The Lubrication Aspects of Machinery Health Management, 2003 Fall Technical Conference
This article describes the lubrication aspect of Machinery Health Management. The article is written in six parts.
How to set priorities?
Identify a few mechanisms that cause most of the abnormal wear leading to machinery failure.
What is a lubrication program?
Discuss ten elements of an effective lubrication program including lubricants, contamination control, and
monitoring.
Oil analysis.
Understand the reasons for choosing particular tests and the options for getting the analysis performed.
How to manage the lubrication program?
Find tools that assist in managing oil analysis and lubrication data.
Overview of lubricants
Learn about various mineral and synthetic lubricants and their uses.
Where to begin.
Find out what to do next, whether just getting started or continuously improving.