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Sludge Reduces Oil Service Life

The presence of sludge in hydraulic oil can significantly reduce the service life of the oil. For example, with one percent sludge in an inhibited hydraulic oil, service life is reduced by nearly 40%.

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Electric Motor Lubrication

Rolling element bearings used in electric motors are at risk for various modes of failure if an incorrect maintenance or lubrication strategy is implemented. These include incorrect lubricant selection, contamination, loss of lubricant and overgreasing. This article discusses several effective strategies to minimize the likelihood of these failure modes.
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Study Explains Source of Breakdowns

From the book "TPM Reloaded: Total Productive Maintenance"

A study in the Japanese Society for Plant Engineering showed that 53% of all breakdowns in factories were caused by dirt and bolting problems. For example, remove debris from machine. The TPM team is totally involved and responsible for all cleaning. Teams are trained in detailed cleaning, analyzing where contamination is coming from and fixing it.

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Periodically Forgetting Lubrication Tasks

Periodically forgetting to perform lubrication is equivalent to periodically accepting preventable failures. How do you motivate maintenance workers not to forget many production-critical tasks on a daily basis?
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