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Jim Fitch
Jim Fitch, a founder and president of Noria Corporation, has a wealth of experience in lubrication, oil analysis, and machinery failure investigations. He has advised hundreds of companies on developing their lubrication and oil analysis programs. Contact Jim at jfitch@noria.com or 918-749-1400 ext. 201. See Jim's full profile.
Articles by Jim Fitch-
Defining and Executing Excellence in Lubrication
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Trouble-Shooting Viscosity Excursions
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Filter Flow Rate - the Silent Opportunity
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Why Onsite Particle Counting Makes Sense
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The Benefits of Utilizing Wear Debris Analysis in Industrial Machinery
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Performing Lubrication in a Recessionary Environment
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Tactics For Identifying Wear Metal and Solid-particle Suspensions
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These Additives Don’t Exist
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When a Filter is Not a Filter
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Today's Oil Detectives Have a New Bag of Tricks
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Surviving the Oil Analysis Data Jungle
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Particle Counting - Deploying the Invisible Filter
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Adopt a New Philosophy - Change
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Oil Analysis - Choose Your Weapon
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Oil Analysis Effectively Uncovers Hidden Problems
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Ban the Can: Sealable, Reusable Oil Containers are Smarter Option
2010-04-08 -
Oil Analysis Standards - What Are We Waiting For?
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In Search of a Definition - What is Oil Analysis?
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Oil is Not a Fine Wine
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The Enduring Flash Point Test
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Oil Analysis for the New Millenium
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The Augustus H. Gill Award for Oil Analysis Excellence
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Tricks to Classifying Wear Metals and Other Used Oil Suspensions
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Three Important Words for Success in Lubrication and Oil Analysis
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Oil Sampling Mistakes to Avoid
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Oil Analysis and the Lean Organization
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Is Your Oil Analysis Program a Quart Low?
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Using Oil Analysis to Control Varnish and Sludge
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Maximizing Fault Detection in Rotating Equipment Using Wear Debris Analysis
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Your Oil Is Talking...But Are You Listening?
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First an Idea, Now a Reality
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Using Oil Analysis to Monitor the Depletion of Defoamant Additives
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Clean Oil Sampling - How to Sample Oil Without Opening the Bottle
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Ten Compelling Reasons to Attend Practicing Oil Analysis 2000
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Announcing the International Council for Machinery Lubrication
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Top Ten Ways Not to be World Class at Machinery Lubrication
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At Last ... A Lubrication Magazine for Maintenance Professionals
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Scoring the Condition-Based Oil Change Decision
2010-01-27 -
Oil Analysis Economics - Saving and Making Money
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World-Class is What Next Year's Conference is About - What It Is ... and How To Get It
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Why Lubricant Supply Contracts No Longer Go to the Lowest Bidder
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Demystifying Sludge and Varnish
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The Hidden Cost of an Untrained Workforce
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Lubrication UFOs
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Proactive Maintenance's Unruly Cousin
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Glycol In Lubricating Oil - Detection, Analysis and Removal
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Clean Oil Reduces Engine Fuel Consumption
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Spot Check Your Car's Oil
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Wanted: Lubrication Management Professionals
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Managing Reliability in Real Time - The Risk Management Grid (RMG)
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Ask Your OEM to Accessorize New Equipment for Lubrication Excellence
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How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Attend Lubrication Excellence 2003
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Should New Lubricant Deliveries be Tested?
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Which Questions Does Your Oil Analysis Program Answer?
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The Difference Between Good Lubrication and Good Lubricants
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Silent Assumptions of Bearing Reliability
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How Grease Kills
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Reliability's Dirty Little Secret
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Lubrication Excellence 2004 - It's All About Learning
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Lubrication Genesis
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Lubrication as a Profession
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Sight Glass Oil Analysis
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The Influence of Oil Sample Bottle Cleanliness and Agitation
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Oil Analysis Reports - What's Missing in the Comments?
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Copper and Your Diesel Engine Oils
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Flushing and the Voice Within Your Oil
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The Perils of Aerated Oil - Let Your Machine Burp
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Lubricant Quality and the Chain of Custody
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The Agony of Diesel Engine Oil Particle Counts
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Receive a Contamination Control Transfusion - in Just Three Days
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What do Canaries and Ferrous Density Meters Have in Common?
