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Articles for lubrication, maintenance and reliability professionals. This is my list of recommended articles and web pages for anyone looking to better their skills.
Base oils are the starting material for producing lubricants, and their properties greatly influence their performance and characteristics.
I have been living in Houston, Texas, for a little over three years, and to this day, when I talk to a friend, the first sentence I hear is, “Houston, we have a problem.” It’s a trendy phrase that has become an icon for the Texan city.
A well-executed Precision Lubrication work plan is foundational to turning a money-losing operation into a financially healthy organization.
Learn how to unlock the potential benefits from an effective lubricant condition monitoring program for even more benefits.
A closer look at grease and recently developed technologies for grease analysis can help accelerate initiatives to increase sustainability.
Many of us use kidney loop filtration to clean our oil and extend the life of our equipment. Don’t overlook small gearbox oil filtration! Neglecting to filter small reservoirs may keep you from reaching your machine reliability goals.
Topping off the oil sump is the last chance to harm the lubricant and the machine accidentally. Using a few simple precautions, you can eliminate this remaining threat.
Bearing bore size is a critical element of lubricant selection decisions but it is not the only factor to consider.
The Precision Lubrication team recently spoke with Ian McKinnon about precise alignment. Ian is a pioneer in the maintenance field, a passionate instructor, and a founding principal of Reliability Solutions, LP.
Extending oil drain intervals is an achievable goal but it requires changes to an organization's maintenance practices.
Lubrication and oil analysis services, training, and software for today's lubrication and reliability professionals.
The science behind solid lubricants in industry, including their structure, mechanism of reducing friction, and popular solid lube options.
Condition-based greasing has many challenges in data collection and quality, Learn how to achieve the promise of condition-based greasing.
Discover the impact of predictive maintenance: reduce costs and increase production with data analysis and oil analysis. Learn more now.
Is the crackle test accurate? It has reliability issues and limitations and may not be the best solution for detecting water in oils.
Explore the history and evolution of bearing life calculations, including the ISO 281 Standard and its impact on optimizing bearing life.
Understand the role of temperature control in hydraulic oil. Learn how viscosity, operating temperature, and high-viscosity index fluids affect system efficiency.
Reliability is failing in companies because of a lack of investment in maintenance and the lack of qualified reliability pros in leadership.
Measuring sustainable lubrication using Life Cycle Assessment and comparing lubricants for environmental impact and energy efficiency.
Avoid mistakes in oil analysis by properly identifying oil samples. Equipment and oil identification, component age, and oil age are crucial.
Understand lube oil varnish formation and control. Learn about 6 major degradation forms and how they lead to deposits in equipment.
Implementing a reliability-based maintenance program has tremendous business benefits – the kind of impact that executives get excited about. Before our plant started down the reliability path, we spent $39.1 million in maintenance. We had 200 maintenance craftspeople and, on average, 250 contractors on site.
Those who have worked in or around maintenance and reliability have probably heard about the hidden plant. This term refers to that portion of the productivity of any industry that, for some reason, is wasted and goes completely unnoticed in the eyes of the maintenance, operation, or reliability departments.
Learn how to lubricate a rolling element bearing, optimize Kappa values, and extend bearing life based on the ISO 281:2007 standard.
The Acid Number of a lubricant is an indication of its age and degradation. It is determined by titrating the oil with a base, and the value reported is the amount of base required to neutralize the acids in the oil.
