How to Cut Lubricant Consumption by More Than 50%
Jim Fitch, Noria Corporation
The math is pretty simple: cutting your lubricant purchases in half = big savings. But what’s the best method? Lubricant consolidation? Extending drain intervals? Economy brands? Contamination control? Oil analysis? In this session, Jim Fitch outlines a proven plan for safely squeezing maximum life out of lubricants and drastically cutting new lubricant purchases without sacrificing machine health.
How to Implement an Operator-assisted Lubrication Program
Jarrod Potteiger, Noria Corporation
With 43% of U.S. companies pursuing a form of lean manufacturing, operators are increasingly being asked to assume some or all of a plants maintenance activities. And while Toyota is living proof that operator involvement can and does work, there are a few simple rules that will help you avoid problems in the future. In this session you’ll learn how to implement operator assisted lubrication right!
Case Study: Lubrication Program Transformation at Albemarle
Kirk Williams, Albemarle
In the last 5 years, lubrication went from “necessary evil” to “must have” at Albemarle. In this session, you’ll hear how they implemented 5S visual systems for lube points, transitioned from time-based to condition-based oil changes with quantifiable savings, use lubricant usage trending as a predictive tool for mechanical seal failures, empowered lubrication technicians to order parts and implement reliability in the field, implemented 5S organization of lubricant storage areas, and where they aspire to be in the coming years. This is a can’t miss session for anyone wanting to improve their lubrication program.
How to Fix a High Particle Count
Jim Fitch, Noria Corporation
Diagnosing and correcting a high particle count can result in a lot of wasted time and money. Whether you’ve just begun a lubricant contamination control program or you’ve been monitoring contaminant levels for years, you know how disturbing it is to discover a high particle count. Acting quickly is important, but troubleshooting without a plan often results in unnecessary work and wasteful lubricant and filter use. Instead of throwing time and money at the problem, learn Jim Fitch’s specific steps to fixing a high particle count in this informative session.
7 Tools for Developing an Effective Lubrication Program
Wayne Ferguson, Eli Lilly and Tom Hiatt, Covance Inc.
In this case study session, two industry veterans will walk you through lessons they have learned while building a world-class lubrication program at Eli Lilly and Company. You’ll learn how they effectively used recognition and reward, lubrication procedures, lubricant testing, and audits and training as key components in the program. They will also discuss the importance of the development of a lube team and the necessary sub teams to enhance program development.
Can Premium Lubricants Really Reduce Energy Costs?
Jeremy Wright, Noria Corporation
With increasing energy costs, companies are focusing on ways to reduce overall energy consumption. One train of thought is to use synthetics and other premium lubricants to reduce friction and energy losses. But is this really effective? In this session you’ll discover the truth about energy reduction through lubricant upgrades.
Are your Machines Designed for Lubrication Maintainability and Reliability?
Mark Barnes, Noria Corporation
Reliability experts recognize that a large portion of life cycle costing is affected by basic design. Yet OEMs continue to design and deliver equipment that is often difficult or cumbersome to maintain. In this session, you'll learn what it takes to make a machine "maintainable and reliable" from the outset.
RCM Defines the 100 Failure Modes of Lubrication
Terry Harris, CMRP, Reliability Process Solutions
Understanding failure modes of equipment, processes, and individual components in the equipment is an important function. Every manufacturing or processing plant has rotating equipment that performs plant functions. When this equipment stops working, processes cease to perform their designed expectations. The negative impacts are operations downtime, reduced capacity, lower quality, and E, H, & S incidents. RCM can be used to define these failure modes. Lubricants and lubrication programs have over 100 failure modes that can be defined and controlled. Understanding each failure mode helps the plant decide how to prevent and eliminate each of them.
Is Your Oil Analysis Program Providing a Return On Investment?
Ashley Mayer, Noria Corporation
Most experts agree that for every dollar invested in oil analysis, a return of ten to twenty dollars should be expected. But whether by poor design, poor execution or lack of knowledge, many oil analysis programs underperform. In this session, you’ll learn how to set-up a new program or tune an existing one and discover the top ten ways to get the biggest pay back for your oil analysis spend.
Extending the Life of Rolling Element Bearings with Precision Lubrication
Jeremy Wright, Noria Corporation
According to bearing manufacturers, there should be a 90% probability of the bearing lasting for as long as 10-12 years in many circumstances. Yet in practice, fewer than 10% of all bearings actually reach their true potential. In this paper, we'll examine the profound influence lubrication can have on the longevity of element bearings and how to drastically extend bearing life.
Is World-class Contamination Control Possible in Gearboxes?
Jason Kopschinsky, Noria Corporation
Gearboxes are commonplace throughout industry. Yet very few people truly understand how to achieve the level of cleanliness most experts agree is necessary to optimize gearbox life. In this session, you’ll discover simple ways to achieve world-class contamination control targets for extending the life of gearboxes and their lubricants.
Drips, Spills, and Leaks – Hydraulic Blunders That Are Taking Money Out of Your Pocket!
Stephen Sumerlin, Noria Corporation
Just a single drip every 5 seconds can cost thousands of dollars in wasted oil. A catastrophic failure or injury due to leakage could have a devastating impact at your facility. In this session you’ll learn how to avoid the pitfalls of hydraulic fluid leaks through simple yet effective techniques.
How Much Did We Save Anyway?
Mark Barnes, Noria Corporation
Oil analysis is a vital part of any predictive maintenance program. But like any other predictive technology, managers often cannot see the financial benefits oil analysis is providing. Faced with tough economic challenges, the temptation is to eliminate or cut back on oil analysis because of lack of understanding. In this session, you'll learn how to fight back: by building a probabilistic approach to assessing the true value of an oil analysis "save".
