Lubrication
Bearing Grease Management using Ultrasound
Inspection Technique Greasing of bearings using ultrasound, often described as best practice, helps us understand how much grease needs to be applied. Ultrasound is a good measure [...]
What led to this condition?
Everything is fine? That shouldn't make us invisible 18 pumps under the responsibility of a Condition Monitoring team, demonstrating an almost identical behavior, with identical symptoms… and surely [...]
Precision Lubrication with LUBExpert
Implementation of an ultrasonic lubrication program in a paper mill to acoustically grease bearings right. The LUBExpert system has allowed the maintenance team to shift away from unreliable calendar-based [...]
Time-Based greasing? Sure?
It makes sense to be reminded, from time to time, that calendar is not always the best decision-making tool. Actually, it rarely is. Because, if it was, you would [...]
Lubrication Over Coffee – Episode #26
Haris: Hello Martin, how are you? Martin: Hi, bonjour, comment ça va? Haris: Come again? Martin: I thought we would have been inclusive for our [...]
Lubrication Over Coffee – Episode #25
Haris: Yes, celebrating wrong heroes is fantastic. But you know, it comes from life. Definitely. Because, have you ever heard about a very famous highly [...]
Lubrication Over Coffee – Episode #24
Haris: Somebody will say we don't have a budget for a solution. Yeah, but you do have a budget for the problem's consequences. So, in [...]
Lubrication Over Coffee – Episode #23
Haris: Hello, Martin, how are you? Martin: Very good, thank you, and yourself? Haris: Excellent. Excellent, as usual. Martin: Good. Haris: So, we discussed a [...]
Lubrication Over Coffee – Episode #22
Martin: What can we do proactively to avoid the problem? That really comes back to what we said right at the beginning: Stop stressing your oil. [...]
Lubrication Over Coffee – Episode #21
Martin: The next thing would be to probably try to understand, what the varnish actually is, and, therefore, how it leads to actual failure modes [...]
Lubrication Over Coffee – Episode #20
Martin: Bonjour monsieur Haris Haris: Bonjour, Bonjour. Ça va? Martin: Yeah, excellent, thank you. How are you? Haris: Excellent, very nice, very good! Martin: What [...]
Medieval Maintenance
Has the term “Medieval” ever been used to describe practices and procedures within your company’s maintenance department? Synonymous with antiquated tools and outdated techniques, medieval maintenance departments experience higher [...]
