Managing lubrication is a primary component of your critical-asset reliability strategy. Unfortunately, ensuring that assets receive correct lubricants at proper intervals is often in conflict with the organization’s desire to simplify lubricant selection and reduce inventory.
Lubricating many of today’s assets can be rather involved, resulting in complex lubricant needs and maintenance practices. According to Chad Chichester, Application Development, Molykote Specialty Lubricants, DuPont, Midland MI (dupont.com), poorly managed lubrication procedures result in lubricant inventory imbalance, i.e., too much use of commodity lubricants and not enough use of specialty lubricants.
