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A Simple Way to Diagnose Machine Health
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Often overlooked by plant personnel, a microscope is a simple tool that can help you understand what is happening inside your machine. Watch this video to learn how even an inexpensive microscope will enable you to analyze the shape of wear debris and diagnose machine health.
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Has the window of opportunity closed on your reliability program? Have you maximized your staff’s education and enthusiasm? Leaders must continuously provide their team with the necessary tools and support to improve their program, while those who are performing the tasks must use what they have learned to effectively increase equipment reliability.
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Yes! Oils and greases have shelf lives - even an unopened container will go bad. Learn important facts like this at our next public Machinery Lubrication I course. You'll be surprised at how much you learn.
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The cost of proactive maintenance is much different than that of preventive, predictive and breakdown maintenance. Proactive maintenance is a vigilant activity of controlling things, as opposed to letting things fail on their own and then simply just changing out components or letting a breakdown occur.
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Noria Workforce Solutions not only fills those critical empty positions quickly, but it also revamps your entire lubrication program for precise, efficient maintenance and reliable machines. The results will amaze you.
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New oils delivered in bulk as well as in drums or smaller containers frequently have contamination levels higher than what is recommended by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or for your reliability goals. As a rule, it is best to filter oil when it is transferred, stored or applied to equipment.
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Whether you should use a lubricant after its expiration date depends on the type of lubricant. For instance, if it is a highly additized lubricant like engine oil, the likelihood of the additives stratifying (separating out of the oil) and settling to the bottom of the container is very high.
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Machinery Lubrication: Archive
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