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Putting the Simple Back into Viscosity

Simply stated, viscosity is defined as the internal resistance of a fluid to flow. That doesn't sound too difficult, does it? Unfortunately, new temperature, speed and pressure demands on lubricating fluids have changed over the years, resulting in several different measurements and classifications being created to describe lubricant viscosity. Some examples are SUS, cSt, cP, ISO, SAE engine, SAE gear and AGMA; it's enough to make a person's head start to spin. This paper will summarize some of the more commonly used viscosity standards, describe the tests used to measure viscosity, and eliminate some of the confusion all of these standards may create for the end user.

Purchasing Gear Lubricants:
Be Careful When Playing the Numbers Game

When it comes to purchasing gear lubricants, many people on both the sales and purchasing sides decide to play the numbers game. The person with the most numbers, or the biggest numbers, or the lowest numbers, must have the best product - right? Wrong. Gear oil selection is not a game, and numbers alone cannot determine the right product for an application

Shedding Light on Lubrication Viscosity

World Cement
John Sander, Lubrication Engineers, Inc., contemplates the considerations, classifications and tests for lubrication viscosity.

Hidden benefits of lubricant consolidation

Innovations in Food Technology
Food processing plants have countless pieces of equipment operating to complete their production processes. A typical plant uses several different lubricants to reduce friction in this equipment and keep it running smoothly. However, most plants would see several benefits if they were to implement lubricant consolidation.

Lubrication - the Life Blood of Wire Ropes in Cement Plants

World Cement
Jeffrey E. Turner, P.E., Executive Vice President, Lubrication Engineers, Inc., details the importance of appropriate lubrication for wire ropes.

High-performance lubricants: Cost vs. performance
Despite higher prices, performance products can actually lower the net use cost to your organization

TLT
Reprinted in the May 2010 issue of TLT, the official monthly magazine of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, a not-for-profit professional society headquartered in Park Ridge, Ill.

Lowering Energy Consumption Using Lubricants

World Cement
John Sander, vice president of technology, Lubrication Engineers, Inc., USA, tells how this often overlooked purchasing decision can impact energy efficiency.

Time for a Spring Clean? John Sander and Clay Calk, LE, outline the hidden benefits of lubricant consolidation.

World Cement
Cement plants have countless pieces of equipment operating to complete their production processes - including hundreds of gearboxes. A typical site uses a large number of lubricants to reduce friction and keep the equipment running smoothly. However, most facilities would see several benefits if they were to implement lubricant consolidation.

Hidden benefits of lubrication

International Cement Review
Cement plants have countless pieces of equipment operating to complete their production processes - including thousands of bearings. A typical plant uses a large number of lubricants to reduce friction in this equipment and keep it running smoothly. However, most plants would see several benefits if they were to implement lubricant consolidation.

Often Overlooked, Lubricants Can Help Lower Energy Consumption

It is a simple fact: Better lubrication can lead to dramatic energy savings and an improved bottom line. This ought to interest any plant manager who is looking for ways to reduce operating costs, and is especially significant at a time when stricter government regulations are in direct contradiction to reducing costs. Lubrication reliability is the solution.

Enhanced Lubricants

International Cement Review
The maintenance of large open gear systems in cement plants presents a significant challenge because of the heavy loads and harsh environmental conditions. Enhanced lubricants such as Pyroshield can improve profits by improving the reliability of the open gears and by reducing their required maintenance.

Consolidation brings peace of mind to maintenance managers

Innovations in Food Technology

Environmentally Friendly Lubricants - Biodegradable or Nontoxic

Over the last decade and possibly longer, biodegradation has been the predominant yard stick to measure how lubricants rate for being environmentally friendly. It was thought that the more completely a lubricant decomposes to harmless hydrogen-carbon-oxygen compounds, the better the lubricant will be for the environment. While a high degree of biodegradation can be a lubricant benefit, biodegradation alone does not provide a complete picture of how a lubricant impacts the environment. Consideration should also be given to different ways a lubricant impacts the environment.

Lubrication Basics for Wire Ropes

Wire rope forms an important part of many machines and structures. It is comprised of continuous wire strands wound around a central core. There are many kinds of wire rope designed for different applications. Most of them are steel wires made into strands wound with each other. The core can be made of steel, rope or even plastics.

Best-Practice Gearbox Lubrication

Gear Solutions

Improving food plant reliability

Innovations in Food Technology

Water Contamination:
Management of Water During the Lubricant Life Cycle

Hidden Benefits of Lubricant Consolidation

Oil Analysis & Lubricant Management Prove Successful

A case study chronicles how plant personnel made important changes after oil analysis reflected high contamination levels.

Improving Oven Chain Lubrication: A Discussion of High Temperature Environments

Machinery Lubrication

What is Oil Filtration?

This is a seemingly simple question with seemingly simple answers. The problem however is because so many different products exist in the marketplace, either confusion abounds or there is an attempt to oversimplify in order to cut through the confusion.

Comminution Conundrum

International Mining
How do you get the crushing and grinding equipment you need in today's market?
And once you have it, how do install and maintain it to achieve its best?

The Importance of Quality H1 Food Grade Lubricants in Today's Food Processing Equipment

In spite of electronics, automated equipment, computers and other modern technology, people are still responsible for lubrication and maintenance in the Food Processing Industry. They are constantly beset with plaguing problems of the operating environment, as well as problems inherent in complex equipment. Lubrication of equipment in food industry applications requires high quality, high performance lubricants that stand up to some of the harshest environmental conditions found anywhere.

High Performance Enhanced Lubricant Products - The Clear Choice for Cement Plant Open Gears

Most Cement facilities require materials to be ground or pulverized for use in the manufacturing process. Much of this material is ground in Ball, Pebble, Rod or Breaker Mills. Many of these mills have large, open bull or ring gear and pinion gearsets as drive mechanisms. Lubrication of these large open gear systems presents a unique challenge due to the harsh environmental considerations in Cement plants as well as heavily loaded conditions.

Beyond Synthetic Vs. Mineral Basestock or What Happened To The Application?

As lubricant manufacturers search to improve their profitability, a trend has been emerging from the major oil lubricant manufacturers and independent commodity oil blenders. This trend is to emphasize synthetic lubricants, an issue that appears to be coming up frequently in sales presentations to lubricant end users. While the trend is for improved lubrication from the users standpoint, they can be led down the wrong path that a synthetic based lubricant will always provide superior performance. To help the end user choose the right path they must be provided with some basic knowledge of how the different types of lubricants are formulated with respect to performance in the application.