Historically, lubrication management has been the responsibility of the individual mechanic or millwright completing the work. Generally, anyone who needed oil or grease could order any type or amount of lubricant to complete the task at hand. The result was an excessive amount of new, unused oil and grease stashed in every corner of the plant. Find out how DC Water's Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant, the largest advanced wastewater treatment plant in the world, improved its approach to lubrication through a site-wide benchmark assessment of the lubrication program, development of an action plan, and implementation of the plan.

Imagine a scenario where the power has shut down at your hospital. This shouldn’t be an issue, right? The backup generator will save the day, right? What if the backup generator doesn’t start?

Hospitals and healthcare facilities are at risk for equipment interruptions – posing threats to patients – if assets such as essential electrical systems and HVAC units aren’t properly maintained.

In pulp and paper facilities, the high temperatures, high humidity, and constant water ingress that occur are particularly challenging and can adversely impact productivity and uptime. Effective water removal and lubricant filtration and protection are critical to increasing the life of equipment and minimizing downtime.

Experience the best way to observe and learn how Des-Case products can protect and clean your lubricants throughout their lifecycle. From storage, to transfer, and while in-use.

An important metric in lean manufacturing is overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), which is the product of Availability x Yield x Quality. Simply stated, OEE represents your performance compared to perfection. So if your availability factor is 79.9%, your yield factor is 80% and your quality factor is 93.8%, your OEE = 60%. This means that you’re running at 60% of perfection. While no organization actually achieves 100% OEE, your goal should be to close the gap between your current and desired performance level. 

Contamination control is the single greatest opportunity for gains in the average lube program and significant gains in machinery reliability can be made with minimal investments.

If studies show it costs about 10 times as much to remove contaminants than it does to exclude it, then what are some of the ways you can keep contaminants from entering your system?