- In recent years, new approaches and techniques have been advanced to improve the detection of incipient and developing faults in bearings and gear units using wear debris analysis. As opposed to… Read more...
- … Like most business plans and strategies, an inspection plan should be built from the top down. It should begin with a clear statement of corporate goals and objectives related to asset… Read more...
- … Lubricated components fail for a variety of reasons. These reasons can be categorized based on the type of failure, specifically early failures, random or event-dependent failures, and… Read more...
- Most maintenance professionals know that clean oil can result in significant cost savings and that oil analysis can be used to reveal the state of lubricants and machines. However, as online… Read more...
- Check valves are the simplest form of hydraulic devices in that they permit free oil flow in one direction and block oil flow in the opposite direction. Check valves may also be used as a… Read more...
- “Many of the tools that work for oil, such as filtration and moisture removal technologies, aren’t readily applicable to grease.” Many years ago, while venturing out into a power plant to take my… Read more...
- “Which would be the best application of oil: an oil lifter (ring and collar) or oil circulation in a ventilator (large roller bearing with medium speed)?” … Oil application… Read more...
- How Water Contamination Affects Oil Viscosity … It’s important to understand what can happen to the viscosity of an industrial lubricant, such as hydraulic or gear oil, when it is contaminated… Read more...
- For the past 17 years, the International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML) has recognized a variety of plants, programs and individuals with two prestigious awards: the Augustus H. Gill… Read more...
- Polished machine surfaces can improve equipment performance by reducing friction and increasing efficiency. There are many ways to polish machine surfaces, with the results depending on the… Read more...
- Launch of ExxonMobil’s breakthrough MOBIL SHC™ ELITE Technology … … Exxon Mobil recently launched Mobil SHC™ Elite, a breakthrough synthetic gear and bearing circulating oil that is… Read more...
- All India Seminar on “Major advances and Sustainable Developments in Lubrication Domain” … Tata Steel in association with National Grease Lubricating Institute (NGLI) India Chapter and… Read more...
- Indian refiners are reducing their intake of Iranian crude oil in preparation for the return of U.S. sanctions on Tehran. Te reduction is being seen as an attempt to score a waiver from the U.S. Read more...
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