Edition Archive
March – April, 2016
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The Indian grease market is the world’s third-largest and currently at 1,20,000 MT per year and growing approximately 2 percent per year, according to the data shared at NLGI India Chapter…
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Publisher's Note
The Indian grease market is the world’s third-largest and currently at 1,20,000 MT per year and growing approximately 2 percent per year, according to the data shared at NLGI India Chapter…
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Remedies for a Bad Maintenance Culture
You may not be surprised to know that most companies need a culture intervention – something like a 12-step program. This column will discuss behavioral issues that are often at the core of a…
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Why Communication is Key for a Successful Lubrication Program
After years of traveling the globe designing and implementing best-practice lubrication programs for some of the largest manufacturing and processing facilities, I started making a list of the…
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A Better Way to Test Grease Consistency
… Grease is a complex material that can be manufactured using dramatically different base oil viscosities and thickener types. Variations in soap content and composition can be expected…
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NLGI-India Chapter Conference
India Chapter of NLGI USA held their eighteenth Annual Lubricating Grease Conference in Amby Valley City, Lonavala between February 5th to 7th, 2016. Some 26 papers were presented in all, with…
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Establishing Elemental Limit Values for Motor Oils
Limit and warning levels from elemental spectrometric analysis serve as indicators of the amount of foreign particles found in used oil that is still tolerable or, when compared with fresh oil…
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Lube Tips
The “LUBE-TIPS” section of Machinery Lubrication magazine features innovative ideas submitted by our readers. Additional tips can be found in our Lube-Tips email newsletter. If you have a tip to…
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How to Equip Lube Techs for Success
Are you a lubrication technician (lube tech), oiler or lubricator? Are you responsible for performing lubrication tasks for your company, such as topping up machines with oil, regreasing bearings…
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Why Laboratory Personnel Should Be Certified
The certification of laboratory-­based personnel is essential in supporting quality lab systems, as some accreditations do not guarantee technical accuracy. Most lab systems are designed to…
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Machinery Lubrication's 2015 Lube Room Challenge
… Transforming Lubricant Storage and Dispensing Methods to Best Practices … Tags: lubricant storage and handling … Machinery Lubrication recently issued its…
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Ask the Experts
How Filtration Affects Oil Analysis … "A recent article suggested that particles that are removed from oil reduce failure detection via oil analysis. I use an oil centrifuge on my…
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Product News
Oil Circulatory System … The Oil Circulatory System works on circulation principle - oil which lubricates the bearing / gear box comes back to the tank of this system by gravity. The product…
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Successful Servo Mining Meet 2016
Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) called an all India SERVO® Mining Meet 2016 on February 26. It was held at Hotel Radisson Blue in Ranchi. Themed “Driving Efficiency and Productivity in Mining…
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Oil prices surged mid-march 2016 on word from OPEC officials that Saudi Arabia and other leading exporters OPEC will limit their output even if Iran doesn’t cooperate. … The market shrugged…
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