Edition Archive
November – December, 2022
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Beware! Lurking Lubricants
How many lubricants do you use in your plant? How many are kept in inventory? How many are on your lube list?
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Technical guidance, field experience and industry reporting from this edition.
Publisher’s Note
India’s net import of petroleum was 185 Mt at a cost of US $ 551 billion in 2020-21. Most petroleum products are used in transportation. Hence, a successful E20 (20% blend of fuel and ethanol)…
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Introducing Condition Alarm Mapping (CAM)
“ Infographics are effective at helping people comprehend difficult concepts that integrate an array of variables and factors.” The sheer number of infographics in the condition monitoring field…
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Beware! Lurking Lubricants
How many lubricants do you use in your plant? How many are kept in inventory? How many are on your lube list?
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Are You Protecting Your Stored Lubricants?
The effort to consolidate, label and organize lubricants usually results in a neat, manageable lube storeroom. When things are organized and lubricants are easily identifiable, the chance of a…
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When and How to Clean a Sealable and Reusable Top-Up Container
What is an S&R Container? A sealable and reusable (S&R) container assists in contamination prevention when topping up most normal-sized reservoirs. I say most because an S&R container…
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Dealing with Oil Mist, Fog and Haze
Coming from the farm, oil mist was something that I became fairly familiar with, not because I had to deal with anything directly in any substantial way, but because I have always been a bit…
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Expert High-Velocity Oil Flushing Tips
“The goal is to get a quality job done as quickly, safely, and in as environmentally friendly a way” I’ve worked as a Project Manager at Gaubert IFM for over seven years. During this time, I’ve…
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The Top 3 Condition Monitoring KPIs
Condition Monitoring is becoming the mainstay for maintenance and reliability groups in virtually all industries; as such, there needs to be a system in place to demonstrate the effectiveness of…
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The Basics: Food Processing Lubrication
“Without the use of appropriate food-grade lubricants and standard operating procedures (SOPs), any food and beverage manufacturer can be vulnerable to contamination” Regulatory responsibilities…
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How Does Oil Biodegradability Work?
More and more these days, you will hear people (in almost any industry) talking about their concerns with locating and acquiring biodegradable lubricants. In most places, even non-machinery…
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Quality Check at Doorstep: Why And How
What have you learned from the pandemic? This question hits us to think that even our bad times teach us the most important lesson for the future. Among all the lessons, I want to highlight which…
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Lube-Tips
Determining Additive Levels … The most important aspect of determining additive levels is having an overall understanding of the state of the fluid. If there are unanswered questions with the…
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Industry News
ExxonMobil partners with Racing Promotions to blaze the trail for the Indian Racing League (IRL) … To usher in a new era and build up the motorsports ecosystem in India, IRL aims to…
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