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2008/January/February
Author:Amanda Martyka, Assistant Editor
What’s in your oil? Contaminants unseen by the human eye can significantly affect a plant’s overall output. Thus, oil analysis is a crucial component in oil and machinery health. Regular oil analysis can reduce downtime and extend equipment...
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2008/March/April
Author:Amanda Martyka, Assistant Editor
The places where lubrication is needed aren’t always made to order. Too often, lubricants are required to stand up (and perform without a hitch) under some of the most severe conditions imaginable—extremely hot and cold environments,...
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2008/May/June
Author:Amanda Martyka, Assistant Editor
With so much riding on a processor’s ability to help feed the world, the incorrect choice can be a killer in more ways than one.
Hungry for improved reliability and increased profitability in your food processing operations? Proper...
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2008/March/April
Author:Deron Jozokos LUDECA, Inc
Becoming a “Reliable Plant” and staying there requires keeping abreast of constantly changing and improving technologies and practices.
Deron Jozokos LUDECA, Inc.
This article was originally published in the December 2007 issue of...
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2008/May/June
Author:Eric Rasmusson, Generation Systems, Inc.
Lubrication reliability is an extremely important and complex issue that may not be getting enough attention in many plants. This type of “forgetfulness” can be very costly.
These days, successful manufacturing and process organizations...
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2008/July/August
Author:Frank Higgins and John Seelenbinder, Ph.D.
Lubricating fluids degrade over time depending on various external and internal influences, including type and age of equipment, ambient temperature and humidity and degree of use and load on equipment, etc. It is well established that monitoring...
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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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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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2008/March/April
Author:Jane Alexander with Jack O’Donnell, President Intercontinental Bearing Supply Company (IBSCO)
Providing unfailing operation from ball bearing failure requires looking at the subject the way experts do—with a cold eye on the factors leading to success and failure. Ignore them and the result could be production interruptions that cost your...
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2008/January/February
Author:Jane Alexander, Editor with Dave Orlowski, Inpro/Seal Company
About The Kruger Organization
The Kruger Organization is a 100-year-old global company operating under five business units. It manufactures and markets a variety of products related to pulp and paper, including: newsprint, specialty...
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2008/November/December
Author:Jane Alexander, with Glen Sharkowicz, Mobil Industrial Lubricants
In today’s increasingly competitive environment, maximizing productivity is a MUST, especially for small- and medium-sized machine shops. Typically, these businesses cannot match the overall production capabilities—in terms of volume—of their...
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2008/January/February
Author:Ken Bannister, Contributing Editor
Ken Bannister, Contributing Editor
During a five-hour flight to the West Coast, I had depleted the battery life of my laptop computer. Needing some type of diversion, I was forced to delve into the marsupial wonders of my front seat pocket....
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2008/March/April
Author:Ken Bannister, Contributing Editor
Ken Bannister, Contributing Editor
Unless you have been in hibernation these past months, you likely have been riveted to unfolding events in what may be one of the most exciting election seasons in United States political history. I am,...
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2008/May/June
Author:Ken Bannister, Contributing Editor
Ken Bannister, Contributing Editor
The key to performing a successful, professional job in any walk of life has long been attributed to three simple rules: preparation, quality work and clean-up. If you ever have had contractors perform...
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2008/November/December
Author:Ken Bannister, Contributing Editor
Ken Bannister, Contributing Editor
For many of us, the unfolding economic news of the past few months has forced us to view our world with very different eyes. It's like nothing we've ever seen before.
The United States and the rest of...
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2008/January/February
Author:LMT Staff
News of people and events important to the Lubrication Management community
EMERSON ACQUIRES THE AUTOMATION GROUP Emerson today announced that it has acquired The Automation Group (TAG) of Houston, TX. TAG becomes part of Emerson Process...
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