February 2025

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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...

At any given point, the overall contamination in a gearbox is BIG! Remember that contamination ingression is the...

What is Lubrication? Lubrication is the process of reducing friction, wear, and heat between moving surfaces by...

A critical property of turbine oil is its ability to separate from water, known as its demulsibility characteristic....

The success of oil mist lubrication on a scale ranging from just one machine to 30 plant-wide oil mist systems serving...

A saying warns, "There are none so blind as those who do not see." That adage has both literal and metaphoric meanings...

Microdieseling is a term often associated with changes in lubricant color and the formation of harmful byproducts...

Contamination within lubricants circulating through equipment can range from air, water, or, the most damaging,...

In most industrial facilities, over 50% of all lubrication points are lubricated with grease instead of oil. Don't...

All machines with moving parts have bearings of some type. The bearings may be as simple as flat surfaces working...