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KPIs to Ensure Proper
Lubrication Selection
Wit h t he movement
to digital solutions for
tracking and managing
most decisions that are
made in reliability and maintenance,
an area that is often left out is lubricant
selection. is is the most fundamental
step in a lubrication program: selecting
the proper lubricant for the application
at hand. Be that as it may, the task of
choosing lubricants is often relegated
to the lube tech, operator, maintenance
personnel or whoever happens to be next
to the equipment in need of lubricating.
Seldom is there much emphasis put on the
selectionand even less emphasis is placed
on a mechanism to track how well we are
doing in this realm.
Since lubricant selection impacts
many facets of equipment operation,
there are many ways in which we can
track the performance of our lubricant
selection process. Some methods can be
leading, some lagging, but all are focused
on giving us insight into the process as
a whole.
Often, the selected lubricant is either
the cheapest one available or whatever
the OEM recommends for the machine.
Either case can lead to a state of excess or
a state of waste, which ultimately needs
to be avoided. erefore, we need to have
some information to help prepare us to
track the process.
Learn More:
noria.com/ascend/
Factor:
S6K — Lubricant
Selection KPIs
Level:
KPI (K)
Stage:
Lubricant Selection
About:
Lubricant selection KPIs
must be defined, and
a control panel should
be measured regularly
to identify areas of
improvement and reach
peak performance.
More about this
ASCEND
™
Factor
Condition Monitoring, Lubricant Analysis & Troubleshooting
LUBRICANT SELECTION
Factor: S6K
Wes Cash | Noria Corporation
