Edition Archive
July – August, 2020
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Fire-resistant fluids are most often associated with hydraulic systems. In some of these systems, components must operate at an extremely high temperature, which means you will want to use a…
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Publisher’s Note
Fire-resistant fluids are most often associated with hydraulic systems. In some of these systems, components must operate at an extremely high temperature, which means you will want to use a…
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5 Ways to Monetize Lubrication Excellence Now
For most organizations, the opportunities for a substantial financial win from lubrication excellence are enormous with lots of low-hanging fruit. The most common financial benefit is reduced…
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Fire Resistant Hydraulic Fluids
Steel production in a steel plant where situations occur every day that can be classified as dangerous. With operations involving heavy equipment and liquid or red-hot steel, the danger of fire…
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Guidelines for Understanding and Maintaining Hydraulic Accumulators
Hydraulic accumulators are found in almost every industrial plant. Most facilities have several of them, but they often are misunderstood. Accumulators can be the most dangerous hydraulic…
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Setting up Your Onsite Oil Analysis Test Facility – Pros & Cons
When you require lubricant testing, you desire a location that offers convenient timings and quick results. Onsite laboratory testing and screening services not only minimize wait times for…
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What If You Observe Diesel Smell in Open Gear Lubricant
While passing by cement plants, you must have noticed rotary kilns. These can be clearly identified from quite far by their shape – long horizontal cylinder slightly inclined at one end. And…
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Lubrication Excellence: A Short- or Long-Term Initiative?
“Successful implementation of best practices will consider the technological, organizational and human factors related to the project." While assisting many different organizations in implementing…
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How to Show the Value of a Lubrication Program
“If you follow this advice, you will start to change the perception of the lubrication program within your facility and begin to develop the much-needed credibility to be seen as the subject-matter…
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Lube-Tips
Preventing Water Contamination … Excessive water can create emulsions in bearing oil, reducing lubrication effectiveness. The formation of deposits onto component surfaces compounds the problem.
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How to Perform Lubrication Tasks Safely
“When it comes to the specific tasks associated with a lubrication program, the general safety training and knowledge in most plants is insufficient.” When most people think about safety, they…
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Industry News: Reliance and bp launch ‘Jio-bp’ partnership
bp and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) recently announced the start of their new Indian fuels and mobility joint venture, Reliance BP Mobility Limited (RBML). Operating under the “Jio-bp”…
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Base Oil Report
The world’s biggest lockdown may have eased in India, but the country’s oil refineries are finding it tough to pull off a complete recovery as fuel demand remains below pre-virus levels and…
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