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May 2025
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Since grease operates mostly out of sight, inside bearings and housings, it’s easy for issues to sneak up unnoticed until there is a major failure. Proactive grease sampling and monitoring should be part of a good preventive maintenance (PM) program, but it’s still the exception rather than the rule.
In the cement manufacturing industry, the cement mill grinds the ingredients to produce the final product—cement. Cement mills are operated with the help of a powerful gearbox, which is often referred to as the most critical and essential part of the cement grinding section.
It was once widely agreed that all lubricants will inevitably reach a condition of depletion after specific degradation benchmarks, no matter what was done to mitigate it. However, emerging technologies are ready to tackle oil regeneration, refreshing, and renewal...
Years of inconsistent lubrication practices had taken a toll, leading to cross-contamination, lubricant and machine degradation, and premature component wear. To reverse this trend, the organization partnered...
Pay close attention to lubrication regimes for extending machine and lubricant life. Contamination and fluid film sizes impact friction and wear.
Often the steps involved in selecting an oil analysis laboratory are guided by the wrong motivations. Discover which factors you should consider and why your end goal can provide the answers…
When it comes to the specific tasks associated with a lubrication program, the general safety training and knowledge in most plants is insufficient. Learn the six main elements to consider w…
Water contamination in hydraulic systems can devastate an organization’s reliability objectives. Fortunately, with a diligent effort, water contamination can be effectively controlled by setting goal-based target dryness levels, achieving the targets through effective exclusion and removal of water and periodic monitoring to ensure that target levels are maintained.
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