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Topics for a Machine Lubrication Manual Detailed and illustrated lubrication procedures (oil change, grease change, grease addition, oil top-up, etc.) Publisher Detailed and illustrated flushing procedures and listing of suitable fluids for flushing Udey Dhir - [email protected] Oil change interval/regrease interval List of all lube points Creative Director Recommended lubricants (performance specification) for all lube points and operating conditions (speeds, loads, etc.) Advertisement Sales (India) [email protected] Brand/type cross-reference for all lubricants [email protected] Equipment storage protection practices/products, including the use of fogging agents, shaft extension sprays, breathers and vapor-phase rust inhibitors Advertisement Sales (US/Canada) Contamination control guidelines including target cleanliness/dryness needs Tim Davidson - [email protected] Advertisement Sales Run-in procedures for gears and similar equipment Seal compatibility information for system lubricants and other fluids (All Other Countries) [email protected] Frequency and procedural information for all necessary PMs and inspections CORRESPONDENCE Comprehensive oil analysis and other condition-based maintenance guidelines You may address articles, case studies, special requests and other correspondence to our maintenance plan (EMP) (see sidebar on page 3) Training and education of fieldservice technicians, operators and maintainers to execute the EMP Developing Reliability Readiness Investments in machine reliability should be purposeful. Certainly, there will be costs and even risks associated with reliability initiatives. You aren’t trying to maximize reliability but rather optimize it in the context of the user organization. OEMs must be keenly aware of how their machines will be deployed, the operating environment and the minimum needs for reliability. Ideally, they should follow these steps: 1. Determine the overall machine criticality. This process weighs both the probability of failure and the consequences of failure. For more information on quantifying machine criticality, see http://www. machinerylubrication.com/ Read/29346/machinery-criticalityanalysis. 2. Rank the most likely failure modes. This is often done using failure modes effects analysis (FMEA). If you don’t know how the machine is likely to fail, you won’t know how to control it. Criticality defines the risk, while FMEA reveals the de-risking opportunities that bring focus and strategy to reliability. 3. Based on criticality and FMEA, develop the specific attributes of the optimum reference state (ORS). As described previously in Machinery Lubrication magazine, the ORS is defined as the prescribed state of machine configuration, operating conditions and maintenance activities required to achieve and sustain Every link in the chain must be equally strong in order for the chain’s full length to bear the load. Operation office : Editor 213, Ashiana Centre, Adityapur, Jamshedpur-831013, India email : [email protected] Tel: [phone] Tel:(USA): [phone] Marketing Office Rider House, 136, Sector 44, Gurgaon-122003, Haryana National Capital Region, India Machinery Lubrication India Volume 14 - Issue 3, May - June 2014 is published bi-monthly by VAS Tribology Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Operation Office:213, Ashiana Centre, Adityapur, Jamshedpur-8