Kinematic vs Dynamic Viscosity: What’s the Difference?
It is often stated that viscosity is the most important property of a lubricant, and with good reason. Film thickness—the separation between moving machine su... Read more.
Air in Oil Contamination: Causes, Effects, and Solutions
Many people emphasize the impact of particle and moisture contamination on equipment reliability, but few consider how air might affect their equipment.
While u... Read more.
Reviving Degraded Hydraulic Fluids: Best Practices for Reclamation
Industries that rely on hydraulic systems are often some of the heaviest consumers of lubricants, primarily due to their tendency to leak. While best practice w... Read more.
How Efficient is Your Oil Filter?
It has long been known that contamination is the leading cause of failure in rotating and reciprocating equipment. For this reason, most circulating oil systems... Read more.
Automatic Lubrication: Benefits, Drawbacks and Best Practices
In most industrial facilities, many lubricant application tasks are performed manually using either a grease gun, an oil can, an oil top-off container, or an ae... Read more.
Particle Counting: The Truth Behind the Numbers
In the late 1980s, I took one of the hardest courses of my graduate studies - quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics is the physics and math behind how all matter... Read more.
How Contamination Impacts Rolling Element Bearing Life
In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we discussed the evolution of rolling element-bearing life calculations from the original work of Lundberg and Palmgren in the ... Read more.
How to Properly Lubricate a Rolling Element Bearing
In Part 1 of this series we talked about the evolution of rolling element bearing life calculations from the original work of Lundberg and Palmgren in the 1940s... Read more.
How Long Should a Bearing Last?
The Evolution of Bearing Life Calculations and the ISO 281 Standard
From slow-turning pillow block bearings to high-speed fan and electric motor bearings, roll... Read more.