Oil Color – The Cinderella Test
Dave Wooton, Wooton Consulting
Like Cinderella doing all the work for her evil step-sisters, color tests are telling us great information about the sample – and we are ignoring the results. Most in-service analytical test packages include at least one color measurement. In addition, most new oil specifications include color specifications. The limits for many of these do exist. The real question is: “How many users actually read and understand this test?” Fluids are known to change color while in-service, but this information is often ignored on reports – even though it may help explain other information on the report. In this session, you’ll learn the different types of color tests available and how to understand the color results presented on your fluid analysis report.
Doing More with Less: Increasing Wrench Time though Dynamic Work Management
Mark Barnes & Michael Collins, Noria Corporation
If you've ever felt like you have twice as much work to do and half the resources necessary, this session is for you. Learn how to get more from your precious resources by applying a new approach to work management.
Electric Motor Lubrication
Jeremy Wright, Noria Corporation
Have you ever had an electric motor failure? Poor lubrication may be the primary cause of this failure. In this session you’ll learn how to determine the correct type of lubricant, calculate the correct amount of lubricant to use, calculate time intervals for re-lubrication, and much more. Armed with this new information, you will be able to immediately make a difference in your lubrication program.
Wear Debris Analysis for Early Warning Fault Detection
Martin Lucas, Kittiwake
To minimize the cost of repair and overall business interruption resulting from machine failure, problems need to be detected at the earliest possible stage. Early detection of failure at its incipient stage makes a low-cost, planned and manageable remedy possible. Wear debris analysis is one of the most incisive early warning predictive maintenance methods and plant personnel are increasingly conducting wear debris analysis onsite for rapid diagnosis. In this session, you’ll learn a strategy for combining lab and onsite wear debris analysis and learn about the options available to users in the field and in the laboratory.
Dry Air Purging for Water Contamination Control
William M. Needelman, Donaldson
Water is a frequent and damaging contaminant in hydraulic and lubrication systems. Water contamination causes a host of problems, including: corrosion, component seizure, microbial growth, additive dumping, and accelerated oil oxidation. The Active Reservoir Vent (ARV) is a novel and effective dry air purging system for minimizing water contamination in fluids. This system continuously supplies dry air to reservoirs and other vented components. Slight pressurization of the reservoir head space with dry air prevents ingression of humidity, thereby eliminating a common source of water contamination. In addition, as dry air sweeps over the surface of the oil, water evaporates and the oil dries to beneficial low levels. This session describes the modes of operation, explains water evaporation from oil, quantitatively models drying rates, and discusses data from lab testing and field application. Through efficient and user-friendly water contamination control, this unique dry air purging system provides a wide range of benefits, including longer component life, extended fluid change intervals, and greater system uptime and reliability.
RCM for Lubricants
Darrin Clark, Timken Reliability Solutions
When you consider the cost of lubricants and the length of time they are in service, many of them should be treated as an asset and not as a consumable. In this session you'll learn how to apply the RCM methodology to lubricants as an asset. You’ll learn how to analyze lubricant functions, failure modes and failure effects, and then create a maintenance strategy to maintain the lubricant function. This learning exercise will help you establish technically-based oil analysis test packages and specific criteria for condition-based oil changes.
Are You Sanitizing Your Equipment To Death?
Jason Kopschinsky, Noria Corporation
Wash down and sanitation are a fact of life in food and beverage production. And while there's no doubt that wash down can have a serious impact on machine life, there are a few simple tips that can help mitigation the effects of sanitation. In this session, you’ll learn simple yet effective ways to prevent contamination-related failures.
Using Antioxidant Fingerprints as a Key Quality Control Method for New Lubricants
Dave Wooton, Wooton Consulting and Jo Ameye and Greg Livingstone of Fluitec International
Linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) is a proven test for measuring remaining useful life of lubricants. It is also proving to be an invaluable quality control tool for assessing the brand and quality of new lubricants deliveries at plants. In this session, you’ll learn how end users are using LSV to confirm the right lubricant was received and is being put into the right application.
Beyond the 250 Hour Oil Change
Stacy Heston, Noria Corporation
Most manufacturers of off road mobile equipment suggest 250 hour oil changes as a starting point. But through the application of oil analysis, precision lubrication and contamination control, many companies are extending both oil and engine life, even in the most extreme environments. In this session you'll discover ways of achieving triple-digit return on a couple of straightforward initiatives.
Benchmarking Your Plants Lubrication Performance for Reliability
Jason Kopschinsky, Noria Corporation
Benchmarking is the practice of establishing goals and targets for process performance levels and identifying required improvement areas based on the published or known best practice or industry specific preferred practice. In simple terms, benchmarking is a continuous improvement tool that, in the case of lubrication, allows you to rating your company's practices against those of the front-runners in the industry or those that are considered “world-class”. This paper will discuss how to effectively benchmark your facility’s lubrication practices to define opportunities for improvement, setting up performance metrics, financial benchmarking and laying down a plan to become world-class.
Building a Business Case for Lubrication Excellence
Jarrod Potteiger, Noria Corporation
Most maintenance professionals understand the vital role precision lubrication plays in machinery reliability; but does management? More than ever, managers are simply in cost avoidance mode - eliminating every cost that's rightly or wrongly perceived to be superfluous. But with a solid business case, there's no reason why lubrication improvement can’t continue and thrive, we just need to speak their language!
