Editorial

It's no mystery to Maintenance professionals that clean oil promotes enhanced equipment performance and reliability. There is, however, something that many of them do not know. Today's most commonly used particle counting tests for determining oil cleanliness

80% of all hydraulic and lubrication breakdown is caused by contaminated oil!

Breakdowns are not just an annoyance and an inconvenience

Dennis Hammons, Conocophillips Lubricants
 
The benefits of proper equipment maintenance and use of a high-quality heavy-duty diesel engine oil are evident at Miles Sand and Gravel, a sand and gravel supplier in Auburn, Washington. The company's 18 quarries span across the state, meeting the construction industry's daily sand, gravel and concrete needs.

At the Beginning
In business since 1946, the sand and gravel supplier has been passed down through two generations, growing into one of the largest sand and gravel suppliers in Washington. Today, it operates more than 300 pieces of heavy-duty on- and off-road equipment such as loaders, dredgers, excavators and more. The company operates various gravel pits and concrete plants between Washington and Canada.

As the sand and gravel's shop foreman for eight years, Chuck Kallinen manages equipment maintenance, routine fleet inspections and oversees the quarry's team of 19 mechanics. Kallinen has worked for the company for 15 years, managing the fleet amidst the quarry's harsh terrain. A rough operating environment calls for stringent maintenance standards and, as the sand and gravel supplier expands, service bays require additional lube shops, oil tanks and equipment in order to properly maintain a functioning fleet.

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A.T.S. Electro-Lube UK now offer a range of Automatic Lubricators to cover most applications
from Single Point Lubricators to Multi-Point systems for up to 10 points.
 
The reliable, robust and well proven range of Electro-Lubers are now available in 4 sizes
60cc-125cc-250cc-475cc and can be suplied with any type of lubricant ( oil or grease) required
by the customer.
 
All Electro-Lubers are ATEX Certified for use in hazardous areas.
 
The range of MD2000 Ultimate Lubricators also available in 3 sizes. 125cc -250cc -500cc
are positive displacement motor drive units and can generate pressures up to 900 psi
which can cover multi-point applications with a progressive distributor.

 FUCHS supplies a range of premium quality machine shop lubricants.

Food Grade Lubricants

The use of USDA-H1 food grade lubricants is becoming more widespread in the UK, brought about by stricter food lubricant legislation, continuing health scares in the food industry and a greater awareness as to the efficiencies that USDA-H1 lubricants can offer.

 

Introduction

The R.S. Clare range of advanced Valve Lubricants for the Oil & gas Industry has been developed in conjunction with Original Equipment Manufacturers and Production, Drilling and Service operators.

R.S. Clare's valve lubricants have been well proven in the field providing the user with 'failsafe' and 'cost effective' valve lubrication.

In the exploration and production of crude oil & natural gas, severe problems can be encountered due to the presence of H2S, CO2, condensate, hydrocarbon solvents, acids and other chemicals present in the well production system.

 

ROCOL Lubricants has developed a new food-grade multipurpose grease in close consultation with one of the UK's leading food producers, which is highly tacky to ensure long term adhesion to moving parts in numerous food and drink industry applications.

Called FOODLUBE Ultra, the new NSF H1 registered lubricant was initially developed to improve the lubrication of wrapping machines at Nestl

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OVERVIEW

This unique and practical book describes 42 real-life events and/or situations in the careers of the three authors from which they gained insights into the applicable best practices in maintenance and reliability. The authors explain the underlying philosophies where relevant, drawing on the teachings of the leading thinkers in leadership and management. Designed to share knowledge and experience with the readers, in a readily accessible fashion, this resource does not tell the readers what to do or how to do it; it merely explains the event or situation the authors faced, and how they dealt with it. Readers can choose whether they wish to adopt or adapt the authors’ examples.

These stories are dynamic illustrations of real life situations which readers will recognize in their own work situations. With a vast potential for improvements in reliability and maintenance performance in industry, these well proven approaches and best practices are sure to help stimulate improved performance on all fronts--safety and environmental, production, maintenance costs, and reputation!

FEATURES

• Provides a logical organization with chapters grouped into six broad headings, enabling readers to choose the order in which they wish to absorb the lessons, which are based on the Shewhart-Deming Continuous Improvement cycle.
• In addition to the Plan-Schedule-Execute-Analyze elements, the authors have added Leadership and People to complete the suite.
• Each chapter has broadly similar sections, beginning with a Background to the events, going on to describe the key elements of the approach, and ending with Lessons and Principles.
• Underlying theories, philosophies or even detailed descriptions of methods are stripped out of the main chapters and described in Appendices, so that only those readers who wish to delve into details may do so.
• Contains a Book Summary which draws all the principles and lessons together, and gives references to the relevant chapters.
• Copiously illustrated, with charts, diagrams and tables which relate closely to the text.