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• Maximizing OEE: Identifying and Solving the Most Common Challenges

• AI in Maintenance: How to Use It Today—and What’s Coming Next

• Driving Sustainability & ESG Profitability: The Importance of Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance in Manufacturing

• Applying the Good, Better and Best Approach to The Trifecta of Motor Maintenance

• What Success Sounds Like: True Stories of Predictive Wins with Ultrasound Technology

• The State of Asset Performance: Benchmark and Best Practices

• Extending Bearing Life with Modern Greasing Practices

• The CMMS Buyer’s Guide

• Good, Better, Best Approach to Electric Motor Testing

• How Motion Amplification® Fits into a Reliability Program

• Permanently Installed Technology Improves Motor Reliability

• Cultivating Maintenance Excellence: The Role of Culture and Leadership in Reliability

• UpKeep Maintenance Maturity Model Level 1

• How to Achieve 10 Year - 80,000 Hour Oil Changes with Your Rotary Screw Air Compressors.

• A Comprehensive Guide to Assessing Factory Readiness for Predictive Maintenance

• Permanently Installed Technology Improves Motor Reliability

• Reducing Carbon Emissions While Improving Equipment Health

• A Guide to Predictive Maintenance with Tips & Tricks from Industry Experts

• The Role of Vibration Analysis in Prescriptive Maintenance

• Permanently Installed Technology: The Major Advance in Motor Testing

• Annual Cost Savings from Effective Lubrication Programs with Onsite Oil Analysis

• Improve Reliability and Reduce Maintenance Costs in Rotary Screw Air Compressors

• OEI Magnetic Filtration Reduces Maintenance Costs and Increases Sustainability of Rotary Equipment

• Why Machines Fail and What You Can Do to Prevent It

• Key Grease Tests for Selecting a Heavy-Duty Grease

• FieldLab 33C: A Mobile Oil Analysis Tool

• Tips for a Lean Approach to Motor Reliability

• Severe Sliding and Fatigue Wear Debris Analysis

• The Importance of Monitoring Lubricant Metal Levels in Stationary Natural Gas Engine Oil Applications

• Analysis of Large Wear Debris

• Oil Analysis Alarms: Practical Steps to Increase Your Site’s Ability to Detect and Manage Abnormal Lubrication Events

• Calibration of Industrial Accelerometers

• Lubricant Consolidation and Organization

• Demulsibility, What is it, and why does it matter? Restoration of Steam Turbine Demulsibility.

• Effective Varnish Removal from Turbine Lubrication Systems

• How to Use Reliability to Offset Supply Chain Issues

• APM 4.0 with Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics: Using Sensor Data to Maximize Your Return on Investment

• Is your new oil really clean oil?

• Why cellulose depth filtration remains one of the best oil cleaning techniques

• Does water ingress have to be the end of your oil's life?

• Neural Network Detection of Machine Faults

• Cement Industry Contamination Solutions

• Oil (Your Hidden Asset)

• Keeping your Lubrication Program in the Crosshairs

• 7 Tips for Using Offline Filters

• Overview of Rotating Disc Electrode (RDE) Optical Emission Spectroscopy for In-Service Oil Analysis

• Don’t Start That Motor!

• Selecting and Installing Accelerometers

• Beyond Training: Closing the Skilled Labor Gap

• How to Cost Justify a Lubrication Program

• The Cost Effective Benefits of a High Performance Kidney Loop System

• Meeting the O&G challenge End to End

• Leak Rate Quantification Method for Acoustic Imaging Cameras

• Measuring Water Concentration with the FluidScan: Get the Best Results with These 5 Simple Tips

• The Ultimate Guide to e-Permit to Work: The Top 3 Benefits of Moving Away from Paper

• Hydraulic Oil Reclaiming System to 16/15/11 with <0.08 Moisture

• How to Make the Most of Your Breather Spend

• Step Up Your Oil Sampling Program

• The Cost Effective Benefits of a High Performance Kidney Loop System

• 8 Steps to Successfully Implement a Preventive Maintenance Program

• Your Oil is Talking, but Are You Listening?

• Advances in the Analysis of New and Used Lubricating Oils by High-Resolution ICP-OES

• Conserve Oil and Extend Engine Life

• Bridge the Gap

• Aim Small, Miss Small!

