Lubrication Tactics for Industries Made Simple: 8th Discipline of World Class Maintenance Management

The subject of lubrication is very broad and is evolving continuously with new technologies and developments as time passed by. Writing this book on Lubrication Tactics for Industries Made simple provides the maintenance people and the lubricant users in industries an easy-to-understand approach to lubrication they can adapt easily in their industries.

The costs of lubricants in any industry only tell us one side of the story since we only talk about the lubricants' cost on the equipment. The much higher cost can be seen in the number of breakdowns and failures encountered daily caused by incorrect practices and lubrication myths.

The first part of this book explains lubricating oil, starting from its history and evolution, which started from ancient times until today, about how oil is refined. Lubricating oil contains the additives and base stocks, while the grease include the same and a third ingredient called the thickener whose main function is to provide a film to avoid a metal-to-metal contact.

One of the important subjects discussed in this book is about the subject of having an Oil Contamination Control Awareness for industries. This subject discuss how oil is being contaminated and what this contaminants can do inside our machines and equipment. How everything will start which often ends up in costly breakdowns and repair and what we can do about it.

According to Peter Jost report, the founder of Tribology, friction wear, corrosion and lubrication is costing UK over around 500 million pound per year or 649,575,000.00 USD and that significant education and research is required to reduce these losses as 30% of primary energy is consumed by friction around the world and 60% of machine part failure is due to early wear.

Lubricant users and maintenance people must understand that there is a direct relationship between the rate of wear of parts and components in our equipment and the number of contaminants present in the oil. When the oil is maintained clean, then, there will be less contaminants. The lesser the contaminants, the longer will be the life the equipment and the lubricating oil.

Oil is said to be the lifeblood of the equipment. The contaminants present in the oil can provide useful information about actual condition of the oil as well as the equipment itself. This can be made possible if we analyze the oil in our equipment through oil analysis. There are many test that can be perform on oil. Each Oil Analysis test tells us a different aspect of the oil. What is important for industries is to understand these test that best suits its application since this is where they can derive the most benefits from its application.

The last chapter of this book provides a detailed step by step roadmap that can be adopted by industries to improve their lubrication practices and reduce the cost of lubricants and failures attributed to lubrication. This roadmap provides a detailed step-by-step guide on how to start a lubrication program in your industry.