Machinery Lubrication May 2003

Could this be you? You’ve refinanced your house with the lower interest rates, bought that brand new SUV with near-zero interest, and with all the money you have saved - you are planning the...

A compressor is a type of machine that elevates the pressure of a compressible process fluid, typically air, or a host of other gases.

Standard hydraulic, lube and fuel test procedures do not always reflect real-world filter performance. Laboratory tests have shown that when vibrations and unsteady or cyclic flow conditions are...

Hydraulic systems are old technology. This statement is true, to a degree. The field of hydraulics cannot be measured in decades, or even centuries. In fact, the basic principles appear to...

There are many things to think about when running a food-manufacturing business, and concern over lubricants should not be one of them. That is why it is essential for companies to use lubricants...

There are many occasions where an oil designed to lubricate a machine surface will not stay in place long enough to efficiently perform its key responsibility. For those occasions, manufacturers...

The first part of this series discussed the early history of lubricant base oils through the early 1950s. Here, in Part 2, we review modern base oil technologies and describe how modern base oils...