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Can’t We All Just Get Along? Melding the Worlds of Production and Reliability
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Can’t We All Just Get Along? Melding the Worlds of Production and Reliability

“Can’t we all just get along?” As the fifth child of eight, I remember my mother saying that quite often. Having four older brothers, it really never happened where we just all simply got along.

Now as an asset reliability educator, I travel around the country providing in-plant training for operators and maintenance personnel. During these training sessions, often times I am reminded by the folks who spend the majority of their day inside these American manufacturing facilities, that I must be living in a different world.

“Everything you are saying about asset reliability sounds great, but we are charged with getting product out the door. We don’t have time to do all the best practice things you are talking about.”

I completely understand this sentiment. I really do. However, we must find a way to meld our two worlds.

Schroeder Industries Introduces MFD Filter Cart With HY-TRAX® Sampling System
Asset Condition Management

Schroeder Industries Introduces MFD Filter Cart With HY-TRAX® Sampling System

Schroeder Industries, a recognized leader in filtration and fluid conditioning products, introduces its new Mobile Filtration Device with HY-TRAX® fluid Sampling Systems.

Asset Condition Management

Phillips 66 Lubricants Announces New Non-Toxic Claim to Uniguide II™ Lubricant

HOUSTON -- April 15, 2016 -- Phillips 66 Lubricants, one of the largest finished lubricants suppliers in North America, today announced an additional non-toxic claim to its Uniguide II™ lubricant product.This premium quality oil is specially developed to provide optimum lubrication of saw guides and saw blades in sawmills. Recently performed toxicity testing against four different species proves that Uniguide II is non-toxic by industry standards to species native to both freshwater and saltwater.

How High Performance Oils and Greases Extend the Application Range for Sealed Bearings
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How High Performance Oils and Greases Extend the Application Range for Sealed Bearings

The development of high performance perfluoropolyether (PFPE) lubricants dates back a few decades. These developments were both necessitated and accelerated by aerospace and aviation markets where lubrication at the extremes of low and high temperatures was far more important than it would be in the average industrial environment. Even beyond aviation and aerospace, PFPEs have served admirably whenever the higher initial cost was easily overcome by the far more important need to consistently meet and even exceed performance expectations.

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Trico Corporation Announces New Leadership

Effective January 1, 2016, Jim Jung has been named President of Trico Corporation. He becomes the fourth generation in his family to serve in this role in Trico’s 99-year history.

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Helpful Hints on Performing an Acoustic Lubrication Application

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How a New Reliability Maintenance Program Delivered a 705% ROI
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How a New Reliability Maintenance Program Delivered a 705% ROI

In 2012, E. & J. Gallo Winery’s spirits making plant committed time and resources to transition its current asset management and lubrication program to a world-class reliability maintenance program utilizing professional services and enhanced lubricants. Plant management’s key objectives for the new reliability maintenance program were targeted to accomplish three plant goals: improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), reduce cost and increase plant profitability. Here’s how the successful transition took place.

RelaDyne Acquires Parker Oil
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RelaDyne Acquires Parker Oil

RelaDyne begins its sixth year as an integrated business by acquiring Parker Oil Co., Inc., a family-owned lubricant distributor headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.

Asset Condition Management

Do Mechanical Seals Really Prevent Contaminant Ingression?

Question: “We use mechanical seals on our process pumps and the pump manufacturer is telling us that with mechanical seals, we don’t need any kind of vent or breather. Is this true?”

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Use Data to Determine When to Use Permanent or Portable Filtration
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Use Data to Determine When to Use Permanent or Portable Filtration

Video Tutorial - 27:10
by Jason Kopschinsky, Director of Reliability Services, Des-Case

In many plants the most expensive assets generally get the most attention, but many critical assets are not necessarily the most expensive. This philosophy is often used when deciding when to use offline filtration and when that offline filtration should be permanent or portable. This iPresentation walks you through a maze of data to uncover the clues behind when filtration should be permanent versus portable.

