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November – December, 2020
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50 Lubrication Best Practices You Should Be Using Now
A good lubrication program contains best practices that are intended to help minimize gear and bearing failures as well as reduce lubricant costs and lube-related downtime.
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Publisher's Note
Welcome to our 50th edition. Since our very first issue (Sep-Oct, 2012), this magazine has been devoted to providing value to lubrication. We always try to publish the most valuable articles and…
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You Earn What You Learn
… 2020 will be known as the year when the world was forced to shelter to protect human lives and to stem the spread of a potent, invisible enemy ... COVID-19. The dire economic…
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50 Lubrication Best Practices You Should Be Using Now
A good lubrication program contains best practices that are intended to help minimize gear and bearing failures as well as reduce lubricant costs and lube-related downtime.
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Why You Shouldn’t Overlook Hydraulic Pipe Size
Rarely do I encounter a hydraulic system that has never been modified in some way over the years. Usually, modifications have been made either to make the system run faster or to add some…
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Maintenance of FRF in Turbine EHC system
The purpose of the article is to sensitize the reader bout FRF Maintenance and adopt best practices from the industry.
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Great Pioneers That Inspire Us: Dr. Ernest C. Fitch
At Machinery Lubrication India, we constantly endeavor to enhance the content of our publication. Keeping in mind the interest of our subscribers, we have started a special section last year -…
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Laboratory Analysis … There are many test methods available to provide information about the condition of the lubricant in service of a gear box. The basic oil analysis should include the…
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Ask the Experts
“What are the corrective actions for a high particle count? Is there any standard particle count for fresh oil?” … There are multiple corrective actions for a high…
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Lube-Tips
Inspect Your Oil Level Gauges … Routinely inspect the vent hole in column-type vented level gauges. In dirty environments, the vent hole can become easily plugged, causing an airlock in the gauge…
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Understanding the Difference Between Used Oil and Waste Oil
“It often gets noticeably quiet when you ask most people about how the lubricants are handled once they are drained from a machine.” There is a lot of time and money invested in getting good…
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50th Issue: From the Readers
My hearty congratulations to the Machinery Lubrication India (MLI) magazine team for reaching this milestone of 50th issue. I am sure MLI magazine being the first in…
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Base Oil Report
Origin wise Base Oil import to India, Country and percent - September 2020 … India's October crude oil imports posted their steepest fall since July and seventh consecutive monthly year-on-year…
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