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In This Issue
| - Why You Should Inspect Oil Level Gauges
- Lube Room Essentials and Best Practices
- Benefits of Ferrous Density Analysis
- When to Use Solid-film Lubricants
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| Why You Should Inspect Oil Level Gauges |
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Inspect the vent hole in column-type vented level gauges routinely. In dirty environments, the vent hole can become easily plugged, causing an air lock in the gauge headspace. This will result in a false oil level (higher than reality) in the gauge. Many prefer dual-port (unvented) gauges instead.
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Machinery Lubrication training.
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| Many plant facilities and mobile equipment operators place very little, if any, emphasis on the cleanliness of stored lubricants or their dispensing equipment. These careless attitudes cost industry hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in contamination-related equipment failures. Discover what should be included in a well-equipped lube room as well as guidelines that must be applied to reduce the problems associated with contamination of lubricants and dispensers during equipment-servicing operations and storage. |
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Question: Ferrous density analysis is a useful monitoring tool. What information can it provide?
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| A variety of solid materials with inherent lubricating capability are available for use in solid‑film lubricants. The most commonly used are molybdenum disulfide, graphite and polytetrafluoroethylene. While these are the most common, you also may see such materials as tungsten disulfide, boron nitride, lead oxide, antimony oxide, lead, tin, silver, fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP), etc. Solid lubricants are used primarily as extreme-pressure or anti-wear type additives. Find out when these solid lubricants should be used and what their advantages are. |
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Poll Question: In order to write a first-rate lubrication plan for a machine, which tools would you consider to be the most important?
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