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How to Extend Bearing Life with the Right Lubricant Choice
All machines with moving parts have bearings of some type. The bearings may be as simple as flat surfaces working...
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How to Turn Gearbox Contamination Control into a Competitive Advantage
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Lubrication Explained: Types, Functions, and Examples
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Contamination Control: Improve Cleanliness, Prevent Failures with Particle Count
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Lubricating Grease: Types, Selection, and Compatibility
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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.
How to Turn Gearbox Contamination Control into a Competitive Advantage
At any given point, the overall contamination in a gearbox is BIG! Remember that contamination ingression is the overall amount of contaminant in the oil with: B – Built-in contamination from the unit's manufacture. I – Ingested is the “sucked in” contamination during...
Lubrication Explained: Types, Functions, and Examples
What is Lubrication? Lubrication is the process of reducing friction, wear, and heat between moving surfaces by introducing a lubricating substance, such as oil or grease.The Purpose of Lubrication If you walk into any industrial facility, you will find lubricants....
How to Detect and Address Poor Turbine Oil Demulsibility
A critical property of turbine oil is its ability to separate from water, known as its demulsibility characteristic. This property is essential for protecting turbine components from inadvertent damage to viscosity changes or corrosion. Water and oil are immiscible...
Proven Practices in Lubrication: Field Trials Not Required
The success of oil mist lubrication on a scale ranging from just one machine to 30 plant-wide oil mist systems serving 2,000 or more machines at a single site has been a matter of record since the mid-1960s. Oil mist lubrication is a fully proven and superbly reliable...
How to Improve Maintenance Inspection Accuracy with Affordable Technology
A saying warns, "There are none so blind as those who do not see." That adage has both literal and metaphoric meanings regarding maintenance inspections. It's no secret that visual acuity deteriorates as we get older. According to the Illuminating Engineering Society...