Edition Archive
September – October, 2021
Cover story
Reliability Catastrophe Scuttled
One of the ways offshore operations prevent costly machine failures is through the application of condition monitoring principles and tools.
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Technical guidance, field experience and industry reporting from this edition.
Publisher's Note
Publisher's Note … Since our cover story is pertaining to the lubrication of shipping and allied assets on the shore, we thought it important to cover the impact of International Maritime…
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The Golden Age of Lubrication
“If we fix lubrication first, we don’t have to fix the machine later.” As Noria enters its 24th year, we have a lot to be thankful for. It is particularly gratifying to see organizations…
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Reliability Catastrophe Scuttled
One of the ways offshore operations prevent costly machine failures is through the application of condition monitoring principles and tools.
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The Five-Star Review for Lubricant Selection
With so much emphasis put on selecting the proper lubricant, using lubricants approved by OEMs, and ensuring our lubricants arrive on time and with the correct properties, it is shocking that…
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How to Implement a Lubrication Quality Control Process
With the high price of quality lubricants and the demand placed on machines to run harder and faster, there is a great need for high-performance lubricants. We expect lubricants to arrive on-site…
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Task Standardization: Maximizing Opportunity by Minimizing Variance
“Many industrial facilities remain stubbornly short-sighted about the acquisition, installation and operation of their machines.” Looking back on math class in school, a well-known concept…
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The Bathtub Curve Applied To Gearbox Oil Analysis What happens in the aging failure zone?
“The high solubility of varnish at different lubricant temperatures makes varnish contamination a complicated problem to tackle.” In recent years, the term “industrial revolution” has taken on new…
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The Ultimate Guide to Contamination Exclusion
“When machine parts and the lubricant protecting the machine’s internal surfaces are exposed to contamination, it is like pouring gasoline on a lit fire.” Keeping possible contamination sources…
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Universal Acid Number (AN) Determination Using FTIR Spectroscopy
“Current direct- read chemometric instrumentation serves as a 'better than nothing' approach with limitations which are rarely grasped by users.” Traditionally, acid number (AN) has been measured…
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Lube-Tips
How Water Contamination Affects Oil Viscosity … It’s important to understand what can happen to the viscosity of an industrial lubricant, such as hydraulic or gear oil, when it is contaminated with…
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ICML Marks 20 Years of Machinery Lubrication Certifications and Support with Special Activities
To provide your feedback to ICML or to pursue a certification or recertification, contact the organization via its website at lubecouncil.org. The International Council for Machinery Lubrication…
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Training and Certification
Masterclass in lubricants blending and quality assurance … … Masterclass in lubricants blending and quality assurance was conducted from 20th to 23rd September 2021. This 4-day training…
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