In all the plants I have visited, the lubrication systems that seem to save the most time and labor for their maintenance personnel are machines that are hard-piped to either a large bulk oil tank...
For decades, reliability professionals have been stressing the importance of prioritizing new maintenance thrusts and investments based on need. The word they like to use is...
When it comes to oil leakage, at what point would you say enough is enough - 10 gallons, 100 gallons or 1,000 gallons? I recently started a lubrication process design where the client hadn’t...
At a recent site meeting where I was investigating a series of premature hydraulic pump failures, the client opened the proceedings with a brief history on the machine, an account of the events...
The 2012 Middle East Maintenance Conference and Exhibition (MaintCon) in Bahrain included 750 attendees from 15 different countries, including Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al...
Name: Jeremy Swanson Age: 26 Company: Luminant’s Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Title: Lubrication Engineer Years of Service: 4 years Location: Glen Rose,...
One of the primary functions of a lubricant is to preserve the cleanliness of a combustion engine’s mechanical parts. The cleanliness of these parts is facilitated by the introduction of detergency...
With proper proactive maintenance and mitigation strategies, the installation of new oils can be used to manage varnish in systems. Specific approaches, such as setting alarm and action limits, can help ensure system and oil cleanliness.
Since installation of the microfiltration system in the loading shovel’s diesel tank, its condition and operation have met all expectations. When a mining company in Peru...
Read about grease gun anatomy, symptoms of incorrect greasing volume or frequency, and grease gun best practices.