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Automatic Lubrication Systems - Don’t Work!?!

By: David Piangerelli

Companies seeking ways to gain operational efficiency and increase reliability often turn to technology. Increasing productivity with reducing operating costs has become a mandate for managers. Maintenance plays an important role in increasing equipment reliability through condition monitoring of critical assets, using tools such as oil analysis, vibration analysis, thermography, etc. Each concept or tool must often be sold to the management team, who is looking for a return on the investment.

Ultrasound Assisted Lubrication Best Practices
Asset Condition Management

Ultrasound Assisted Lubrication Best Practices

An hour long presentation by Adrian Messer, Manager, US Operations, UE Systems, Inc. Originally filmed at the CBM2011 Condition Based Monitoring Conference at the Reliability Performance Institute in Fort Myers, Florida.

How to Select the Right Grease
Asset Condition Management

How to Select the Right Grease

An hour long presenation by Jarrod Potteiger Product & Services Manager, Des-Case Corporation

Grease selection may not be the most important aspect of a lubrication program, but it is one of the most misunderstood. In some cases, choosing the wrong grease can lead to frequent component failures and the root cause often goes unnoticed. Over time, with changes in lubricant suppliers and maintenance staff, specifications for certain machines can end up being very different from where they started. The good news is that grease specification is easy if you learn how to do it. Understanding how to specify grease will often lead to improved equipment performance, reduced energy consumption and a reduction in the number of different greases used.

Dingo Names Boyd Payne to Board of Directors

Denver, Colo. - Dingo Chairman and CEO, Paul Higgins, is pleased to, announce the appointment of Boyd Payne to the Dingo Board of Directors.

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ExxonMobil Launches Online Industrial Lubricant Selector - Looble

FAIRFAX, VA ExxonMobil Lubricants & Petroleum Specialties globally introduced Looble, a user friendly, online industrial lubricant selector designed to help maintenance professionals make informed lubricant decisions for optimizing equipment performance and minimizing unplanned downtime.

RelaDyne, Inc. Partners with Des-Case Corporation

CINCINNATI,- RelaDyne, Inc., the equipment reliability focused company launched in November 2010, announced it has strategically aligned with Des-Case Corporation, the leading manufacturer of contamination control products for industrial lubricants, to market desiccant breather filters and other contamination control products and services.  The Des-Case products and services will complement RelaDyne’s current distribution offering of lubricants, fuels, chemicals and lubrication related products and services to its industrial customer base.  This alignment will also help to broaden RelaDyne’s range of solutions in their Services Division - Field Reliability Management (FRM).

Universal Lubricants to Recycle Thousands of Gallons of Used Oil

WICHITA, Kan.,- Universal Lubricants, America’s only true closed loop oil recycling company, today announced that Colorado on-site fueling, preventive maintenance and repair company Equipment Savers has hired them to recycle tens of thousands of used oil filters and approximately 55,000 gallons of used oil each year. The recovered oil from the filters and the used oil will be re-refined at the company’s advanced refinery in Wichita, Kansas to make its American Petroleum Institute (API) certified green motor-ECO ULTRA®. The scrap steel from the oil filters is sent to a steel mill to be melted and used to produce new products ensuring that nothing ends up in a landfill.

Death by Lube
Asset Condition Management

Death by Lube

A 60 minute Webinar Tutorial on Demand led by Paul Klimuc, International Service Manager, SDT Ultrasound Solutions

Lubricating bearings based on their condition, rather than time in service, is the best way to optimize greasing at your facility. Condition based lubrication programs rely on ultrasound data collection to alarm when re-greasing is required. Techs re-lubricate bearings with an ultrasonic grease gun interface to ensure the right amount of grease is added. Join Paul Klimuc of SDT Ultrasound Solutions as he discusses the role of ultrasound for condition based bearing lubrication.

Audit, Develop and Implement

by Paul Dufresne

Completing an Audit and Implementing Changes to Boost Lubrication Program Performance

In 2009, Trico Services was contracted to complete an equipment lubrication audit of a large mill in the southeast that produces liner and corrugated material for containers. This audit was for roughly 2500 pieces of rotating equipment. Upon completion of the audit, Trico was to take the lubrication recommendations and input this data into the MAINTelligence software platform that the facility uses using to manage their plant lubrication programs.

