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In This Issue
| - How to Store Oil Drums
- Preventing Micropitting, Surface Fatigue
- How to Define an Oil's Demulsibility
- Measuring Moisture Using Calcium Hydride
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 | With limited space inside a plant, there may not always be room for oil drums. Often they are stored outside without any covering. This leads to dirt and water ingression into the oil, resulting in lower quality oil being used in the equipment. Watch this video to learn how water or dirt sitting on top of an oil drum can find its way into the oil, as well as proper storage techniques to mitigate this problem. |
| Surface fatigue and micropitting are influenced by the particular lubricant being used, including its base oil, additives, viscosity selection and particle contamination. While micropitting or surface fatigue can occur with synthetic or mineral oil lubricants, synthetics can provide better protection at higher temperatures than mineral oils with the same viscosity grade and additive package. This is due to the fact that synthetics can have a higher viscosity index. |
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| Babbitt: The Other Bearing Lubrication
For those who understand lubrication but perhaps not the actual mechanical and chemical properties of a sleeve bearing, this presentation will discuss how babbitt works with and without lubrication to protect the shaft of an operating machine. Learn what babbitt is at Reliable Plant 2014.
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Question: The term "demulsibility" is often used. In terms of lubricants, what does it mean?
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| Noria Machinery Lubrication Training: Levels I & II
These courses provide training in industrial lubricants, machinery lubrication, contamination control and oil sampling. Learn precision lubrication skills for maximizing machine reliability including how to build a safe, effective lubricant storage & handling program. ICML Levels I & II (MLT) certification.
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From "Daily One-Minute Lubrication Inspections and Field Tests":
A good way to get an estimate of the concentration of water in oil is to use the calcium hydride method. There are different suppliers and variations on how to do this. The basic concept is that you put some oil and kerosene into a vessel. The instrument that you buy will have this vessel as a part of it. A calcium hydride capsule is placed in with the kerosene and oil. The vessel is then sealed and agitated. |
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| Introducing the Condition Monitoring Pod
Perform field tests and lubricant inspections in 60 seconds with Luneta’s new Condition Monitoring PodTM. CMP allows early detection of abnormal machine and lubricant health conditions to optimize proactive maintenance alerts.
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