Duties of Lubrication Personnel

 Following are duties of Lubrication Personnel Use correct lubricants in every case and as few types as possible for the plant as a whole. Apply lubricants properly. Apply the correct amount of lubricant. Apply lubricants at proper intervals. Develop schedules for items 1 to 4 for each machine, distribute or post them, and see that they are followed. Train and instruct the oilers, and arrange for lubrication clinics if the number of oilers warrants. Suppliers’ sales and engineering representatives frequently can render valuable assistance...

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Planning Outages

Most companies, as part of their annual business plan, develop an outage schedule that is based on anticipated business cycle or perceived maintenance requirements. This outage schedule contains all shutdown dates for critical production systems. Unfortunately, most of these plans do not consider the impact on capacity. An effective outage schedule should be configured to minimize loss of production capacity, product quality and the potential increase in overall operating cost that can result from poorly coordinated outage schedules. Care should...

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How Pistons are Made

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