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November – December, 2019
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What exactly does it mean to be excellent at lubrication? Is lubrication excellence a destination, or is it a journey on the path to re-inventing a plant's entire approach to lubrication? …
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Publisher's Note
What exactly does it mean to be excellent at lubrication? Is lubrication excellence a destination, or is it a journey on the path to re-inventing a plant's entire approach to lubrication? …
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How the IIoT Is Changing Condition Monitoring
The industrial internet of things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0 are already unleashing enormous value in plants around the world. It seems that today’s younger, digital workforce is the energy that…
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Creating a Culture of Lubrication Excellence and Reliability-Centered Maintenance
An in-depth look at Ingredion Winston-Salem,winner of John R. Battle Award … As the recipient of the International Council for Machinery Lubrication’s 2017 John R. Battle…
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Guidelines for Selecting High-temperature Lubricants
Nowadays most industries have processes that require machines to operate at high temperatures. These applications demand special lubricants that can handle extreme operating temperatures by…
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You observe rusted products after use of water miscible metal working fluid
It all started with our sales team receiving a call from one of the customers complaining about our metal working fluid (MWF). Our MWF was being used to produce mild steel (MS) square pipes. The…
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What You Should Know About Hydraulic Flow Dividers
Flow dividers are common components in hydraulic systems. They are used whenever it is important to deliver equal flow to two or more actuators or sets of actuators in a series. There are two…
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Understanding Your Bearings Prior to Lubrication
“A bearing number contains all the pertinent information needed to devise a best-practice maintenance strategy for the equipment.” The type of bearing selected for operation in a machine…
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Particle Counts: What They Mean and How to Use Them
… “By better understanding the ISO cleanliness code, setting appropriate targets and closely monitoring your particle counts, you can determine how dirty or clean your oil is.” When my…
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Lube-Tips
Paper Thermometer Can Reveal Temperature Spikes … In time-critical situations where real-time infrared thermography is impractical and thermocouple/recording equipment cannot be installed…
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Conferences
Lubrication India … … The 2nd edition of MatDispens organized by Focussed Events from 14th-16th November 2019 at the Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai. The event concluded with keen…
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Industry News
Gulf Oil And Piaggio Join Hands To Launch Lubricants For Commercial Vehicles … Gulf Oil Lubricants India recently inked a pact with Piaggio Vehicles to market co-branded lubricants for commercial…
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Trainings
… Lubrication Institute recently conducted a 3 day training on Essentials of Machinery Lubrication for ITC Limited PSPD, Sarapaka (India). Essentials of Machinery Lubrication course…
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Base Oil Report
Indian government is focusing on increased use of bio-fuels and raising domestic crude oil and gas production to reduce imports. India needs to bring down its oil import dependence from 77 per…
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