an evaporator is used to heat lubricant oil in a screw compressor before the screw compressor starts up, and no additional heater for heating the lubricant oil in the screw compressor is required. When the screw compressor operates, the heating medium discharged from the evaporator after the evaporator is heated by the heating medium, is used to cool the lubricant oil. The lubricant oil heated by a lubricant oil heat exchanger is directly injected into a motor and a screw rotor so that introduction of a liquid refrigerant into a compressive chamber is reduced when the screw compressor starts up later. The lubricant oil introduced into the motor is discharged toward a lubricant oil storage portion before the screw compressor starts up so that the liquid refrigerant is prevented in advance from being introduced into the screw rotor when the screw compressor starts up.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for the description of rotary unions. The described rotary unions are provided with a non-rotating union part and a rotating union part affixable to a rotating device. An exemplary rotary union can be positioned relative to a bearing supporting the rotating device and the rotating device or can be incorporated into a bearing supporting the rotating device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a tank (1) comprising a main body (4) with several compartments (7), a base (6) closing the lower part of the main body (4), and a cover (5) closing the upper part of the main body (4), said method comprising the following steps: shaping sheets to produce the parts making up the tank (1); assembling each of the component parts by butt welding in order to produce the tank (1).

Abstract: In a reciprocating pump comprising a reciprocating member adapted to reciprocate as driven by a drive unit contained in a drive unit case, so as to perform a pumping action such that a liquid in use is aspirated into a pump chamber formed axially in front of the reciprocating member and pushed out under pressure and further comprising a high-pressure seal in slidable contact with an outer peripheral surface of the reciprocating member axially behind the pump chamber so as to prevent the liquid in use from leaking out when a high pressure is generated in the pump chamber, a flow path for the liquid in use to flow so as to bathe the drive unit therewith is provided within the drive unit case, while the rear side of the high-pressure seal is in contact with the liquid in use flowing through the drive unit case.

Abstract: An implantable tissue marker incorporates a contrast agent sealed within a chamber in a container formed from a solid material. The contrast agent is selected to produce a change, such as an increase, in signal intensity under magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). An additional contrast agent may also be sealed within the chamber to provide visibility under another imaging modality, such as computed tomographic (CT) imaging or ultrasound imaging.

Abstract: A method for replacing an outer annular ring of a fluid swivel includes a swivel comprising an inner annular ring and an outer annular ring, the rings being located with their adjacent cylindrical surfaces in close proximity for defining a chamber, for receiving a fluid, between peripheral opposing faces of the inner annular ring and the outer annular ring, wherein the inner annular ring is adapted to be connected to an end of a fluid line and wherein the outer annular ring is adapted to be connected to a product piping on the vessel, wherein the method comprises the steps of: removing the outer annular ring, replacing the outer annular ring by means of a first semi-circular element and a second semi-circular element, and fixing the first semi-circular element to the second semi-circular element, by means of a fixing means, to form a replacement outer annular ring of the swivel.

Abstract: A hydrostatic pressure guide mechanism includes: a guide member having a smooth guide surface; a movement member having a slide surface facing the guide surface and an annular placement groove formed on the slide surface; an annular seal member (hermetically closing member) that is disposed in the placement groove and capable of hermetically contacting with the guide surface; an oil supply structure configured to supply an oil into a static pressure pocket on the slide surface surrounded by the seal member; and an oil recovery structure configured to recover the oil from the static pressure pocket, in which the oil recovery structure has a recovery hole that is formed in the static pressure pocket and is opened on the slide surface.

Abstract: A piston drive device includes: a crankcase; first and second compression cylinders fixed to the crankcase; first and second vacuum cylinders fixed to the crankcase; a rotational shaft rotatably supported within the crankcase; first and second compression pistons connected to the rotational shaft and reciprocating respectively within the first and second compression cylinders; and first and second vacuum pistons connected to the rotational shaft and reciprocating respectively within the first and second vacuum cylinders; wherein each diameter of piston heads of the first and second compression pistons is smaller than each diameter of piston heads of the first and second vacuum pistons, and the first and second compression pistons are connected to the rotational shaft so as to sandwich the first and second vacuum pistons in an axial direction of the rotational shaft.

