Machinery Lubrication November 2001

Do you really know how your lubricants become contaminated? Have you taken an inventory of the sources of contamination and the primary points of entry? If not, you are in the majority as...

Much has been said and written about preventive and predictive maintenance programs and condition-monitoring techniques and applications. Many highly skilled, well-qualified and well-meaning engineers and maintenance managers diligently and consistently apply sound maintenance ideas to their plant and industrial machinery, yet fail miserably in their attempts to extend machinery life cycles.

In a host of demanding bearing applications from paper machines to mining equipment, oil is often the recommended lubricant. As industry places increasing demands on operating machinery, the use of...

A recent advertisement for the Pennzoil Company shows the factors that determine severe driving conditions. These four factors include stop-and-go-traffic, short trips, prolonged idling and urban...

Blending lubricants is said to be an art form as much as it is a science. The selection of one of a dozen different additives for one of a dozen different types or blends of base oils requires a...

The typical industrial lubrication program lacks order, structure, continuity and respect, even though the ideas and practices have been around for 100 years. Billions of dollars are spent annually...

Ecological conservation and environmental concerns have become a much greater influence in production facilities around the world in recent years. Progressive action can also be found in the...