lubrication
White Papers
Purchasing Gear Lubricants: Be Careful When Playing the Numbers Game
As the old saying goes, “Figures don’t lie, but liars do figure.” This is not to suggest that gear lubricant sales representatives are liars, but rather that too often neither the sales rep nor the purchaser completely understands what the numbers on a technical sheet or price list really mean...
- John Sander
- Lubrication Engineers
Articles
Using Ultrasound to Improve Lubrication Practices
Keeping a handle on lubrication is easy, right? All one needs to do is make sure the right lubricant is used in the right amount and at the right time. Not so fast; if only it were that simple...
- Adrian Messer
- UE Systems
Webinars
Lubrication Process Transformation
Is your company struggling to achieve or sustain precision lubrication? The transformation starts with facing the reality of current lubrication practices and cracking through barriers to change...
Articles
Go Beyond Condition Monitoring; Condition Improvement
We all know what a great job vibration analyst’s perform. They are all that stands between a manageable plant and the chaos and mayhem that can result from machines failing unexpectedly...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Case Studies and Stories
Condition Monitoring of Ball Mill with HD Technologies
After long discussions, both plants decided to switch from the VCM system to the newer Intellinova system - and with fabulous results, which are highlighted in chapter...
- Robbert de Rouw
- SPM Instrument BV
Articles
Ultrasound Assisted Lubrication: Three Ways to Improve Lubrication Practices
Take great care to avoid introducing contaminants into the lubrication. To monitor how much grease you are using, calibrate your grease gun: there is a device that attaches to your grease gun and gives you an LED reading of how much grease you’re using, mass-wise...
- Adrian Messer
- UE Systems
10 Minute Talk
Ultrasound Assisted Lubrication
Improper bearing lubrication is responsible for several issues, such as increased lubricant usage, increased bearing purchases (due to failures), increased equipment failures, increased operating temperatures, and motors that run inefficiently.
- Adrian Messer
- UE Systems
Webinars
Ultrasound Assisted Lubrication: 3 Ways to Improve Lubrication Practices
This presentation will discuss how ultrasound is used for bearing lubrication, and three methods that can be implemented to help improve overall bearing and lubrication procedures.
- Adrian Messer
- UE Systems
Five Minute Facts
Best Practice Oil Sampling
Oil sampling is, in a sense, the foundation of good oil analysis: it all starts with good sampling...
- Jarrod Potteiger
- Des Case