Asset Condition Management

Take Care, Consider Compatibility When Switching to New Grease

Greases are available with many different thickener types, base oils, and base oil viscosities. Mixing of these different types of greases can result in changes in characteristics, leading to a

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Solutions 2.0 2015 - Top 10 Things You (Maybe) Didn’t Know About Lubrication
Asset Condition Management

Solutions 2.0 2015 - Top 10 Things You (Maybe) Didn’t Know About Lubrication

Solutions 2.0 2015 Conference - 19:54
By Mark Barnes, Des-Case Corporation

In this presentation, Mark Barnes builds out a top ten list of important facts about lubrication. The keys to executing best lubrication practices involve benchmarking current practices versus preferred practice, building a business case so senior management understands the ROI, and creating a project plan and sticking with it.

Best Practices for Lubricant Storage and Handling
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Best Practices for Lubricant Storage and Handling

iPresentation - 31:12
By Jarrod Potteiger, Des-Case

Shell launches artificial intelligence-powered service for lubricant customers

Shell is the first company in the lubricants sector to launch an artificial intelligence-driven service for customers - Shell Virtual Assistant. It is an interactive one-stop shop on the Shell website where customers and distributors can ask common lubricant-related questions, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

LE Introduces Earthwise™ Lubricant for Use On or Near Water

Lubrication Engineers, Inc. specifically formulated its new EarthwiseTM EAL Wire Rope Grease (3353) to be earth friendly while still meeting the rigorous performance demands of industrial applications.

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Protect your Equipment and Assets by Testing and Filtering New Oil

New oil products in many cases are not clean oils. During manufacturing and distribution of oils, there are countless opportunities for contamination. Your distributor could be the biggest

 

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Sampling Kit Available For Robot Grease Sampling and Analysis

MRG Labs has developed a sampling kit that can be used to analyze the condition of grease lubricated robots utilizing techniques recently published as standards by ASTM. Serving essentially as a “Blood Test” for robots, the kits utilize the Grease Thief sampling tools outlined in ASTM Standard D7718, and methods of analysis listed in the new ASTM D7918 standard for inservice grease testing.

Des-Case Introduces IsoLink™ Oil Transfer Containers

Des-Case Corporation, a global manufacturer of specialty filtration products that improve process equipment reliability and extend lubricant life, has launched a new line of oil transfer containers and accessories to help maintain lubrication cleanliness, especially at transfer when contaminants can more easily invade the lubrication process and degrade equipment performance and reliability.

Des-Case named a Tennessean Top Workplace

Des Case Corporation, a manufacturer of specialty filtration products that improve process equipment reliability and extend lubricant life for companies around the world, has been named a Tennessean Top Workplace in an annual competition that identifies companies with the most desirable workplaces.

Green Lubricants – You Don’t Have To Sacrifice Performance To Be Green

Green Lubricants – You Don’t Have To Sacrifice Performance To Be Green

by Joanne Moore - Analytical Chemist, Lubrication Engineers, Inc.

"Green" most commonly refers to products that contribute to green living or practices that help conserve resources like water and energy. It also refers to products that prevent or lessen contributions to air, water & land pollution. With the new, stricter EPA rules for lubricants used by vessels on U.S. waterways, the topic of green lubricants is a timely one. This presentation covers the following: What Is Green?, Green Lubricants Formulation Strategy, What Is VGP?, VGP Compliant Lubricants, Applications & Performance, The EAL Marketplace, and EAL Grease Example.
Learning Points:
1) Being "green" is part of the Triple Bottom Line for companies: Environment (Planet), Social (People), Economic (Profit).
2) New U.S. EPA rules require vessels in U.S. waterways to use VGP-compliant lubricants for oil-to-sea interfaces.
3) Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants (EALs) are VGP compliant. They are biodegradable, minimally toxic and not bio accumulative. The challenge for the lubricant manufacturer: How to formulate EALs that still hold up in the application and protect the equipment. (Note: Not all "bio-oils" are EALs.)

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