• Water Contamination In Hydraulic & Lubrication Oils, A General Discussion

• Water Removal Capability Study

• 3 Approaches to Ultrasound Assisted Lubrication

• The Cost of Compressed Air: Discerning Fact From Fiction

• Insider Tips on Managing the Costs of Lubricant Filtration

• Use Lubricant Zone Inspections for Early Problem Detection

• The Role of Big Data in Plant Reliability

• Airborne Ultrasound: Find-and-Fix Leaks

• Strategies for Removing Water from Specialized Lubricants

• Simplified Universal Marshalling: Its Evolution and Benefits

• Ultrasound Lube Technician Handbook

• Keeping your Lubrication Program in the Crosshairs

• 3 Approaches to Ultrasound Assisted Lubrication

• 5 Steps to Rid Your Lubricants of Contamination Stress

• Global Filter Offers High-Capacity, High-Efficiency Filtration to Protect Mining Equipment

• Hear a Bearing Failure from Miles Away

• Increase Bearing Life by 500% - Update

• Desiccant Breathers: A Critical Component for Protecting Fuel Storage Systems & Power Equipment

• The Cost Effective Benefits of a High Performance Kidney Loop System

• Induction Heating Procedure - Bearing Mounting

• 3 Approaches to Ultrasound Assisted Lubrication

• Understanding How Dirt and Water Affect Lubricants

• Understanding the Lubrication Challenges of Aging Assets

• Mine Saves Two Workdays During Time-Critical Shutdown

• High Viscosity Filter Elements to Maintain Oil Cleanliness

• De-Mystifying Varnish - An Update

• Hear Failure From Miles Away

• Industrial Vibration Sensor Selection Made Easy

• The Trifecta of Motor Maintenance

• Bearing Storage Best Practices

• 100 Failure Modes of Lubrication

• Detection of Abnormal Wear Particles in Hydraulic Fluids via Electromagnetic Sensor and Particle Imaging Technologies

• 4 Critical Technologies for Your Lubrication Program

• Increase Bearing Life by 500% - Update

• Protect your lubricants and equipment with TTI’s Stainless Steel Rebuildable Power Breathers

• Case Study: Mercedes-Benz’s Proven Approach to Reduce Equipment Downtime

• What’s Old is New, Again: Electrostatics and Varnish, Now with IoT

• Addressing Challenges of Online Monitoring

• Eliminating Periodic Fluid Sampling - Deep Dive Into Next Generation Online Fluid Technology

• 5-Step Acoustic Lubrication Procedure [Infographic]

• Technologies That Make Asset Monitoring Boring

• How Subsurface Fatigue Leads to Bearing Failure

• 4 ways to cut chain expenses by 50% or more

• Particle Counting - Bottle Sampling vs. Online Counters

• Gaps in Your Electric Motor Reliability Program

• Debunking the myth: Food grade lubricants are not interchangeable with biodegradable lubricants

• Expert Advice on Lubrication Best Practices

• Pulley Alignment Guide

• Increase Bearing Life by 500%

• 3 Keys to Success When Implementing Your Plant Reliability Strategy

• Machine Oil Case Study: Medium-Sized Gear Machining Company

• Detection of Abnormal Wear Particles in Hydraulic Fluids via Electromagnetic Sensor and Particle Imaging Technologies

• How Can a Remote Monitoring Platform Revamp Your PdM Process?

• Gas Turbine Alignment in Less Than an Hour with the ROTALIGN touch

• Three Steps to an Effective Contamination Control Program

• 100 Failure Modes of Lubrication

• Winning the War on Water Contamination

• Improve Reliability & Profitability through Digitalization: 3 Keys to Success

• The Best Gets Better: Autoliv Deploys Leading2Lean's Lean Execution System to Worldwide Success

• Filtering Brand New Oil - Why and How?

• 5 NI InsightCM™ Features for Remote Diagnostics

• 5-Step Acoustic Lubrication Procedure

• 8 Things to Know About Maximum Efficiency Hydraulic Fluids (MEHFs)

• The Proof Is in the Performance

• The 50 Failure Modes of Electric Motors

• 3 Reasons Routes for Predictive Maintenance Programs May Be Dead

• Proper Oil Maintenance and The Price of Reliability vs The Cost of Reliability

• Discover the Secret of Lasting Lubricant Selection

• Hybrid Analytics: The Value of Machine and Human Supervision

• Mitigating Soluble Varnish in Critical Systems

• What You Can't See Can Hurt You: The Impact of Oil Cleanliness on Your Equipment

• Cost Is More Than Label-Deep - How the Right Lubricant Can Drive Savings and Productivity

• Measuring Water Contamination in Industrial Oils: A Practical Alternative to Karl Fischer Titration

• 90-Day Breather Trial Extends Life for Major North American Wind Power Generator

• Addressing Challenges of Online Monitoring

• How Subsurface Fatigue Leads to Bearing Failure

• Do OEM Lubricant Recommendations Meet Your Needs?

