Machinery Lubrication magazine published by Noria Corporation
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ML PUBLISHER Mike Ramsey - mramsey@noria.com GROUP PUBLISHER Ryan Kiker - rkiker@noria.com EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jason Sowards - jsowards@noria.com SENIOR EDITOR Jim Fitch - jfitch@noria.com TECHNICAL WRITERS Wes Cash - wcash@noria.com Bennett Fitch - bfitch@noria.com Alejandro Meza - ameza@noria.com Matthew Adams - madams@noria.com Devin Jarrett - djarrett@noria.com Daniel Rader - drader@noria.com GRAPHIC ARTISTS Patrick Clark - pclark@noria.com Josh Couch - jcouch@noria.com Matt Berkenbile - mberkenbile@noria.com ADVERTISING SALES Teresa Dallis - tdallis@noria.com 800-597-5460, ext. 256 CORRESPONDENCE You may address articles, case studies, special requests and other correspondence to: Editor-in-Chief MACHINERY LUBRICATION Noria Corporation 1328 E. 43rd Court • Tulsa, Oklahoma 74105 Phone: 918-749-1400 Fax: 918-746-0925 Email address: editor@noria.com MACHINERY LUBRICATION Volume 19 - Issue 6 November- December 2019 ( USPS 021-695) is published bimonthly by Noria Corporation, 1328 E. 43rd Court, Tulsa, OK 74105-4124. Periodicals postage paid at Tulsa, OK and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes and form 3579 to MACHINERY LUBRICATION, P.O. BOX 47702, Plymouth, MN 55447-0401. Canada Post International Publications Mail Product (Canadian Distribution) Publications Mail Agreement #40612608. Send returns (Canada) to BleuChip International, P.O. Box 25542, London, Ontario, N6C 6B2. SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: The publisher reserves the right to accept or reject any subscription. Send subscription orders, change of address and all subscription-related correspondence to: Noria Corporation, P.O. Box 47702, Plymouth, MN 55447. 800-869- 6882 or Fax: 866-658-6156. Copyright © 2019 Noria Corporation. Noria, Machinery Lubrica - tion and associated logos are trademarks of Noria Corporation. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Noria Corpo- ration is prohibited. Machinery Lubrication is an independently produced publication of Noria Corporation. Noria Corporation reserves the right, with respect to submissions, to revise, republish and authorize its readers to use the tips and articles submitted for personal and commercial use. The opinions of those interviewed and those who write articles for this magazine are not necessarily shared by Noria Corporation. CONTENT NOTICE: The recommendations and information provided in Machinery Lubrication and its related information properties do not purport to address all of the safety concerns that may exist. It is the responsibility of the user to follow appro - priate safety and health practices. Further, Noria does not make any representations, warranties, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, completeness or suitability of the information or recommendations provided herewith. Noria shall not be liable for any injuries, loss of profits, business, goodwill, data, interruption of business, nor for incidental or consequential merchantability or fitness of purpose, or damages related to the use of information or recommendations provided. When it comes to precision or optimized lubrication, there is a need for change and often a modest investment. Done right, the results will not disappoint, a fact proven by many docu- mented case studies. ese cost reductions are represented by the orange bars in the chart. e magnitude of the benefit is proportional to how dire the current state of lubrication happens to be. e worse things are, the greater the oppor- tunity. It also relates to how well-chosen and executed the optimized solution. Figure 2 shows this cause- and-effect in a more visual graphic. Failure to invest in change and enhanced lubri- cation puts the maintenance organization in a cycle of despair (left on the graphic). As the quality of lubrication sharply improves, so do the economic benefits. Everything hinges on action and change. Cost-avoidance Outside the Maintenance Budget Some organizations become so accustomed to routine oper- ational costs that they don't recognize the low-hanging fruit in front of their eyes. A good example is poor energy manage- ment practices like what occurs in many aging homes today. Poor insulation, air drafts around doors and windows, out-of-date heating and air-conditioning units, etc., all add up to huge financial losses over time. In the typical plant, there are many similar examples. Most are tangible (affecting today's bottom line), and a few less so (more difficult to quantify). By focusing on what's tangible, the cost of lubrication-enabled reliability effectively becomes self-funded and easier to approve by company decision-makers. Following is a list of potential savings outside the mainte- nance budget: • Operator idleness due to avoidable scheduled or unscheduled downtime (intangible) REAL WORLD