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Machinery Lubrication Jan Feb 2015

Machinery Lubrication magazine published by Noria Corporation

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50 | January - February 2015 | www.machinerylubrication.com L u b r i c a t i o n P r o g r a m s L OREN GREEN | NORI A CORPOR AT ION 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. A ADVANTAGES of Contracting Out Your LUBRICATION Program 44 P E R C E N T of MachineryLubrication.com visitors say their plant outsources lubrication or maintenance tasks to contract-based laborers

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