As the global population is increasing, the consumption of various products and services is also increasing. This rising demand for goods and services is forcing manufacturing plants to work more vigorously. For this reason, they’re trying to become exceedingly productive but do not want to raise their maintenance or production costs.

Strategic lubrication practices have a direct and positive impact on the reliability of any industrial equipment. If you have an excellent lubrication strategy, you can improve the availability of the plant and its equipment. For any given plant, there is an essential series of steps, which, if implemented, will increase the reliability of the machinery and therefore, the production as well.

Taking into account the impact of impurities and contaminants on lubricants, it’s easy to understand why oil filtration is so vital to industrial equipment. Without the right use of oil filtration systems, contaminants start piling up, making it difficult for maintenance departments to control contaminants-induced abrasion.

Lubrication is a critical part of any business that runs machines. Many companies don’t realize the significance and benefits of choosing the right lubricant and lubrication strategy for their equipment. Before you select lubricants for your machines, make sure you answer some important questions. For example: is your environment dry or wet, cold or hot? How often should your machines be lubricated? How fast do your machines move?

Industrial maintenance technicians often find it difficult to identify the most common ways contaminants can enter fluid systems. For a contamination control strategy, two methods can be considered: removal and exclusion. Since one method is not sufficient on its own, you need to consider both to achieve optimum results.

Manufacturing plants around the world struggle while they plan to bulk-buy their lubricants for industrial-scale machines and their hydraulic systems. Their trouble increases when they get to the market and realize there are hundreds of options available. While each brand claims that their product is better than the rest, anyone is bound to be confused, especially when there is ample money involved.

Many organizations want to consolidate their lubricant purchases into a single, integrated program to improve productivity and reduce on-site inventory costs. Since lubrication management plays a vital role in improving overall operational efficiency and reducing production costs. Here are a few questions to ask when selecting a lubrication supplier:

Any machine’s engine or hydraulics need lubricants, and lubricants need to be filtered regularly, or the machine stops working. It sounds very simple; the reality is that industrial-grade lubricants and lubrication filtration systems combine to form one of the largest global industries. The lubricants and their filtration systems have become a pinnacle of machine-based technological advancement as manufacturing plants are now moving towards hybrid lubricants that are a mixture of organic and synthetic ingredients.

Many people think that new oils are clean and that there is no need to filter them. While most industrial lubricant manufacturers claim to make premium quality products, it’s the manufacturing and handling process that contaminates new oils.

Some organizations are infected with bad maintenance culture, while others have successfully gone through a transformation phase from mediocrity to excellence. Then there are those companies that successfully undergo the transformation but slowly regress to their past addictive practices and bad maintenance habits.