Machinery Lubrication magazine published by Noria Corporation
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BACK PAGE BASICS studies address the savings in lubricants, bearings, downtime and many other areas that you can use to form a sound argument. Secondly, you must get other team members onboard. In my experience, explaining the "why" is the most effective method to accomplish this. Why are we doing this? Talking about saving the organization money may or may not be your best approach. Detailing the benefits of keeping the oil clean, cool and dry in terms of reduced downtime and workload may help. I recently conducted a training course where one of the students was skeptical of the advantages of oil analysis. He was a fan of vibration analysis and thermography but questioned the benefits of oil analysis. I explained that in order for vibration and thermography technologies to be used, you must either have 67% of lubrication professionals say their facility has attempted to change its lubrication culture, based on a recent poll at MachineryLubrication.com explain the "why" of oil analysis, he began to come around and see the benefits. This leads us from the "conscious incompetence" stage to the "conscious competence" stage. Now you know the proper procedures, quantities, frequencies, etc., and are putting this information to use. This is when the magic happens and the organization begins to change. You as the champion have made an impression, and the staff is following your example. When you start seeing evidence of this transformation taking place, you should take a moment to congratulate yourself and your team. Many organizations don't make it this far. Keep striving to make improvements and eventually you will reach the fourth and final stage, "unconscious competence." In this stage, personnel perform procedures correctly and aren't even sure why. When asked why things are done a certain way, they might answer, "I don't know; we've always done it that way." Better yet, perhaps they can explain why everything is done the way it is. If so, you are well on your way to having a world-class lubrication program. About the Author vibration or a higher than normal temperature condition. On the other hand, with a good oil analysis program, you can detect potential issues before they get to the point of registering on either vibration or thermography equipment. The ideal situation is to match all of these technologies. After taking the time to Loren Green is a technical consultant with Noria Corporation, focusing on machinery lubrication and maintenance in support of Noria's Lubrication Program Development (LPD). He is a mechanical engineer who holds a Machine Lubrication Technician (MLT) Level II certification and a Machine Lubricant Analyst (MLA) Level II certification through the International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML). Contact Loren at lgreen@noria.com. Machinery Lubrication Statement of Ownership 2013 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Publication Title: Machinery Lubrication Publication Number: 021-695 Filing Date: October 24, 2013 Issue Frequency: Bi-monthly Number of Issues Published Annually: 6 Annual Subscription Price: Free to qualified subscribers Complete Mailing Address of Known Office of Publication: Noria Corporation, 1328 E. 43rd Ct., Tulsa, OK 74105 8. Complete Mailing Address of Headquarters or General Business Office of Publisher: Noria Corporation, 1328 E. 43rd Ct., Tulsa, OK 74105 9. 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