Machinery Lubrication magazine published by Noria Corporation
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Put New Life in Your Oil Analysis Program Bob Scott, Noria Corporation Walk through the components of an oil analysis program and gain some ideas on how to update and improve your existing program. This presentation will discuss selecting equipment based on criticality, choosing a laboratory, gaining awareness of how your laboratory bills you, understanding alarms and limits, test selection, data handling, sampling, reporting, interpreting data and program performance tracking. Rapid Analyses for Fuel and Antifreeze in Used Engine Oil Timothy Ruppel, PerkinElmer If left unchecked, the presence of fuel and ethylene glycol in used engine oil will cause premature engine failure and loss of engine productivity. Routine analysis for these contaminants can predict engine problems, allowing for preventative maintenance before engine failure causes more costly consequences. High throughput automated analysis takes less than 2 minutes per sample, while older methods require 45 to 60 minutes per sample. This session will describe two separate analyses for the determination of contaminants in used engine oil that are more sensitive, accurate and faster than other methods currently used. Simple Ways to Monitor Lubricant Condition Bennett Fitch, Noria Corporation While oil analysis is the preferred method for lubricant condition monitoring, some issues can still go unnoticed or aren't caught quickly enough. Lubricants and the machines in which they are used can provide subtle clues. Technicians who are frequently around their machines sometimes have gut feelings when something is wrong. With a few simple techniques and your five senses, learn how to catch faults quickly when all else fails. Viscosity Selection Using Viscosity-Temperature Graphs Bob Scott, Noria Corporation After particles and water, the wrong viscosity is a leading cause of equipment failures. Viscosity-temperature graphs illustrate the change in viscosity as the temperature changes and can be very useful for selecting oils. This session will explain how to create viscosity-temperature graphs, as well as how to read them and utilize this information to choose the proper ISO grade of oil. RELIABILITY Alignment and Installation Factors that Impact Machine Reliability and centerline. It is critical to realize the proper alignment targets so shafts will be aligned during running conditions. Attendees of this session will become aware of the importance of precision alignment, machinery base and feet flatness, and the development of alignment targets to result in properly running machines that generate less vibration, noise and operating costs. Building the Business Case for Maintenance Planners Andy Gager, Life Cycle Engineering A good maintenance planner can have a significant impact on the bottom line, yet many companies don't pay adequate attention to this role. With 18 percent of a typical maintenance technician's day spent looking for parts and 24 to 26 percent walking to and from the job site, almost 50 percent of each day can be wasted doing non-valueadded activity. This session will address the financial impact of maintenance planning on an organization and will provide a clear understanding of how to improve this function and yield better results. Planning and Scheduling: A Best Practices Overview Matt Midas, GenesisSolutions Enterprise asset management (EAM) in capital-intensive industries provides a major opportunity for improving equipment availability, operating performance and financial results. Effective EAM addresses the elements of the equipment lifecycle from conceptual design, manufacture, construction, commissioning, operations and maintenance through decommissioning and retirement. EAM includes computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) and associated databases needed to support total lifecycle management of assets, as well as the associated business processes and key metrics required to govern the entire program. This session will cite real-world examples of the benefits that can be achieved through the deployment of an effective EAM program, including bottom-line improvements, a blueprint for continuous improvement principles on reliability efforts, examples of how this method can work and how to gain executive endorsement. Using Root-Cause Analysis as a Proactive Tool Bob Latino, Reliability Center Inc. Why do you have to wait for bad things to happen to use root-cause analysis (RCA)? Why can't you do RCA on unacceptable risks or chronic failures that do not rise to the severity of a regulatory event? This session will explore how to use failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) and opportunity analysis to quantifiably measure the impact of failure over time and determine the significant few (the 20 percent of the events costing you 80 percent of your risk and/or dollar losses). In this fashion, you are using RCA proactively to provide an actual, measurable return on investment (ROI) that will quickly and dramatically improve operational reliability. Steve Lochard, Ludeca Inc. Precision alignment is a necessity for keeping machinery running at optimal conditions. Many times machinery bases are not flat and coplanar relative to the machinery feet 10