Lubrication Management & Technology Articles
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Utilities Manager/2006
Author:Gunnar Hovstadius, Ph.D.
It's everybody's job to save energy. Simple solutions to help optimize your pumping systems, like those outlined in this article, often can pay off more than you might think.
The facts speak for themselves and they're not very encouraging for...
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2008/May/June
Author:Heinz P. Bloch Contributing Editor
Despite being an accepted method of lubrication in countless reliability-focused process plants around the globe, questions about this technology continue to surface.
In early 2008, two widely read U.S. trade journals carried articles on...
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2008/July/August
Author:Heinz P. Bloch Contributing Editor
As the reader will recall from Part I of this two-part article, dry sump oil mist on electric motors represents wellproven technology. In the mid-1960s, oil mist—a mixture of 200,000 volume parts of clean and dry plant or instrument air with one...
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2008/January/February
Author:Heinz P. Bloch, P.E. Contributing Editor
Part I of II…
The point of this two-part article is to alert the reader to the (often considerable) merits of twin-screw rotary compressors and to set the record straight on wet screw machines. For both dry screw and wet screw...
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2008/March/April
Author:Heinz P. Bloch, P.E. Contributing Editor
Part I of this two-part series (LUBRICATION MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY, Jan./Feb. 2008) emphasized the application ranges and volume control options of twin-screw compressors. It explained the general features of these dual-shaft rotary machines,...
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2007/January/February
Author:Heinz P. Bloch, P.E. Contributing Editor
Oil skimming capabilities enhance oil/water separating…
Power generation facilities depend on oil/water separators to separate oil from wastewater. Such equipment, however, usually is not going to be particularly effi cient when it comes to...
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2007/November/December
Author:Heinz P. Bloch, P.E. Contributing Editor
If you ever have dealt with small steam turbines, chances are that issues of bearing selection and lubrication had to be addressed. Among these are issues of rolling element bearings vs. sleeve bearings, types of lubrication and application of...
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2008/September/October
Author:Heinz P. Bloch, P.E., Contributing Editor
Of course, volumes have been written as to why pumps fail. Also, it is no stretch to assert that, when pump fires result from such failures, a mechanical seal is usually involved (Fig. 1).
Mechanical seals often fail as a consequence of...
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2008/November/December
Author:Heinz P. Bloch, P.E., Contributing Editor
Reliability doesn't just happen in facilities, including those in the hydrocarbon processing industry. Here's an expert's view of what's going on in some of today's refinery operations, and how the situation can be improved.
My...
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2007/January/February
Author:Heinz P. Bloch, P.E., Contributing Editor
According to statistical reliability data, as much as 65% of the life cycle costs are determined during the design, procurement and installation phases of new machinery applications [Ref. 1]. While design and procurement are important aspects for...
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