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Machinery Lubrication November-December 2020

Machinery Lubrication magazine published by Noria Corporation

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22 | November - December 2020 | www . machinerylubrication.com Listen to Your Lubricant e wisest among us know that relentless measurement is a key enabler to forward progress and change. " " Arguably, more change has occurred related to lubricant analysis and condition monitoring in the past 30 years than all other areas of lubri- cation. Why does this make sense? e wisest among us know that relentless measurement is a key enabler to forward progress and change. Measure- ment leads us to awareness and finally to action (tangible results). Of course, there are many other factors that share in importance too. ese are thoroughly mapped on the Ascend™ Chart. ere are nine critical factors in this Condition Moni- toring, Lubricant Analysis and Troubleshooting Lifecycle Stage of the Ascend chart. Each one is important enough to justify a feature article describing its purpose and application. And honestly, one or more articles on each of these subjects can already be found at machinerylubrica- tion.com. What has become clear after years of working in the lubricant analysis field is that the concept of best practice is not as intuitive as one would expect at the outset. As a result, from my observation, the vast majority of oil analysis and inspection programs fall miserably short of their full potential. erein lies the opportunity and low-hanging fruit ready for harvest. Even those who have benefited from training often seem to struggle with anything more than fragmented execution. We are fully aware that knowing is not the same thing as doing. e Ascend Methodology was devised specifically to enable user organizations to succeed in full and successful execution, each stage, each level, each factor. e roadmap is clear, the journey and execution remains with you. Listen to your oil… listen to your machine. Lubri- cant analysis and inspection serve as the most important metric of a lubrication program. I often say, "it's darn hard for there to be a problem with the machine without the lubricant knowing about it first." So, let's examine the oil the right way, again, again and again. e story is being told but we must listen and act. Platform Level Factors One of the basic principles of the Optimum Reference State (ORS) is optimization. at's fundamentally how the ORS is different than from Jim Fitch | Noria Corporation Overview CONDITION MONITORING, LUBRICANT ANALYSIS AND TROUBLESHOOTING

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