Oil Analysis

The Issue of Old Grease

Aging grease gets no respect in plants, and little or no attention until it fails. By Randall Noon, P.E. Old grease can be a sneaky failure mechanism, especially in infrequently operated equipment. When grease fails to do its intended function, it can mimic other failure modes, such as misalignment, binding, or wear, while the grease […]

Lubrication • Oil Analysis • Storage & Handling

Sample Containers Affect Oil Analyses

11 months ago

Grabbing the nearest empty container to hold your used-oil sample will produce unreliable test...

Lubricants • Lubrication • Oil Analysis • Storage & Handling

Lube Safety Comes In Threes

1 year ago

A complete lubrication-safety program involves a thorough analysis and proper implementation of...

Contamination Control • Lubricants • Lubrication • Oil Analysis

What’s Your Oil Telling You?

1 year ago

Paying attention to what lubricants ‘say’ can protect equipment from catastrophic failure.

Manufacturing tolerances have never been tighter, requiring systems that constantly monitor lubricants for quantity and quality.

Analytical Systems • Delivery Systems • Lubrication • Oil Analysis

Lube Sensors Indicate Asset Condition

1 year ago

IIoT technology converts lubrication systems into bellwether tools that improve equipment...

ON THE FLOOR

Each month we talk with maintenance and technology professionals about their views and pressing problems on the factory floor.

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FMEA or RCM: Is There a Difference?
Q: Should I do a FMEA or RCM to resolve a machine issue? A:The short answer is that it depends on several things, primarily frequency of occurrence and severity of the failure mode. I frequently am asked, what’s the difference between doing an FMEA (failure mode and effects analysis) and an RCM (reliability-centered maintenance) evaluation?
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