Many of the problems with treadmills could be solved by lubricating the treadmills.

The problems of using the belts without lubrication are:

- Burn plates and motors: when the belt is not lubricated the amperage increases, this high amperage can burn plates and motors.

- Decrease the useful life of wear parts: tarpaulin and deck are constantly changed when there is no lubrication.

Both lubrication and cleaning are important, if you only lubricate without cleaning you will end up forming a paste under the tarp that may at first give more lubrication than necessary, which is also bad, but in the future it will do the opposite job of "holding" the tarp.

We suggest lubrication every 10 hours of use and cleaning under the canvas every 60 hours of use, a simpler account would be, if it is a residence, lubricate every 3 days and clean every 30 days, if it is a condominium or gym, lubricate every two days or daily, and clean at least every 15 days, the frequency of maintenance depends on the use.

Some treadmills have motor and plate with oversized amperage, helping in the lack of proper maintenance, employee turnover and neglect with maintenance can be compensated in part by a more powerful motor, however if the picture does not change even the treadmill will eventually stop.

With proper lubrication and cleaning, many belts that "can't stand corporate use" could be provided for corporate use.

Some treadmill advertisements claim that they don't need lubrication, in fact, there is lubrication, but it can be on the deck in the form of wax or it can have automatic lubrication which is a small motor that injects liquid silicone under the canvas.

Let's look at these options, the lubricating wax normally lasts a year, on some treadmills the user can turn the deck, on the other side of the deck there is more wax, so he can use the treadmill for another year if he lubricates, but after 2 years the user will have to buy the deck with the wax, the wax is imported and the cost is high, the automatic lubrication is good but the small motor that injects the silicone can inject too much or too little, we had a case where the silicone was poured all night and damaged the deck.

Now take a look at the advantages of equipment with manual lubrication:

- the cost of spray or liquid silicone is low

- the price of the equipment is lower.

- contact with the equipment helps to check and prevent small defects that greatly extend the life of the equipment.

For these reasons we believe that the belt with manual lubrication is more cost-effective than the others.

Take good care of cleaning and lubrication and you will have a treadmill for the rest of your life, see how to do this in our manual, if in doubt call our services

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