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Seal the Deal: Practical Steps to Combat Contamination in Pumps
What Causes Wear? Contamination has frequently been identified as one of the major causes of premature wear on...
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Oil Consolidation Reimagined: The 5S Method for Smarter Lubrication Practices
When we walk into a pharmacy, there are thousands of items. Some of them do the same job but have different names and...
Lubrication’s Hall of Fame: Meet the Top 10 Pioneers
In 1966, at the height of the "swinging sixties" movement, the world of lubrication, friction, and wear finally...
When Bearings Fail: A Fire Pump’s Hard Lesson in Reliability
In a Middle Eastern refinery, a newly commissioned fire water pump, crucial for emergency services, experienced...
How to Select Oil Analysis Tools That Align with High-Value KPIs
Oil analysis is critical to any reliability program, serving as an effective predictive tool for potential equipment...
Lubrication Scheduling Software
With capabilities not found in spreadsheets or CMMS systems, LUBE-IT manages every task at every lube point providing lube techs with all the information they need to keep equipment running and reliable.
Dissolving Downtime: How Solubility Enhancers Prevent Refinery Shutdowns
Whether we realize this or not, oil refineries are critical in our everyday lives. They convert crude products into diesel, gasoline, LPG, and plastics. The equipment in this plant must withstand very high temperatures, sometimes over 500°C (in the distillation unit)....
Oil Consolidation Reimagined: The 5S Method for Smarter Lubrication Practices
When we walk into a pharmacy, there are thousands of items. Some of them do the same job but have different names and price points, while others are specialty items designed to solve a particular problem at a slightly elevated price point. Some of these may not be...
Essential Strategies for Natural Gas and Biogas Engine Lubrication
The global natural gas and landfill gas engine market is growing at annual compound rates of 6% to 8%, and these segments are expected to increase their share in the coming years, supported by technological advances and circular economy policies. Currently, and...
Lubrication’s Hall of Fame: Meet the Top 10 Pioneers
In 1966, at the height of the "swinging sixties" movement, the world of lubrication, friction, and wear finally received worldwide recognition as a scientific entity responsible for continued machine health and asset longevity. In retrospect, such recognition was long...
The Humble Grease Nipple: Still Essential After 100 Years
The lowliest and most ubiquitous device in the world of lubrication recently celebrated its centennial anniversary. Designed as a simple yet efficient mechanical gateway device, the grease nipple has only one job: to connect to a manual grease-delivery gun and provide...