Don't Forget Gear Coupling Lubrication
When machines are set in place, aligned, and buttoned-down, it becomes too easy to forget about the gear couplings that may be used to transmit power between the machines. Gear couplings are tough...
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How to implement an award-winning Lubrication Program. What we learned from...
The Hibbing Taconite Company, managed by Cliffs Natural Resources of Hibbing, MN, won UPTIME Magazine’s Best Lubrication Program award. At the heart of their condition monitoring efforts is the Oil...
View ArticleHow Vibration and Ultrasound can work together in a PdM Program @PlantServices
Combine vibration monitoring and ultrasound for more cost-effective predictive maintenance The best overall machinery monitoring program is one that utilizes multiple, integrated monitoring...
View ArticleGive your Equipment The Finger
The Finger as a Sensor and Other Things That Are Of Utmost Importance! Toyota did a study to find out why some equipment failed prematurely. They found that something like 80% of premature equipment...
View ArticleLubrication Tips and Reminders
Guest post by Kasey McClain, Mechanical Engineer at Pioneer Engineering Everyone knows that lubrication is crucial to the life of a bearing. Two common types of bearing lubrication are grease and oil....
View ArticleMachine Lubrication – Where to Start and How to Maintain
Guest post by Brad Loucks, Mechanical Engineer at Pioneer Engineering When discussing machine lubrication techniques and associated maintenance tasks with industry personnel, I often hear the same...
View ArticleThe Effects of Misalignment on Oil Quality
It can be argued that lubricants are the lifeblood of equipment. It is extremely difficult to assure equipment reliability when lubrication integrity is not maintained. The key is to keep the...
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6 Advantages of Automatic Lubrication and Single Point Lubricators
Guest post by Paul Llewellyn – LUBRICATION ENGINEERS If manually greasing a bearing typically means that the bearing will end up being over-greased because more often than not the person doing the...
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Lubrication: Should Funnels Be Used?
Sources of Equipment Damage: Funnels Maintaining proper oil levels in our equipment is a critical maintenance function to keep our assets running and producing product. Adding (or topping off) oil in...
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Proper Precision Lubrication Starts With The Right Mindset
There are a lot of numbers and stats associated with lubrication; or, with the lack of proper lubrication in this case. For instance, it is said that 60% – 80% of bearing failures are related to...
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