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In This Issue
| - Cap Grease Guns to Prevent Contamination
- Best Ways to Inhibit Rust and Corrosion
- 2 Symptoms of Grease Incompatibility
- Quantifying Wear Particles
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| Cap Grease Guns to Prevent Contamination |
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To keep the end of your grease gun clean and prevent contamination from entering a bearing when lubing, place a plastic cap over the end of the lube head. These caps come in all sizes, but the 1/2-inch version gives a tight seal to keep out everything from dirt to water. (Lane McGuffin, Sealed Air)
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| Rust and corrosion are detrimental to any reliability program. The best way to stop them is not to allow metal to come in contact with water, oxygen or acid. In other words, you should always fight rust and corrosion at the root-cause level. Eliminate the root causes of a failure and you will reduce the likelihood of that failure's occurrence. |
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Question: Name two symptoms of incompatibility in greases.
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From the "Wear Particle Atlas":
The number of particles in lubricating oil will reach a dynamic balance because the number of particles generated will equal the number lost. The time it takes before a particle is lost is a function of particle size; the larger particles will be lost sooner. If a machine operates normally, not only will the concentration remain the same, but the size distribution will remain the same. Abnormal wear modes, except perhaps for corrosive wear, will generate larger particles. |
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