The Role of Lubrication in Machine Reliability

• The journey to world-class maintenance
• The importance of spending time and money on your machines
• Creating a cultural change for machinery lubrication
• How to benchmark your lubrication program

Lubrication Fundamentals

• Five types of friction and the role friction plays in the health of your machine
• Three ways lubrication affects energy consumption
• How to find the lubrication ?sweet spot? for energy conservation

The Value of Base Oils and Grease Thickeners

• Understanding mineral oil and base oil properties
• Compatibility - how synthetics match up with seals and mineral oils
• Base oils that offer extended drain intervals
• How to select grease thickeners for your applications

Lubricant Performance Properties

• The role of base oils and additives
• Six key items that influence viscosity
• The importance of Viscosity Index
• Effects of oxidation on the oil, grease, and machine life
• Four ways to measure oxidation stability
• What you must know about thermal stability, varnish, and sludge
• Four critical techniques to reduce corrosion
• Eight ways aeration affects the life of your lubricants
• Nine dominant causes of poor demulsification and how it affects your critical machines
• Four main triggers of grease dry out

Food-grade and Environmentally Friendly Lubricants

• Government regulations regarding food-grade lubricants
• NSF food-grade lubrication classifications
• Advantages and disadvantages of food-grade lubricants

Lubricant Degradation

• How and why lubricant performance properties are irreparably changed
• 10 influencing factors that affect stored lubricants
• Understanding the remaining useful life of lubricants

Accessorizing New Equipment for Lubrication Excellence

• How to design for maintainability
• 31 simple ways to improve your overall lubrication program
• The value of new equipment documentation and the 10 top conditions to document

Oil Drains, Flushing, and Reservoir Management

• Top 10 reasons to change your oil
• Two approaches to oil drain scheduling
• How to extend oil change intervals
• Best practices for draining and refilling

New Lubricants

• The four phases of lubricant consolidation
• Six essential reasons to create lubricant standards
• The most important variables when selecting a vendor
• Five considerations for testing new lubricants

Lubrication PM Optimization and Design

• The Five ?Rs? of a proper lubrication procedure
• How to conduct lubrication audits and surveys
• How to write a proper PM procedure
• Setting effective lubrication PM intervals and schedules
• How to conduct lubrication audits and surveys

Leakage Stability

• How to identify and classify leaks
• Strategies for locating and correcting leaks
• Leakage management strategies for lubrication excellence

Advanced Lubricant Selection and Application

• Selection and Use of Automotive and Crankcase

Lubricants

• Journal Bearing Lubricants
• Rolling Element Bearing Lubricants
• Lubricating Grease Application
• Gear Lubricants
• Mechanical Coupling Lubricants
• Compressor Lubricants
• Refrigeration Compressor Lubricants
• Steam and Gas Turbine Lubricants
• Hydraulic Fluids
• Miscellaneous Lubricants
• Wire Rope and Chain Lubrication

Troubleshooting Lubrication Problems

• Gearbox lubrication problems
• Journal bearing problems
• Rolling element bearing problems
• Diesel engine problems
• Diesel engine problems
• Hydraulic system problems

Lubrication and Oil Analysis Metrics

• Lubrication performance charting
• Using the Overall Lubrication Effectiveness (OLE) metric
• Tracking return on net assets for your program
• How to use software and the Internet for program metrics