Machinery Lubrication magazine published by Noria Corporation
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CONFERENCE REVIEW 2 0 1 9 Conference.MachineryLubrication.com As he introduced each principle, Allred engaged the audience by asking them to define the principle being discussed and then shared anecdotes from his childhood and basketball career, including his time playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers. After concluding his address, Allred spent the rest of the morning autographing copies of his books and meeting with attendees and exhibitors. The conclusion of the keynote address signaled the beginning of the learning sessions. Over the course of two days, attend- ees chose from 58 different sessions on topics ranging from lubrication best practices and contamination prevention to oil analysis reports, lean Six Sigma and detecting machine failures with the internet of things (IoT). One highly attended session was "Synthetic or Mineral Oil? How to Make the Right Choice" by Noria's Daniel Rader. "I really enjoyed the ses- sions, especially those on the low-hanging fruit that we can take back and implement," said first-time attendee Brandon Gaskey, lubricator at ATI. "It gets us better at our jobs, pro- viding job-specific training." Echoing his comments was col- league and first-time attendee John Batrouny, maintenance superintendent at ATI SA&C. "I attended a session that ad- dressed KPIs (key performance indicators)," Batrouny said. "It's not normally something we think about, and I really enjoyed it." The learning sessions also featured several case studies, including "How to Diagnose Lu- brication Issues Using Vibration Analysis" by Baxter Stephenson, global maintenance excellence support leader at Sonoco, and "Case Study: Bunge's Journey to World-Class Lubrication" by Jorge Alarcon, global customer technical manager at Bureau Veritas. "There are little nuggets and gems in every session that I'll be able to take back and implement into our lubrication program to make improvements right away," Owen said. "With the knowledge and ex- perience I've gained at this, coming to Machinery Lubrication 2020 will be an easy sell." Throughout Machinery Lubrication 2019, attendees visited exhibitor booths to get their game cards stamped in hopes of winning the show prize: a 2019 Sea-Doo Spark. On Wednesday, Nov. 6, a crowd gathered around the show prize booth as Ryan Kiker, group publish- er at Noria, energized the crowd by thanking everyone for attending, as well as giving out several prizes, such as full-conference registra- tions to both Machinery Lubrica- tion 2020 and the 2020 Reliable Plant Conference & Exhibition in Louisville, Kentucky. After that, Kiker had an audience member pull the winning game card from the box and announce the big winner: James Perkins, maintenance/ lubrication technician at East Kentucky Power. "This is perfect," Perkins said. "I live right near Lake Cumberland." For 2020, the Machinery Lubri- cation Conference & Exhibition will head to the Galveston Island Convention Center in Galveston, Texas, Nov. 9-11. Visit conference. machinerylubrication.com for more information, including ear- ly-bird registration specials. ML