Lubrication
Two Minute Tips
Introducing Engineered Distribution Devices for Lubrication
In an engineered block system, the system operating sequence follows three steps: The lubricant is delivered to the divider valve block through a machine-mounted or hand-operated grease gun, then the positive displacement…
- Paul Dufresne
- Reliability Playbook, in Partnership with Lubrication Engineers
Five Minute Facts
Make Sure You’ve Determined Bearing Requirements before Greasing
Once you’ve consolidated your lubrication program and standardized the grease guns, you need to make absolutely sure you know the bearing requirements…
- Paul Dufresne
- Reliability Playbook, in Partnership with Lubrication Engineers
Two Minute Tips
Why Filter Industrial Oil
As much as 70% of all premature machine failures can be attributed to contamination. To prevent these failures, it is important to purify the new oil as it comes into the facility and then keep it clean throughout its life. By establishing an ISO code cleanliness goal and maintaining it, you will extend the life of the oil and the equipment..
- Preston Rubottom
- Lubrication Engineers
Articles
Manual or Automatic Lubrication? How to Decide
Lubrication is an essential part of machinery maintenance for nearly every production facility. On average, lubricant purchases only amount to 3 percent of a maintenance budget, but lubrication-related activities can influence an estimated 40 percent of total maintenance costs...
- Robin Marcinkus
- UE Systems
Articles
Systems Energy and Emissions Analysis with Electrical Signature Analysis
There are several ways to view the impact of maintenance practices using ESA and electrical measurements, the first is the use of simple overall kilowatt readings from a power analyzer or relay monitoring system; the second is the before and after readings from an ESA device that identifies kilowatt data by defect.
- Howard Penrose
- MotorDoc LLC
Five Minute Facts
Compressor Runs 30,000 Hours Without Needing Oil Change
After 30,000 hours of operation, our Atlas Copco model air compressor required no oil change and experienced no lubrication-related downtime. That’s nearly four times longer than the OEM-recommended interval for this compressor, providing significant savings in time and money. Find out how we did it.
- John Sander
- Lubrication Engineers
Interviews
What is Micropoly?
Amy Lachman, the President of PhyMet, inc. discusses how Micropoly came to be, and the benefits of mixing oil with polymers versus other methods of lubrication.
- Amy Lachman
- MicroPoly
Two Minute Tips
Creating a Color-Coded Lubricant Standard
When you have multiple lubricants in a factory with hundreds or even thousands of lubrication points, mistakes will happen. Introducing the wrong lubricant into an application leads to unplanned downtime and costly repairs.
- Preston Rubottom
- Lubrication Engineers
Articles
Cutting Fluids in Machining: Difference Between Coolants and Lubricants
Many times, metals come with well-cut sizes and shapes. But how does it happen? Cutting metals into desired properties is called machining.
- Vincent Hua
- TSINFA
