Intro to Essential Care and Lubrication Practices
Onsite Training for Lubrication Technicians, Operators, and Maintenance Personnel
Course Description
This course is designed to equip plant personnel to perform lubrication and inspection practices that support your plant’s reliability objectives. After spending a day visiting with plant personnel and touring the facility, your instructor will prepare a course customized to your plant’s goals and needs. The following day is a full day of instruction and exercises which help students learn and retain the information.
The course focuses on proper techniques for machine inspections, lubricant application and handling, and contamination control, as well as an emphasis on the importance of precision lubrication.
Course Format
One-day onsite tour of your plant followed by 1 day of classroom instruction at your facility or location of your choice.
Who Should Attend?
- Lubrication Technicians
- Operators
- Maintenance Personnel
Intro to Essential Care and Lubrication Practices
Course Outline
Lubrication and Machine Reliability Fundamentals
- The role of lubricants in machinery
- Maintenance strategies and why they are important
- Why precision lubrication is critical
Oil and Lubricant Basics
- What is in lubricants?
- The difference between oil and grease
- Grease color and condition basics
- Lubricant identification exercise
Machinery Inspections
- Temperature Measurement
- How to measure machine temperature with IR guns
- Temperature measurement exercise
- Oil Level Inspection
- Types of oil level gauges and their function
- How to read oil level gauges and dipsticks
- Common oil level inspection issues to avoid
- Types of constant level oilers and their adjustment
- Common inspection issues with constant level oilers
- How to read bull’s eye level gauges
- Common inspection issues with bull’s eye level gauges
- Oil level measurement exercise
- Pressure Measurement Basics
- How to read common pressure gauges
- Pressure gauge reading exercises
Contamination Control
- The most common lubricant contaminant sources
- Where and how contaminants get into lubricants
- Common types of filtration and filter media
- Bottom Sediment and Water (BS&W) Bowl inspection and care
- How to inspect and manage sump headspace
- Why air contamination control is important
- Labyrinth/bearing isolator seal fundamentals
Machine Top-up and Sump Management
- Types of lubricant handling equipment and their use
- Importance of using the right handling equipment for the job
- How to properly perform an oil drain
- How to conduct reservoir flushing to remove residual oil and sediment
- Flushing procedure for removing deposits and waste oil debris
- Sump level check and top-up process for maintaining proper oil levels
Grease Lubrication
- Procedure for manual grease fill with grease guns
- Single and multi-point grease lubricator basics
- How to get grease volume control right
- Bearing types: shields and seals
- Steps for greasing a typical motor bearing
- How to select the right grease viscosity
- Machine re-grease frequency factors
- How to use ultrasonic energy measurement while greasing
Machine Upgrades for Effective Lubrication
- Common hardware upgrade recommendations for the machine types at your facility
