Edition Archive
July – August, 2014
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The past month has seen the much anticipated first budget by our new government. With a significant focus on development especially towards manufacturing and infrastructure, I feel this budget…
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Publisher's Note
The past month has seen the much anticipated first budget by our new government. With a significant focus on development especially towards manufacturing and infrastructure, I feel this budget…
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Hazards of Changing Lubricant Brands
It goes without saying that lubricants aren’t indiscriminately interchangeable, even if they are in the same product class. This is especially true with industrial lubricants, and there are very…
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Microdieseling and Its Effects on Oil
Would you consider 2,000 degrees F to be hot? At this temperature, aluminum, copper, gold and iron have already melted; stainless and carbon steels are glowing red; and your Thanksgiving turkey…
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Secrets to Becoming a World-Class PM Facility
By Ted Melencheck, Cargill Deicing Technology … A team effort at Cargill’s salt mine leads to reliability excellence. … The primary goal in any industry is maintaining…
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Consider Consistency When Selecting Grease
When instructing Noria’s Fundamentals of Machinery Lubrication course, I usually ask my students to tell me the type of grease that they currently use at their facility and not to give me a color.
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Deciding Whether to Install Suction Strainers on Hydraulic Pump Inlet Lines
A hungry donkey enters a barn in search of hay. Much to his delight, he discovers two identical haystacks, each on the opposite side of the barn. The donkey stands in the middle of the barn…
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What You Should Know About Environmentally Friendly Lubricants
Buzzwords like biodegradable, bio-based, eco-friendly, renewable, non-toxic, green, etc., are often heard echoing throughout industry. Over time, these words have become powerful tools and selling…
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Advantages of Proper Lubricant Storage
Oil storage is a very important aspect of a lubrication program that is often overlooked. Most plants receive new oil and automatically assume it is clean. Then, they may put it to use right…
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How to Change Your Lubrication Culture
In many of the training courses Noria provides, we discuss how a culture change is required in most cases to achieve a world-class lubrication program. This is by far the most difficult part of…
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Using a Grind Gage for In-Service Grease Analysis
Oil analysis is commonly used across industry not only to analyze oil health but also machine health. Recently, advances have been made in grease analysis. With the increasing demand for machines…
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Using Sight Glasses and Level Gauges
Other Types of Oil Level Indicators … There are other oil level indicators that should be mentioned but that don’t necessarily represent best practice for a lubrication program. Dipsticks have…
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Base Oil Report
Crude oil prices have deteriorated to around pre-Iraq crisis level. Indian basket crude oil price was at $104.22 on July 15, However, crude oil prices rose a bit on July 16 due to good economic…
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