Title

Maintenance: new approaches and enhanced efficiency

Maintenance: new approaches and enhanced efficiency

Authorship

Dipl. Ing. Hans-J. Biedermann, Project engineering & Sales for cold rolling mills

Dipl. Ing. Hans-J. Biedermann, Project engineering & Sales for cold rolling mills

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DOI

10.5151/2594-5297-0090

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Abstract

When selecting lubricants and fluids, maintenance managers and purchasing agents attempt to provide their plant maintenance organization the best possible value. In the final analysis, however, product selection is frequently based only on cost -- and price alone is a poor standard for making lubrication purchasing decisions. The cost of grease and oil represents less than 3 percent of the average maintenance budget (Figure 1). However, selecting the wrong products can lead to lubrication and equipment failures that drive production rates down and dramatically increase overall maintenance costs. What must be examined is the impact your lubrication purchases have on the other 97 percent of the maintenance budget. Better grades of lubricants will reduce the failure of equipment components

When selecting lubricants and fluids, maintenance managers and purchasing agents attempt to provide their plant maintenance organization the best possible value. In the final analysis, however, product selection is frequently based only on cost -- and price alone is a poor standard for making lubrication purchasing decisions. The cost of grease and oil represents less than 3 percent of the average maintenance budget (Figure 1). However, selecting the wrong products can lead to lubrication and equipment failures that drive production rates down and dramatically increase overall maintenance costs. What must be examined is the impact your lubrication purchases have on the other 97 percent of the maintenance budget. Better grades of lubricants will reduce the failure of equipment components

Keywords

Lubricants, fluids.

Lubricants, fluids.