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In This Issue
| - Proactive Maintenance Saves the Day, Serious Cash
- What Does it Mean When a Grease 'Bleeds'?
- Drive Cost Control With Fluid Cleanliness Standards
- Application, Maintenance of Hydraulic Fluid Systems
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| Proactive Maintenance Saves the Day, Serious Cash |
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| According to Caterpillar, catching a problem before failure occurs results in repair costs that are 5 to 25 percent of the engine value. Catching a problem after failure occurs leads to repairs that are more than 65 percent of the engine value.
Join Noria's Jim Fitch for Fundamentals of Machinery Lubrication in Dallas, Texas, on January 25-27.
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| What Does it Mean When a Grease 'Bleeds'? |
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Test your knowledge and prepare for ICML lubrication and oil analysis certification.
Question: What does bleed mean with respect to grease?
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| In today's competitive economy, businesses are challenged to identify ways to increase profit margins without significant capital investments. For facility managers, cost control can be supported by raising maintenance standards to a Total Level Cleanliness program that controls costs by extending the life cycle of fluids and, in turn, of hydraulic systems that they support. |
FULL STORY
From the book "The Practical Handbook of Machinery Lubrication" by L. (Tex) Leugner:
Hydraulic fluid is the lifeblood of any hydraulic system. Without the hydraulic fluid, today’s sophisticated hydraulic machinery could not operate. The primary functions of a hydraulic fluid have always been the same. These fluids transmit power, maintain system pressure, reduce friction and wear, reduce the effects of corrosion, and provide a fluid seal. High-quality hydraulic fluids must have excellent resistance to oxidation; they must contain anti-wear, anti-rust and anti-foam characteristics; and they must be compatible with the various materials which make up the hydraulic components, such as pumps and seals. In addition, quality hydraulic fluids must resist corrosion and have filterability characteristics down to 5 micrometers or less. Finally, hydraulic fluids must be capable of maintaining their stability over a wide temperature range and, in case where multi-grades are used, the viscosity index improvers (which provide multi-grade characteristics) must be shear stable under all operating conditions of pressure and temperature.
Read all about hydraulic fluids systems in Section 8 of this book.
Read more about "The Practical Handbook of Machinery Lubrication – Second Edition"
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