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L u b r i c a t i o n P r o g r a m s
L OREN GREEN
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BACK PAGE BASICS
cross industry there has been a
move toward predictive and
proactive maintenance, but
unfortunately a large number of organiza-
tions are still operating in the reactive
maintenance mode. This can be a diffi cult
cycle to break due to the efforts required just
to keep equipment running. Frequently,
repairs only involve getting machines back up
and not actually fi xing them.
Many maintenance departments are
also woefully understaffed. Even teams
with suffi cient personnel often spend so
much time "fi ghting fi res" to keep the plant
operating that little time is left for predic-
tive or proactive maintenance. There simply
are not enough hours in the day and not
enough maintenance mechanics to repair
the equipment properly in many organiza-
tions. This creates considerable demand on
resources in the form of parts, labor and
time. In addition, the cost of a breakdown
can be signifi cant, with the repair of the
breakdown only a small portion of the
breakdown's total cost.
Studies have shown that most organiza-
tions spend only 5 percent of their
maintenance budget on lubricants and
lubrication, yet approximately 70 percent
of equipment failures are lubrication
related. This would include applying the
wrong lubricant, relubricating too often or
not often enough, using too much or too
little lubricant, and not controlling contam-
ination adequately. In the end, your
maintenance dollars will be spent one way
or another. It is just a matter of when and
how much. If you skimp on lubricants,
breathers, fi lters, etc., you will continue to
spend vast amounts of money on equip-
ment downtime and repairs.
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visitors say their plant outsources
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