Des-Case Corporation and AMS Filtration announce merger

Des-Case broadens range of solutions with AMS integration

How to Set up your Lube Room
Asset Condition Management

How to Set up your Lube Room

How to Set up your Lube Room

A 60 minute On Demand Webinar Workshop by Mike Gauthier, Director of Global Services, Trico Corporation

There is more to putting together a lube room than cleaning up a space and installing oil dispensing and transferring devices, there is a lot of ‘home-work' to be done beforehand. Determining the lubricant requirements of your equipment and lubricant consolidation are the first steps on the lube room journey.

LE Upgrades Its ATF Formulation for Better Performance

Versatile Fluid Ensures Smooth-Running Automatic Transmissions in Cars and Trucks

Brian Easterday Joins Trico Corporation as Regional Business Development Manager

Pewaukee, Wis.  - Trico Corporation, a leading provider of total lubrication management services and products, recently announced that Brian Easterday has joined Trico Corporation as Regional Business Development Manager covering the Southeastern part of the United States. In this role he will be responsible for developing relationships with customers within this area.

Jacqueline LaBorde Joins Trico Corporation as Regional Business Development Manager

Pewaukee, Wis. - Trico Corporation, a leading provider of total lubrication management services and products, recently announced that Jacqueline LaBorde has joined Trico Corporation as Regional Business Development Manager covering the Southcentral part of the United States. In this role she will be responsible for outside sales and developing relationships with customers within this area.

Walt Huysman Joins Trico Corporation as Oil Analysis Business Development Manager

Pewaukee, Wis. - Trico Corporation, a leading provider of total lubrication management services and products, announces the addition of Walt Huysman as Oil Analysis Manager.  In this role he is responsible for the day-to-day management of our key oil analysis customers, conveying our unique value proposition with them, and supporting our overall growth in oil services through bid proposals and new client opportunities.

Solving Lubricant Varnish
Asset Condition Management

Solving Lubricant Varnish

An hour long webinar on demand by Greg Livingstone, Executive Vice President, Technology, Fluitec

The most common failure mode of lubricants used in oxidative environments is the creation of deposits in the lubricant system. These sludge and varnish coatings can impair the reliable operation of critical plant equipment. There has been much discussion on this topic recently, as varnish has become a more widely recognized problem. This presentation will help sort out myth from reality and identify the key methods of detecting and solving lubricant varnish.

LE Introduces New Advanced Lubrication Training Program

Company Brings Together Expert Instructor, Hands-On Training, State-of-the-Art Facility

Benchmarking Lubrication Performance
Asset Condition Management

Benchmarking Lubrication Performance

 

A workshop by Jarrod Potteiger, Product & Educational Services Mgr., Des-Case Corporation

The past 20 years has seen a renewed interest in the subject of precision lubrication. Many organizations have come to realize their deficiencies in this area and are scrambling to develop world class programs to stay ahead of the pack. One of the most common problems with these efforts is a lack of direction. After all, just "getting better" is not really a proper game plan. For those who are embarking on this process or like many others, are floundering with it, the best approach may be to take a step back and make a proper assessment of the current program to identify the biggest strengths, weaknesses and opportunities.

Hydraulic Institute Updates Viscosity Correction Standard

Parsippany, NJ January 2011 - - The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has updated the 2004 edition of the ANSI/HI standard on viscosity correction and published the Effects of Liquid Viscosity on Rotodynamic (Centrifugal and Vertical) Pump Performance ANSI/HI 9.6.7-2010.  This standard, which was previously revised in 2004, has been updated to provide better results and is easier to use for those who are involved in pumping liquids with viscosity higher than water.

Mixing Oil & Water Part 2: Strategies for Removing Water

By Mark Barnes

Water is a pervasive contaminant. Present in all but the most arid environments, the impact of water on equipment health and machine reliability can be devastating. In Part 1 of this article (Feb/March 2011), we examined the impact that water has on both the lubricant and its ability to support dynamic loads. In Part 2, we'll look at how we can control moisture under even the most extreme conditions.

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