The Drop Point and Lubrication Contamination

Are you familiar with the term "drop point" of a grease? The drop point is the temperature at which the oil and the soap, which are the two main elements in grease...

Tom Murphy
SDT

Interviews

Lubrication

Editorial Board Spotlight – K.N.V “Subbu” Subrahmanyam

In this interview, we speak with Subbu about his start in the lubricant analysis field, and get his point of view about key tools and changes in the reliability, lubrication, and wireless vibration analysis industries…

KNV Subrahmanyam
Single Peak Lube Technologies

Two Minute Tips

Lubrication

How Not to Store Your Lubricants

Why does our equipment fail? Because we kill it. Regular plant visits shown numerous examples of poor lubricant storage.

Paul Dufresne
Reliability Playbook, in Partnership with Lubrication Engineers

Case Studies and Stories

Condition Monitoring Management & AI

Duke Energy Takes Advantage of IIoT for Predictive Maintenance Applications

This case study investigates Duke Energy’s quest to replace its monthly, manual data collection practices with daily, remote data collection and monitoring.

Alex West
IHS Markit

Five Minute Facts

Oil Analysis + Wear Particle

Facts Identified During an Oil Coking Investigation

A heater was burning the oil, and that residual burnt oil was contaminating the system and choking up the filter within just a few hours. Here are some facts we identified when we investigated...

Ghulam Jillani
Dubai Natural Gas Company Limited

Two Minute Tips

Oil Analysis + Wear Particle

Variability in Oil Analysis Results

Two consecutive samples, at normal sampling intervals from the same machine, are never expected to have exactly the same results, but occasionally the second set of results appears to have either changed...