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  • Lubrication
  • Ultrasound

Using Ultrasound to Improve Lubrication Practices

Keeping a handle on lubrication is easy, right? All one needs to do is make sure the right lubricant is used in the right amount and at the right time. Not so fast; if only it were that simple...

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CMMS | Paul Dufresne | CBM CONNECT
  • Alignment + Balancing
  • Lubrication
  • Motor Testing
  • Oil Analysis + Wear Particle
  • Thermography
  • Ultrasound
  • Vibration Analysis

CMMS – Friend or Foe?

In every good maintenance program, there needs to be a place to store a history of problems found and actions taken if we are to learn from our experiences and continuously improve...

  • Paul Dufresne
  • Reliability Playbook, in Partnership with Lubrication Engineers
Articles
  • Alignment + Balancing
  • Lubrication
  • Vibration Analysis

Go Beyond Condition Monitoring; Condition Improvement

We all know what a great job vibration analyst’s perform.  They are all that stands between a manageable plant and the chaos and mayhem that can result from machines failing unexpectedly...

Two Minute Tips
  • Lubrication
  • Oil Analysis + Wear Particle

Is It Important to Use Wear Particle Analysis?

If your oil analysis includes particle counting and can detect metallic elements...

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  • Lubrication
  • Thermography
  • Ultrasound

Ultrasound Assisted Lubrication: Three Ways to Improve Lubrication Practices

Take great care to avoid introducing contaminants into the lubrication. To monitor how much grease you are using, calibrate your grease gun: there is a device that attaches to your grease gun and gives you an LED reading of how much grease you’re using, mass-wise...

10 Minute Talk
  • Lubrication

Vibration Troubleshooting Centrifugal Compressor

Vibration analysis is an important tool for condition monitoring, failure diagnosis and equipment life prediction. It also can be a powerful tool for new equipment development and manufacturing. This paper presents a case study of troubleshooting a vibration problem in Trane’s compressor plant when a new compressor family was launched...

Five Minute Facts
  • Lubrication

How Do You Interpret Particle Count Readings?

It’s a very common test to look at the cleanliness of oil or hydraulic fluid, and it’s based on this standard called ISO 4406...

Five Minute Facts
Wear Particle Analysis - lubrication - oil analysis
  • Lubrication

When Do You Need to Perform Wear Particle Analysis?

Do you have critical gearboxes where if the gearbox failed, it would cause a lot of downtimes or cost a lot to repair...

Two Minute Tips
  • Lubrication

Extending Breather Life

If I install it in a specific application, is there anything I can do to actually make that breather last longer and not get spent so quickly?

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