nology. Soon I will be gathering special
sets of samples and, based on the results,
establishing oil change intervals for specific
pumps.
Q: What have been some of the biggest
project successes in which you've played
a part?
A: An overall success we've had is tran-
sitioning from a reactive maintenance
organization to a proactive organization by
utilizing oil analysis and oil filtering, estab-
lishing a lube room and implementing best
practices in contamination control from the
MLT training. e hydraulic system PM
played a part in helping reduce our plant-
wide hydraulic oil contaminant particle
count by 95 percent in six months.
Q : H o w d o e s y o u r c o m p a n y
v i e w m a c h i n e r y lu b r i c a t i o n i n
ter m s of i mpor t a nc e a nd over a l l
business strateg y?
A: After safety, lubrication is the most crit-
ical aspect of our maintenance program so
that equipment doesn't fail unexpectedly
and cause downtime. All of our improve-
ment efforts will help save money and
enable Mosaic to be a low-cost producer
by reducing equipment failures, downtime
and costs/spending, as well as increase
planned/scheduled work.
Q: What do you see as some of the more
important trends taking place in the
lubrication and oil analysis field?
A: An important trend I've witnessed
over the last couple of years at my plant is
bringing lubrication education to the hourly
level of an organization so mechanics can
look at and understand oil sample reports
and then implement corrective actions as
needed without having to wait on someone
else to interpret the report. Training
everyone is the opposite of the "way we've
always done it" mentality and will provide
benefit to any company.
ML
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