Lubrication Strategies and Tips

How to "Kick-start" any Lubrication Program
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-87-7004-624-4
Verlag: River Publishers

Buch, Englisch, 120 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 199 g

This book is designed to help you navigate the complexities of lubrication with knowledge, diligence, and a commitment to optimal performance. Lubrication has always been colored with the incorrect perception that its seeming simplicity and inexpensive nature can be successfully managed with little or no knowledge or training.

Structured into eight chapters, each one is designed to address specific challenges encountered in the practical lubrication of machine assets. Whether you’re just starting out or seeking to refine existing practices, you’ll discover actionable tips within each chapter, serving as springboards for immediate success in your lubrication endeavors.

Drawing from over three decades of hands-on experience working across diverse industries, the strategies and tips presented here have been rigorously tested and proven effective. Each chapter focuses on specific areas known to deliver the greatest success when implemented.

This guidebook will be a trusted companion offering guidance and support and empowering you to develop and implement a best practice lubrication management program in your organization.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bannister, Kenneth E.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Maschinenbau

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Design Stage Lubrication Strategies and Tips 2 Lubrication Management Strategies and Tips 3 Lubricant Receiving and Storage Strategies and Tips 4 Lubricant Application and Operational Strategies and Tips 5 Contamination Avoidance and Control Strategies and Tips 6 Predictive Testing Strategies and Tips 8 Lubrication Safety Strategies and Tips

Über Autor(innen)

Kenneth E. Bannister is a UK technical apprenticed and accredited mechanical design engineer, credited on several engineering patents, two of which involved tribology aspects in their design. Ken is also a Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional and since 1988 has consulted worldwide helping clients implement practical and meaningful asset management, reliability, and lubrication management programs. Ken is one of a few asset management consultants holding expertise and accreditation in the field of tribology, lubrication failure management and industrial lubrication application as a designated professional Machinery Lubrication Engineer.

Ken was the first consultant to assist a company through the ISO 55001 asset management certification process in North America and was part of the development team for the ICML 55world lubrication standard. More recently Ken was a contributing author and senior editor for the compilation of the ICML 55.0, ICML 55.1, and ICML 55.2 standard documents.

Lubrication Strategies and Tips is Ken’s fifth industrial lubrication book and joins his recently published Practical Lubrication for Industrial Facilities – Fourth Edition and the “Maintenance Partnerships” handbook. Ken also wrote the very successful Lubrication for Industry book. and the lubrication section for the “Machinery’s Handbook” as well as other books on Energy Management and Predictive Maintenance. Over his career, Ken has published over 650 articles and white papers for numerous international maintenance magazines, with over half dedicated to the field of practical lubrication.

Ken was a founding board member of the Plant Engineering Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) and currently sits on the board of directors for the International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML) responsible for the rollout of the ICML 55 world lubrication standard.