Lubrication is required for each piece of machinery with moving components. Lubrication is essential, but it may be a difficult task. This article seeks to answer some of the most often asked concerns regarding lubrication so you can choose the correct lubricant, not simply the cheapest or fastest. For a consultation, you can contact our Engineers here.
What causes machine components to fail? What are the most prevalent failure mechanisms, and how can you avoid them? Continue reading to learn how to spot components in various phases of progressive failure, as well as the tools you may use to diagnose and fix them.
Oil analysis is an incredibly useful tool in today’s maintenance and reliability initiatives. But overtesting can soon become costly and inadequate testing can result in information being of little use. When applied in conjunction with a sound plan, oil analysis can yield greater productivity, longer asset life, and higher profitability.
With expensive lubricants and the requirement for machines to operate harder and quicker, high-performance lubricants are in high demand. Oftentimes our expectation that the lubricants we ordered should satisfy the viscosity, base oil, performance characteristics, and the contaminant cleanliness objectives that were marketed at the time of purchase. However, believing that all the lubricants you buy always satisfy the requirements of your machines is a common pitfall for maintenance personnel.
Industrial lubricants must be handled, stored, and dispensed appropriately to minimize safety and environmental contamination issues. Manufacturers frequently make blunders such as mislabeling items and storing lubricants in areas with extreme temperatures. To know what are the best conditions and setup for your lube room, it is best to contact CRE Machinery Lubrication Consultants.
On the work floor, as much as in hospital operating rooms, cleanliness and hygiene are critical. The same is true for lubrication which keeps the business of feeding and mending the country on track when it comes to ensuring the smooth operation of manufacturing plants.
Contamination increases machine wear but this information is seldom put into practice in some plants. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how oil analysis, in conjunction with the proper breather and filter equipment, can improve plant conditions and reliability.
Attending a training course to learn what a prescribed lubrication program entails is the first step towards a successful lubrication program implementation. Some students finish the course just as perplexed as they began, overwhelmed by the amount of material they must grasp, process, and implement in order to become a world-class organization.
CRE Philippines is conducting a virtual quiz bee on March 11, 2022. This quiz bee will cover machine reliability and asset management. The contest is open to any enrolled students taking up a mechanical engineering degree.
Machines in harsh working environments always have a shorter life cycle and have higher chances of failure. Even with a manufacturer's warranty, the indirect downtime cost will still be significant.
Worn machine components account for a significant portion of total maintenance costs. Plant and equipment lubrication procedures have a direct influence on plant and equipment reliability.
Poor maintenance habits will destroy your machines, increase downtime, increase repair and labor costs and delay the much-needed production time. Most companies need intervention, to save their machines and increase uptime, a change in outlook and maintenance program will improve the dynamics of their program.
A concealed hierarchy of people and communication systems that binds a maintenance team in a company together is known as maintenance culture.
The color of grease can indicate its overall quality. Grease can darken as a result of operating and environmental factors. Darkening may be a sign that the grease reached its usability limit.
Viscosity is a base oil's most significant attribute. When baselines for incoming oils are established, viscosity is typically the first parameter that is checked. However, lubricants are more than just their viscosity. Understanding the role of additives and their function inside the lubricant is also critical. Additives can either be in the form of organic or inorganic chemicals dissolved or suspended as solids. Depending on their application, they generally vary from 0.1 to 30% of the oil’s total volume.
Every maintenance department's worst nightmare is machine failure. On top of that, there's a challenge to determine the actual cause on a limited amount of time. The equipment breakdowns detailed in this article resisted easy fixes and were extremely expensive in terms of people, materials, and downtime.
Hydraulic systems are used in a wide range of applications today - from simple assembly operations to integrated steel and paper mills. Through the use of Pascal's Law, hydraulics allows the operator to do substantial tasks like lifting big loads, rotating a shaft, drilling precise holes, and so on with a little investment in mechanical linkage. With the critical role of hydraulic systems in most industries, it is vital to ensure its smooth operations and detect underlying issues to avoid catastrophic breakdown.
Professional Certification seals your years of study and experience. Certification helps industries sustain standards by demonstrating an individual's competence and training. Certification serves as a symbol of trustworthiness and an industry standard. Thus, a certification must require rigorous preparation and research to be up to date with industry changes.
There are numerous factors to consider if you decide to start an oil analysis program at your facility or find a quality lab other than the one provided by your oil supplier. Building a good connection with your oil analysis lab will need the following three characteristics.
For more than 60 years, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) has been used to determine the cause and impact of equipment and process failures to improve the reliability of equipment and systems. FMEA is a systematic procedure for identifying probable failure modes and effects before failures occur.