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Filter Economy - Insider Tips on Managing the Costs of Lubrication Filtration
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Standby Equipment – Dealing with Oil Without Legs
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How to Give Your Machine a Physical
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A Much Closer Look at Particle Contamination
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Evolution of Maintenance Man
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12-Step Program - For Recovering Addicts of Lubrication Neglect
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Tweaking the Eyes and Ears of Oil Analysis
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Interview with Luminary Professor H. Peter Jost - The Man who Gave Birth to the Word “Tribology”
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The Importance of Provenance
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In Search of a Root Cause
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What Do You Do with a High Particle Count?
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A Conversation with Dad - Pioneer, Educator and Mentor in Fluid Contamination Control
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What is Your Oil's Impurity-holding Capacity (IHC)?
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A Call for Innovators and Entrepreneurs
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The Enduring Grease vs. Oil Debate
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Tribology is a Behavioral Science
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The Daily One-minute Inspection
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The Meaning of a Low Viscosity Reading
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Four Lethal Diesel Engine Oil Contaminants
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What is the No. 1 Cause and the No. 1 Consequence of Wear?
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What Particles Mean and Why They Need to Be Monitored and Controlled
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Strategies to Extend Drain Intervals and Reduce Lubricant Consumption
2010-08-06 -
What's Hot? Current Trends in Lubrication and Oil Analysis
2010-06-08 -
Aren't Machines Supposed to Wear Out?
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Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Air Contamination
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Diagnosing a Cloudy Oil
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Six Questions Every Lube Tech Should Be Able to Answer Correctly
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Bulk Lubricant Storage and Handling
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Motor Oil Selection Advice
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Why Should Managers Care About Oil?
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Determining Proper Oil and Filter Change Intervals: Can Onboard Automotive Sensors Help?
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Vacuum Distillation for the Removal of Water and Other Volatile Contaminants
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A Well-Constructed Oil Analysis Report
2011-03-02 -
New Lubrication Commandments - Conserve Energy, Protect the Environment
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The Power of the Patch
2011-04-12 -
The Effects of Temperature on Lubricants
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Lubricant Consolidation
2011-06-07 -
Ten Hot Lubrication Trends
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Increasing Demands Bring Advancements in Oil Filtration
2010-12-03 -
Noria is Recharged and Ready for Growth
2010-10-07 -
Five Essential Lube Oil Properties Not Routinely Reported By Your Oil Lab
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The Rationale For Using Magnetic Particle Collectors
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Ten Amazing Years
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Decade in Review: Education and User Empowerment
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Intervention is Key to Machine Life Extension
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The Richness of Machine Failure
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Looking Through the Eyes of Onsite Contaminant Monitors
2010-02-19 -
Virgin Particles and Weak Signals: Finding Meaning in Wear Debris
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Oil Clotting and the Adrenaline Effect
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Strategies to Achieve and Sustain Dry Oil
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Oil Flushing Tips to Address the Fish Bowl Effect
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How Water Causes Bearing Failure
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The Five Cardinal Signs of a Healthy Machine
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Performing a Failure Scene Investigation
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The Six Most Expensive Oil Analysis Tests
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When to Perform an Oil Flush
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The Basics of Used Oil Sampling
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Origin of Spherical Particles in Lubricants
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The Value of Muck Sampling in a Condition Monitoring Program
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The Consequences of Forgetting to Perform Preventive Maintenance
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Contamination Control Strategies for Planned Oil Cleanliness
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The Hot Stove Effect in Precision Lubrication
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Select the Right Metrics for Improved Maintenance and Reliability
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Recognizing the Symptoms of Lubricant Incompatibility
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Selecting the Best Strategies for a Successful Oil Flush
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11 Tactics for a Strategic Oil Flushing Program
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How Dirt Can Contaminate a Lubricant
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How Filters Work to Control Contamination in Oil
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Why Proactive Maintenance is Key for a World-Class Lubrication Program
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The Hazards of Water Contamination in Oil
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Headspace Management - Are You in On This Best-Kept Secret?
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Sludge and Varnish in Turbine Systems
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Setting Limits and Targets for Effective Oil Analysis
2011-08-06 -
Grease Dry-out
2011-08-06 -
The Truths About Oil Analysis Data Trending
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Justifying the Cost of Excluding a Gram of Dirt
2011-10-18 -
Dipstick Oil Analysis
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The Optimum Reference State
2011-12-16
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