A Third Of Food Manufacturing
Equipment Failure Is Due To Incorrect
Lubrication, Says Total Expert
A lubrication expert from Total has maintenance function is undertaken, Total’s high-quality products and value-
revealed almost a third (28 per cent) of with condition monitoring for critical added services, together with its UK
food manufacturing equipment failure equipment, including oil analysis, presence and full national coverage, are
is a result of inadequate lubricant vibration analysis and thermography, backed by dedicated sales and technical
maintenance and incorrect lubrication, being carried out regularly. support.
into millions of pounds for UK businesses. “Almost a third of food manufacturing The TOTAL NEVASTANE range of
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with the likely impact potentially running
Bob Wood, a Technical Engineer at Total
Lubricants, made the calculation based on
his vast industry knowledge and over four
decades of experience at Total.
Bob also estimates that on average
just one per cent of an industrial plant’s
overall maintenance budget is allocated
to lubricants.
He said: “The lubricants that food
manufacturing equipment require to
keep it operating smoothly represent
a fraction of the cost of the equipment
itself, however, it is important this vital
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the costs associated with downtime and lost
productivity can run into the thousands, and
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