Machinery Lubrication

Machinery Lubrication Sept Oct 2013

Machinery Lubrication magazine published by Noria Corporation

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FROM THE FIELD 4 Steps to Lubrication Excellence Step 1: Benchmark Performance — Define the scope and criteria, set goals and priorities, and benchmark current performance to best practice. Step 2: Define Opportunities —These opportunities may relate to PM scope optimization, failure prevention, failure severity minimization, work planning and energy efficiency. Step 3: Design Best Practice — Create the blueprint for oil analysis inspection, lubricant selection, lubrication procedures, contamination control, training and skills management, and metrics. Step 4: Implement Best Practice — Ensure awareness and communication to stakeholders, equipment modifications, auditing/testing, and continuous improvement. costs. I'm a big fan of spending a little extra upfront to get the highest quality while reducing the life-cycle cost in the long run. However, buying cheaper quality with a lower upfront cost and a higher life-cycle cost has also worked well for some clients. Either way, the machine and components will benefit from the added attention, and that is the ultimate goal. Most vendors are more than happy to showcase their products for the chance at earning your business, so ask for samples and try out each product. See what you like and what you don't. In some cases, you may be spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on these items, so you really should ensure they will work for you. Installation This final step can begin only after you have made the decisions on what to buy and everything is sitting on the dock ready to be installed. Installation may need to be timed with a shutdown, or it If you truly want to make strides toward becoming a world-class program, you will need to make equipment modifications. may be able to be completed on the run. Regardless, the timing is important but not as important as who will be making the modifications. Typically, the most successful method is to have an elite team of installers whose sole purpose is the widespread installation of the modifications. Each team member must be trained on the products and how they should be installed. The team should not have other duties during this time. They must be focused on the task of modifying the equipment for the Optimum Reference State. After overcoming this hurdle, which can be quite formidable for many companies, the only remaining task is to follow the designed best practices in terms of oil sampling, inspecting, reacting to any changes, performing PMs on schedule, etc. Of course, if you have any questions about designing or implementing a best-practices lubrication program, please contact Noria Corporation. About the Author Jeremy Wright is vice president of technical services for Noria Corporation. He serves as a senior technical consultant for Lubrication Program Development projects and as a senior instructor for Noria's Fundamentals of Machinery Lubrication and Advanced Machinery Lubrication training. He is a certified maintenance reliability professional through the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals, and holds Machine Lubricant Analyst Level III and Machine Lubrication Technician Level II certifications through the International Council for Machinery Lubrication. Contact Jeremy at jwright@noria.com. 8| September - October 2013 | www.machinerylubrication.com

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