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Machinery Lubrication January - February 2022

Machinery Lubrication magazine published by Noria Corporation

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38 | January - February 2022 | www . machinerylubrication.com GET TO KNOW Name: Chip Shields Age: 54 Company: Schaeffer Specialized Lubricants Location: Portland, Oregon Shields Works with Quality Lubricants Chip Shields is a Machine Lubrication Tech I certified sales rep at Schaeffer Specialized Lubes. He serves the Portland, Oregon area, working with existing customers to improve their lubricant use and introducing quality lubricants to new clients. Q: How long have you worked for your company and which positions have you held? A: I've worked here for eight years as a sales rep. Q: When did you get your start in machinery lubrica- tion and how did it happen? A: I used to work in the Schaef fer pla nt du ring summers in high school and college. I came back to work at Schaeffer in 2013 as a rep. Q: What types of training have you taken to get you to your current position? A: I've taken the Noria training leading up to the MLT I certification. Q: What professional certi- fications have you attained? A: MLT I. Q: Are you planning to obtain additional training or achieve higher certifica- tions? If so, why and which ones? A: MLT II and CLS perhaps; to better help my customers solve lubrication problems. Q: What's a normal work day like for you? A: Working as a rep for Schaeffer is awesome; it's like being in business for yourself but not by yourself. I'm essentially my own boss. I spend the majority of my day calling on my existing customers in constr uc- tion, manufacturing, food processing and trucking and a few times a week, I call on major account new customers to share what makes Schaeffer lubricants different. Q: What is the amount and range of equipment that you help service through lubricat ion /oi l a na lysis tasks? A: Just about every kind of heav y equipment you can think of: gear boxes, vacuum pumps, excavators, OTR trucks, lautertons for brewing, etc. Q: W hat lubrication-re- lated project s a re you currently working on? A: I'm currently helping a glass manufacturer cut their hydraulic oil consumption in half nationwide. I'm also helping a truck dealership with 28 west-coast locations sell our engine oil, transmis- sion fluid and gear lube to truckers all up and down the west coast. Q: How does your company view machinery lubrication in terms of importance and overall business strategy? A: It's 95% of what we do. We also have a line of fuel additives and crop enhance- ments and specialty products like cleaners and tire sealant. Q: W hat do you see as some of the more important trends taking place in the lubrication and oil analysis field? A: Advances in Environmen- tally Acceptable Lubricants. Q: What has made your c o m p a n y d e c i d e t o put more empha sis on machinery lubrication? A: It's what we've been doing since 1839. ML Be Featured in the Next 'Get to Know' Section Would you like to be featured in the next "Get to Know" section or know someone who should be profiled in an upcoming issue of Machinery Lubrication magazine? Nominate yourself or fellow lubri- cation professionals by emailing a photo and contact information to editor@noria.com. START YOUR FREE SUBSCRIPTION machinerylubrication.com

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