• How Lubrication Affects Machine Reliability
•  Identify what strategy is being used in your plant and how it affects profitability

• Lubrication Fundamentals
• Oil viscosity, film, mineral/synthetic properties, and more
• Lubricant Application
• Unique lubrication considerations for machines, work type and speed
•  Application methods and devices Storage and Handling
• Storage, handling and disposal best practice
• Bulk do’s and don’ts Contamination Control
• 10 ways to get more mileage out of filters=
• How dirt, metal particles, and soot destroy machine surfaces
•  Essential Field Inspections
• Get big results from simple, visual inspections

Maintenance Strategies (10%)

• Why machines fall.
• The impact of poor maintenance on company profits
• The role of effective lubrication in failure avoidance
• Lube routes and scheduling
• Oil analysis and technologies
• Equipment ageing and identification.

Lubrication Theory/Fundamentals (18%)

• A Fundamentals of trilogy
• Functions of a lubricant
• Hydrodynamic lubrication (sliding friction)
• Elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication (rolling friction
• Mixed-film lubrication
• base-oils
• Additives and their functions
• Oil lubricant physical and chemical properties
  -Grease lubrication
  1. How great is made
  2. Thickener types
  3. Thickener compatibility
  4 Grease lubricant physical and chemical properties

Lubricant Selection (30%)

• Viscosity selection
•  Base oil type selection
• Additive system selection
• Machine specific lubricant requirements
  1. Hydraulic systems
  2. Rolling element bearings
  3. Journal bearings
  4. Reciprocating engines
  5. Gearing and gearboxes
• Application and environment related adjustments

Lubricant Application (18%)

• Calculation for determining required lubricant volume.
• Calculations to determine re-lute and change frequencies.
• When to select oil when to select grease.
• Effective use of manual delivery techniques
• Automatic delivery system
  1. Automated grease options
  2. oil mist system
  3. Drip and wick lubricators
  4. Deciding when to employ automated lubricators
  5. Maintenance of automated lubrication systems

Lube Storage and Management (10%)

• Lubricant receiving procedures.
• Proper storage and inventory management
• Lube storage containers
• Paper storage of grease-gues and lube devices
• Maintenance of automatic grease seers
• Health and safety

Lube Condition Control (10%)

• Filtration and separation technologies
• Filter rating
• Filtration system design and Filter selection.

Oil Sampling (10%)

• Objectives for lube oil sampling
• Sampling methods
• Managing interference
  1. Bottle cleanliness and management
  2. Flushing
  3. Machine conditions appropriate for sampling

Lubricant fare monitoring

• Lubricant failure mechanisms
  1. oxidative degradation
  a. The oxidation process
  b. Causes of oxidation
  C. Effects of oxidative degradation
  2. Thermal degradation
  a. The thermal failure process
  b. Causes of thermal failure
  c. Effects of thermal degradation.
  3. Additive depletion/degradation
  a) Additive depletion mechanism
  b) Additives at risk for depletion/degradation
• Treating for wrong or mixed Lubricants.
  1. Baselining physical and chemical properties tests
  2. Additive discrepancies
• Fluid properties test methods and measurement units
  1 Kinematic viscosity (ASTM D445)
  2. Absolute (Dynamic) Viscosity (ASTM 028930
  3. Viscosity index (ASTM D227)
  4. Acid Number (ASTM D974 et all
  5. Base Number (ASTM D974 et all
  6. Fourier Transform infrared (FTiR) analysis
  7. Rotating Pressure Vessel Oxidation Test (ASTM2272)
  8. Atomic Emission Spectroscopy

Wear Debris Monitoring and Analysis (4%)

• Common machine wear mechanisms