End Lubrication-Related Failures! As a Lubrication Management System (LMS) designed by lubrication professionals, LubePM helps an organization create accountability to ensure that every lubrication point is carefully maintained, inspected and measured.
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End Lubrication-Related Failures
As a Lubrication Management System (LMS) designed by lubrication professionals, LubePM helps an organization create accountability to ensure that every lubrication point is carefully maintained, inspected and measured. The rules of lubrication have changed. Get lubrication right with LubePM.
As I See It
Preventing Equipment Failure, One Particle at a Time
Wear debris is like a lit fuse to a catastrophic event, especially for critical machines. Most condition monitoring technologies and predictive maintenance strategies focus on discovering the signs of failure as soon as possible. But why did the failure occur in the first place? What is the match that lit the fuse? More often than not, particle contamination is the root cause and can be combatted by implementing particle counting into your oil analysis test slate. Read More »
Podcast
Innovations in Lubrication
In this inaugural episode of Gear Talk, Wes and Bennett discuss what an innovative lubrication program looks like today, their predictions for where lubrication is headed in the coming years and what new and emerging tools and techniques lubrication professionals should be paying attention to.
Ascend Roadmap
Lubrication Standards Manual — The Need for Documentation
The idea of having a manual serve to enhance understanding and performance is not a new concept, but it’s one that isn’t employed as much in the industrial space as it should be — especially as it relates to lubrication. Few facilities have set standards or detailed operating manuals relating to a sustainable lubrication program. This is why having a lubrication standards manual is key. Read More »
Task-Based Training
Inspecting a Columnar Sight Glass
A columnar level gauge is a type of sight glass. It is a tube made of clear material that, when installed on a machine, allows the oil to be seen and shows the oil level. Learn why these sight glasses are used and how to properly implement them into your inspection process. Read More »
Lube Champs
Simmons Feed Ingredients – Southwest City, MO
For this month’s Lube Champs feature, we take a look back at the Simmons Feed Ingredients plant in Southwest City, Missouri. Simmons Feed brought in Noria consultants to develop a roadmap for lubrication excellence. After implementing Noria’s Lubrication Program Development and training, the facility was able to achieve cleaner oil, prevent machine failures, avoid lost production and save up to $1 million a year. See their story in action »
History
The (Cartoon) History of Grease
This month we bring you some history within history — an animated video released by SKF (known then as SKF Norma) in the 1980s. The delightful video depicts cavemen discovering different grease applications. And while not entirely accurate (at least, we could find no evidence that ancient monkeys used banana peels to grease wheel axles), the animated shorts are still intriguing and entertaining. Read More »
Sight Glass
Featuring a roundup of news, upcoming events, social media updates and more, the Sight Glass is your go-to spot for keeping up-to-date with the latest and greatest in our industry. Read More »
