Lubrication
Bearing Grease Replenishment: Time VS Condition?
Maintaining plant assets in an optimal state of lubrication is a topic receiving lots of attention. Maintenance and Reliability practitioners dedicate teams to the task but not every organization [...]
What Are the Benefits of an Ultrasound Assisted Lubrication Program?
Ultrasound assisted lubrication of plant assets offers significant benefits that calendar based lubrication cannot. Lubrication serves a primary purpose, which is to create a thin layer of lubricant between rolling [...]
Ultrasound Guided Bearing Lubrication
The insides of a bearing consist of four important components. The inner and outer raceways form a path for the rolling elements to glide on a thin film of lubricant. [...]
Is your lubrication program world-class?
Acoustic Lubrication is just one of the 8 application pillars adopted by world-class ultrasound programs. And what an important one it is. Poor lubrication practices account for as much [...]
Lubrication Contamination
Particle contamination in bearing grease, also known as lubrication contamination, is a common problem encountered by manufacturers and their lube techs around the world. A study done by the [...]
Avoid These Three Common Bearing Greasing Mistakes
Every plant is different. The machines inside them, the production processes they power, and the loads and conditions in which they operate. But one thing almost all share in [...]
Six Signs your Bearing Lubrication Program is on Track
At SDT Ultrasound Solutions we are meticulous about bearing lubrication. We know one lubrication mistake can mean hours, even days of unplanned downtime… because we’ve seen it happen. 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 [...]
