Machinery Lubrication magazine published by Noria Corporation
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AS I SEE IT ORS PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTES CONTROLLABLE BY USER ORGANI- ZATION OEM LUBE SUPPLIER OIL ANALYSIS LAB RESEARCHERS Lubricant Attributes Optimum lubricant products and supplier selection Lubricant reception, labeling, packaging, storing and handling Lubrication Attributes Optimum selection of oil change and regrease intervals Optimum selection, documentation and use of lubrication and oil analysis PMs, tasks and procedures Machine Attributes Proper selection and location of filters Correct selection and location of oil level gauges and inspection sight glasses Correct selection and location of sampling valves Optimum selection of breathers and headspace management devices Correct machine relubrication and flushing hardware and tools Optimum selection and use of seals and leakage control devices Optimum selection and use of seals to control contaminant ingression Oil Analysis Attributes Oil analysis program design and execution People & Program Management Attributes Awareness training, skills training, competency testing Optimum use of lubrication program metrics and KPIs Optimum program management, data manage- ment and work management systems Other Proper lubricant waste and disposal hardware and practices = Primary = Retroactively = Somewhat A Current State Straight Line Optimum Reference State A Figure 2. The pursuit of lubrication excellence is largely accomplished by plants and organizations (users) that take actions consistent with ORS attributes. solid. For asset owners and users, this greatly controls risk, cost and guesswork in the pursuit of lubrication excellence. You'll hear much more about ISO 55000 in future issues of Machinery Lubrication and from Noria in the coming months and years. We'll break it down into the many subcategories of lubrica - tion and oil analysis where it is best applied. Folks, it's a whole new ballgame. Finally, it's time to achieve the optimum. About the Author Jim Fitch has a wealth of "in the trenches" experience in lubrication, oil analysis, tribology and machinery failure investigations. Over the past two decades, he has presented hundreds of courses on these subjects. Jim has published more than 200 technical articles, papers and publications. He ser ves as a U.S. delegate to the ISO tribology and oil analysis working group. Since 2002, he has been the director and a board member of the Interna - tional Council for Machinery Lubrication. He is the CEO and a co-founder of Noria Corpo- ration. Contact Jim at jfitch@noria.com. 6 | May - June 2016 | www.machinerylubrication.com B