Machinery Lubrication magazine published by Noria Corporation
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14 | November - December 2017 | www . machinerylubrication.com COVER STORY - 100 th ISSUE 63. Continuously Improve Your Lube Program A lubrication program needs constant refinement and continuous improvement. It is easy to slide back to the old ways of doing things if not careful, especially if the organization has a high turnover rate in the labor force. 64. Handle Oil Drums with Care Avoid damage to oil drums and other large containers during handling. Negligent handling can cause leakage or ingression of dirt. 65. Make Modifications for Reliability Lubrication-enabled reliability is not high science. Any maintenance organization can accomplish it with proper training, planning and deployment. Much of it is behavior based and just good old common sense. It's about making modifications of people, machines, procedures, lubricants and metrics. 66. The Value of Machine Inspections Simple inspections on all types of machines provide invaluable information as to their condition as well as reassurance that they are operating in a reliable manner. 67. Check Your Additive Package Whether they are enhancing, suppressing or imparting new properties to the base oil, additives play an important role in the lubri- cation of machinery. When the additives are gone, they're gone, so don't forget to check your additive package. 68. Not Just Any Lubricant Will Do Machines don't just need some lubricant or any lubricant. Rather, they need a sustained and adequate supply of the right lubricant. 69. Know the Factors That Influence Oil Life e end of oil life is influenced by a complex array of factors. Many of these can be monitored, controlled and used to optimize the oil drain interval. 70. Check Sight Glasses It's not enough just to put a sight glass on a machine and walk away. ese devices should be monitored. ey are windows into what is happening with your oil and can give you a first-hand account of any problems that are occurring. 71. Keep Oil Clean Keeping the oil clean is the first order of business if extended oil replacement intervals are the goal. In turn, achieving extended oil replacement inter vals often makes it economical to use superior-quality synthetic lubricants. 72. Advantages of Hard-piping Machines Hard-piping machines to a fixed oil supply is one way to address a lack of available labor to handle oils. Since this reduces the number of hours it takes to perform an oil change, the plant can run more efficiently with the staff it already employs. 73. Contamination Control Advice e control of contamination in machinery is pointless if contaminated or below-specifi- cation lubricants are used, or if clean lubricant is being handled so carelessly that it enters machines in a contaminated state. 74. Create Electronic Lube Procedures Get your lubrication procedures in an elec- tronic form, preferably on your company-wide intranet or onto an internet account for those moving toward web-based application support. When procedures are electronic, they can be updated globally, attached to work orders and linked to like machines in your computerized maintenance management system. 75. Add Accessories If you truly want to make strides toward becoming a world-class program, you will need to make equipment modif ications. By adding accessories such as desiccating breathers, quick connects, external level gauges and sample ports, you can transform a small gearbox to world-class standards in terms of contamination control, maintain- ability and reliability. 76. Share Responsibility for Reliability Reliability needs to have shared respon- sibility. It must be fixed in the DNA of the machine as well as in the minds of operators 65 75