Abstract: An assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a rotor formed by a drum and a hub. The drum has a generally conically shaped inner surface that defines a flow path along a first cavity. The hub is connected to the drum and has a conically shaped inner surface that defines a flow path along a second cavity.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provides an oil balancing apparatus, applied to at least three compressors connected in parallel. The oil balancing apparatus includes a first oil balancing pipe and a second oil balancing pipe. The first oil balancing pipe connects oil sumps of all the compressors, and the second oil balancing pipe only connects oil sumps of oil-rich compressors but not an oil sump of an oil-starved compressor.

Abstract: An oil tank and scavenge pipe assembly of a gas turbine engine comprises a tank, and a scavenge pipe having a discharge portion disposed inside the tank. The discharge portion comprises a first portion having first and second ends. The first end is adapted to connect to an oil return line for receiving a mixture of oil and air. A bend extends from the second end downstream thereof relative to a flow of the mixture of oil and air through the scavenge pipe. The bend is configured to cause stratification of the mixture of oil and air as the mixture of oil and air flows through it. An outlet downstream of the bend delivers the mixture of oil and air to the tank. A method of delivering an oil and air mixture to a rotating oil volume of a tank of a gas turbine engine is also presented.

Abstract: A lubricating system for supplying at least one lubricating point with lubricant is described. The lubricating system is equipped with at least one feed device and at least one line extending between this feed device and a lubricating point. In order to very easily and effectively monitor and indicate the severance of a lubricant line, an electrical connection is respectively provided on the feed device and the lubricating point. An electric conductor extending between the two connections is assigned to the line. A monitoring device is assigned to the line in such a way that it generates a signal when the electric conductor is interrupted. The invention furthermore pertains to a vehicle, particularly a construction machine, which is equipped with such a lubricating system.

Abstract: A double seal pump assembly is provided and comprises a pump housing having an inlet and an outlet. An impeller is in communication with the inlet and outlet. The impeller includes an impeller shaft extending outwardly from the housing. The impeller shaft is adapted to engage a drive shaft of a motor. A housing adapter is mounted onto the housing at a first seal and is configured to secure the impeller to the housing. A motor adapter is mounted to the housing adapter at a second seal thereby defining a cavity therebetween. The motor adapter is configured to mount the motor and the cavity is configured to be filled with a barrier fluid. An accumulator is in fluid communication with the cavity and is adapted to hold a reserve barrier fluid so as to maintain barrier fluid volume and pressure within the cavity.

Abstract: A technique for making air less likely to enter a strainer in an internal combustion engine in which the strainer is supported by a drain bolt. In an internal combustion engine in which a drain bolt supports a strainer and is configured to discharge a drain is attached to a bottom of a sump. A drain hole into which the drain bolt is screwed and a strainer hole are arranged coaxially. A crankcase is provided with an oil passage through which oil is returned to the sump. The oil passage includes a first passage through which the oil flows in a direction away from the strainer, a return passage that turns around from a forefront end of the first passage, and a second passage through which the oil flows from a forefront end of the return passage toward the strainer.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a bearing assembly may include a support ring to which one or more superhard bearing elements may be mounted. The support ring may include one or more relief features configured to reduce residual stresses in the superhard bearing elements that are induced by brazing the superhard bearing elements to the support ring, operational loads, other processes, or combinations of the foregoing. Reducing the residual stresses in the superhard bearing elements may help prevent damage to the superhard bearing elements. The bearing assembly may be used in subterranean drilling systems and/or other types of systems.

Abstract: A piston rod (15) and a first piston (13) are arranged in the interior of an external cylinder (11) and internal cylinder (12); a second piston for absorbing the change of volume of operating fluid (24) is also arranged therein. Also, a first return spring (18) for returning the piston rod (15) to the interruption position is provided and a second return spring (20) for returning the operating fluid 24 into the high-pressure chamber (25) by pressurizing the second piston (14) is provided. In addition, the air in the interior of the buffering device (10) is withdrawn by a vacuum pump (38), and operating fluid (24) is thus introduced in a degassed condition.

Abstract: A rolling bearing apparatus includes a bearing portion with an inner ring and an outer ring, and a lubrication unit provided adjacently to an annular space formed between the inner ring and the outer ring. The lubrication unit has a tank in which a lubricant to be supplied to the annular space is stored and which enables the lubricant to flow out through a lower part of the tank. The lubricant is electrically conductive. The lubrication unit further includes a first electrode provided in the lower part in the tank, a second electrode provided at a position higher than a position of the first electrode in the tank, and a wiring section electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode so as to allow electric continuity between the first electrode and the second electrode to be detected.