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In This Issue
| - Save Energy and Money with Synthetics
- Managing Viscosity for Compressor Health
- Name 2 Types of Filter Media
- Effects of Contaminants in Stored Grease
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| Save Energy and Money with Synthetics |
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| Many synthetic lubricants offer one benefit that mineral-based lubricants typically do not. Energy savings due to the lower frictional characteristics of certain synthetics can be found to be as high as 5 to 10 percent. This is very significant considering the approximate annualized cost of $25,000 in electricity for a 150 hp (112 kW) compressor. (Roger Littlejohn, Citgo Lubricants)
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Machinery Lubrication training.
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| What's in your oil?
Spectroil Q100 Oil Analysis Spectrometer.No sample prep. Analysis in just 30 seconds. Detect up to 32 elements simultaneously. It's the fast, easy way to measure trace quantities of physical contaminants in lubricants.
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If you're running one of the approximately 140 working refineries in the United States, the last thing you need is an unplanned shutdown. But a production standstill is exactly what is at risk if you don't keep an eye on the viscosity of the lubricating oil used in any of the rotary compressors in the plant, with the highest risk of these being the gas compressors.
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| Drum Handling Videos Online
Drum rotators (tumblers to destratify additives in drums) are among many demonstration videos! Plus: forklift attachments, drum rackers, rotators, palletizers, vertical lift pourers and more.
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Test your knowledge and prepare for ICML lubrication and oil analysis certification.
Question: Name the composition of two common types of filter media.
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From the “Lubricating Grease Guide”:
Contaminants can deteriorate greases. Unless containers are tightly sealed, prolonged storage increases the possibility that contaminants will enter stored product. The most prevalent contaminant is moisture, which can enter apparently sealed containers of grease, rusting the containers and changing the product. Some greases, such as soda soap greases, tend to soften when contaminated with water. On the other hand, traces of moisture have been known to cause clay greases and calcium complex greases to become firmer. Appearance changes in storage are not a common problem but can become evident if oxidation causes the surface to darken, if air slowly leaves the product improving clarity or if water causes the grease to become hazy.
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OCTOBER 2011
Oil Analysis I
October 12-13 - Panama
Congreso Mexicano de Confiabilidad y Mantenimiento
October 17-19 - León, Guanajuato, México
NOVEMBER 2011
Advanced Machinery Lubrication
November 8-10 - New Orleans, LA
Fundamentals of Machinery Lubrication
November 8-10 - New Orleans, LA
Oil Analysis II
November 15-16 - Barranquilla, Colombia
Oil Analysis II
November 17-18 - Cali, Colombia
Machinery Lubrication II
November 21-24 - South Korea
Machinery Lubrication II
November 22-24 - Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico
Oil Analysis I
November 22-23 - Lima, Peru
Oil Analysis II
November 23-24 - Panama
Oil Analysis II
November 24-25 - Lima, Peru
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