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  Some lubrication myths can impact your equipment performance, today with this article let’s understand and bust them: Lubricating industrial equipment is easy. This a complete myth whereas the actual fact is lubricating is highly detailed and complex. Some of the important decisions that one needs to take are: Selection of proper oil & Grease for a machine. Right place, right frequency and right volume of lubricant to be applied. Proper flushing of lubricant tanks to ensure contamination-free lubricating lines. Also applying grease is also an art; too much or too little of it can damage or blow seals. Minimal consequences and benefits are associated with routinely lubricating industrial equipment. This is also another myth whereas it has been seen that most events of downtime occur due to inadequate lubrication or due to the use of the wrong lubricant. Though lubricants cost about 1-3% of our total maintenance budget improper or wrong lubrication can lead to machine downtime cost

  Whenever we experience contamination in our oil our instant reaction or resort is to change the lubricant and replace it with a new one. But the question is, is our new oil free from contaminants? Contact Minimac for oil check: +91 7030901266 Lubricants are supplied in two forms i.e. in bulk through tankers and in the packaged form such as steel drums, plastic drums/cans. Both of these options are prone to the risk of lubricant degradation in storage. Let’s understand how to maintain fresh and clean inventory. 1. Product labelling:  This is key to avoid any cross-contamination or old stocking of lubricants. A label should reflect the following: The date container has been opened Purchase & delivery date of the drum Product name Inventory code Storage location Min & max inventory levels 2. Inventory management:  Minimum and maximum level of the lubricants should be set in order to manage the ordering of the oils to avoid degradation. 3. Product usage:  We suggest that lubrican

  Topping up lubricant is a routine practice in most of the industries. We generally use oil cans and top-up containers for the same. Often we do not put a lot of thought towards the cleanliness of these containers and hence introduce a lot of particle contaminants into the system doing more bad than good to the machine. Here, are the best 5 practices for oil-can and top-up containers: Keep your containers sealed:  We should always use containers that can be sealed airtight. Always reseal the containers between uses. Remove galvanised containers:  We should not use Galvanised containers as they act as dirt magnets. Dedicate & Label your containers:  We should dedicate containers to a class of “mixable lubricants” only and label them to avoid mixing of incompatible lubricants while topping up. Use designated lockers:  Don’t use top-up containers to store oil next to machines. Instead, place containers in a nearby locker or cabinet between uses. This will ensure less particle contami