Lubrication technicians are often not shown sufficient respect (greasers?), when they represent the lifeblood of the equipment.  When you have poor lubrication practices, you severely reduce the life of the equipment.  Can you imagine the consequences of not keeping your car properly lubricated?

In this session we’ll discuss developing a business case for a comprehensive lube program, followed by what lube techs can do, beginning with getting certified as a maintenance lube technician or analyst – you have to know where you are to get to where you want to be; followed by walking down the equipment and creating PMs identifying its specific requirements; setting up a lube filtration process – most new lubes are quite dirty; set up clean, sealed, color- coded containers, labelling the equipment appropriately, including its matching color code; be cautious using auto-lube equipment – they are not set and forget, quite the contrary; don’t forget to install and maintain the right breathers to keep the moisture and contaminants out; and finally, develop an understanding of TPM, Total Productive Maintenance – it’s a great model for taking care of equipment.  By the way, you may want to hire an outside specialist to set up a plan for getting all this started.