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Five Minute Facts
  • Lubrication

Compressor Runs 30,000 Hours Without Needing Oil Change

After 30,000 hours of operation, our Atlas Copco model air compressor required no oil change and experienced no lubrication-related downtime. That’s nearly four times longer than the OEM-recommended interval for this compressor, providing significant savings in time and money. Find out how we did it.

Interviews
  • Lubrication

What is Micropoly?

Amy Lachman, the President of PhyMet, inc. discusses how Micropoly came to be, and the benefits of mixing oil with polymers versus other methods of lubrication.

  • Amy Lachman
  • MicroPoly
Two Minute Tips
  • Lubrication

Creating a Color-Coded Lubricant Standard

When you have multiple lubricants in a factory with hundreds or even thousands of lubrication points, mistakes will happen. Introducing the wrong lubricant into an application leads to unplanned downtime and costly repairs.

Articles
  • Lubrication

Cutting Fluids in Machining: Difference Between Coolants and Lubricants

Many times, metals come with well-cut sizes and shapes. But how does it happen? Cutting metals into desired properties is called machining.

  • Vincent Hua
  • TSINFA
Five Minute Facts
  • Lubrication

Gold Mine Strikes Mother Lode, Decreases Lubricant Use by 7x!

Using a competitor’s asphaltic-based open gear lubricant to lubricate the ball mill’s open gear, the mine was concerned about the above average operating temperatures and excessive lubricant consumption – requiring one new quarter drum nearly every week.

Two Minute Tips
  • Lubrication

Extending the Life of Your Gear Oil

With consistent, accurate monitoring of the condition of your oil – whether in an engine, gearbox, circulating system or mainline power generation turbine – an oil analysis program can help you extend the life of the oil and protect the equipment.

Articles
  • Lubrication

5 Key Factors for Selecting a Suitable Lubricant

Earlier, general-purpose lubricants used to be enough to meet the lubricating needs of a given application. In the past, a person's experience and expertise were the primary factors in choosing a lubricant.

  • Peter Jacobs
  • CNC Masters
Interviews
  • Lubrication

All About Industrial Grease

In this interview, John Sander, Vice President of Research and Development at Lubrication Engineers, goes in depth about industrial grease. He explains what grease is, how it is different from lubricating oil, how to choose the correct grease for an application, the different types of thickeners used in grease, the reason many grease formulators are moving away from lithium thickeners, the NLGI grease grade scale, and what’s coming in the future for grease formulators and end users..

10 Minute Talk
  • Lubrication

Intro to Tribology and Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication

Tribology is the science that studies the relationship between lubrication, friction, and wear. It is all about the lubricant film inside the bearing. The film that happens inside a roller element bearing, whatever the shape of the roller is, is referred to as Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication. Mina Soliman explains these terms more in depth.

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