Rice mills, flour and dal mills, cotton ginning factories and oil expeller units run belt-driven machinery for long hours in fine dust. Belts, bearings and gearboxes decide how many tonnes a day they produce.
Agro-processing units are among the most belt-intensive plants in India. Rice hullers and polishers, flour mill rollers, dal machines, cotton gins and oil expellers are commonly driven by V-belts, and they run long hours in fine dust, husk and lint. Bearings choke on dust, expeller gearboxes carry heavy loads, and lubricants near grain, flour and oil must not contaminate food. Good belts, the right grease quantity and food-grade lubricants near the product keep these mills productive.
Banesto supplies Beltone classical, wedge and hexagonal belts from 2,000+ sizes ex-stock, NSF H1 food-grade grease for points near the product, EP greases and gear oils for expellers and gearboxes, and hydraulic oil for bale presses.
Selected from our 852+ SKU range for the duty cycles most common in rice, flour, dal, ginning and oil mills. Every recommendation is matched by application (temperature, load, speed and exposure), not by catalogue number. Where the equipment maker specifies a grade, the maker's specification comes first.
Need specifications? Full technical data sheets are available for every grade.
View Product Datasheets →A starting point for your lubrication schedule, point by point.
| Equipment | Lubrication point | Banesto product | Good practice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice mills: hullers, whiteners, polishers | Belt drives, bearings | Beltone B or C section belts; H1 grease near rice | Keep husk off pulleys and motor fins. |
| Flour and dal mills: roller mills, sifters | Belt drives, roll bearings | Beltone B section belts; Food-Grade H1 Grease | Wipe excess grease so it cannot reach the product. |
| Cotton ginning | Gin drives, bearings | Beltone B or C section belts; Lithium Complex MP | Clear lint from pulleys and bearings every shift. |
| Cotton pressing | Bale press hydraulics | Hydraulic Oil HLP 46; HLP 68 for hot, heavily loaded presses | Change filters before the season. |
| Oil expellers | Gearbox | Industrial Gear Oil, grade as per the maker | Watch oil temperature; do not overfill. |
| Oil expellers | Shaft bearings | The maker's grease; H1 grease where oil could be contaminated | Grease at the maker's interval. |
| Bucket elevators, conveyors | Chains, gearboxes | H1 grease near product; Industrial Gear Oil in gearboxes | Check chain tension weekly. |
Most small and medium drives use B section classical belts, with C section on heavier machines. Wedge belts carry more power in narrower pulleys on new drives. Match the section and length on the old belt; Beltone stocks 2,000+ sizes ex-stock.
Where grease could fall or leak onto grain, flour or rice (bearings above the product, conveyors and elevators), NSF H1 food-grade grease is the safe choice. Drives and motors away from the product can use standard grease.
Keep belts and pulleys free of lint and oil, check tension regularly, align pulleys, replace worn pulleys and change all belts on a drive at the same time.
A good lithium complex grease of NLGI 2, applied in the right quantity at the right interval, with grease nipples wiped clean before greasing. Too much grease makes a bearing run hot; see why overgreasing damages bearings.
Running a rice, flour, dal, ginning or oil mill, or supplying them? Send us your belt sizes and machine list for a quote from 2,000+ Beltone sizes, with the right greases and oils.