• It's All About Speed

• Breather Trial Demonstrates >20% Longer Life for Leading Industrial Enzyme Manufacturer

• Is it a Dirtbox or a Gearbox? How to use Offline Filters to Rescue Dirty Gearboxes

• The Basics of High Velocity Oil Flushing

• Lubrication Dispensing, Storage & Management

• The Trifecta of Motor Maintenance

• The New Oxidation Standard for Next-Gen Heavy-Duty Diesel (HDD) Oils

• Bottle Sampling Methods Prove to Be Outdated Cloud-Based Fluid Condition Monitoring is Here to Stay

• Digitalisation of Vibration Based Condition Monitoring

• 5-Step Sheave Pulley Alignment Procedure

• Moving from Reactive to Predictive Fluid Maintenance

• Contamination Control in the Hydraulic Industry

• Predict Breakdowns Months in Advance with Low-Touch Machine Learning

• Connecting Elemental Analysis to Particulate Count: A New Technique to Detect Failures

• Critical System Gearbox Filtration

• The Mendoza Line of Oil Analysis

• Guide to Proper Bearing Lubrication Procedures

• How Subsurface Fatigue Leads to Bearing Failure

• Lubricants Can't Be Green...Can They?

• Everything You Wanted to Know about Contamination But Were Afraid to Ask

• A Case for Capturing and Analyzing Trends in Your Alignment Data

• Keeping Out Contaminants: Understanding Ingress Protection Ratings

• How to Work With Your OEM to Find the Best Lubricant

• How to Test Industrial and Engine Oils

• Ultrasound Lube Technician Handbook

• Filtration System Sizing Guide

• Multi-Point Automatic Lubrication System for Robotic 7th Axis

• Controlling Contamination to Control Costs

• Moisture Contamination and its Effect on the Remaining Useful Life of Bearings

• Advances in Water Removal from Turbine, Gear and Hydraulic Oil

• Measuring Viscosity with Onsite Viscometers

• Resource-on-Demand On-Site Wear Debris Analysis: An Alternative to Lab-based Analytical Ferrography

• Understanding Oil Filtration

• Can Lubricants Extend Machinery Life?

• Measuring Gross Water Contamination in Turbine and Industrial Oils with FluidScan and Homogenizer Preparation

• Varnish Contamination in Hydraulic & Lube Oil Systems

• 4 Critical Technologies for Your Lubrication Program

• How to Make Your Compressor Room Work for You

• Tips for a Lean Approach to Motor Reliability

• Automatic Lubrication Systems That Stand Up to Corrosive, Caustic Environments

• Filtration: All Are Not Created Equal

• Acute Vs. Chronic Risks in Oil Systems!

• Improving Predictive Maintenance with Oil Condition Monitoring

• Clean Fuel - Keep Running!

• The 100 Failure Modes of Lubrication & Lubrication Programs

• Water & Particulate Contamination In Oil & Lubricated Systems

• That Mobile Cart might not be the best choice!

• AIRBORNE ULTRASOUND- Leak Management: Find-and-Fix Leaks

• Guide to Measuring TAN and TBN in Oil

• Desiccant Breathers: A Front Line Defense In The War On Contamination

• Gaps in Your Electric Motor Reliability Program

• The Benefits of Combining Ultrasound & Vibration for Condition Monitoring

• Improving Machinery Productivity with Oil Debris Sensing

• New HIAC PODS…Have internal pump, will travel!

• Innovative Lubrication Systems for Heavy Industry

• Water in Oil Contamination

• Managing Particle Contamination with Chevron ISOCLEAN® Certified Lubricants

• Choosing an In-Service Oil and Fuel Analysis Solution

• Improve Energy Efficiency with Proper Gear Oils

• Automatic Lubrication Systems That Stand Up to Corrosive, Caustic Environments

• The Hidden Costs of Air Compressor Operation

• Compressed Air Leak Detection – A Dual Challenge for Energy, and the Environment

• The Power of Lubricant Selection

• Ten Myths About Offline Filters

• Guide to Particle Measurement Techniques

• How Lubricants Drive Savings and Productivity

• A Petroleum Diesel Engine Oil Designed to Last 800 Hours

• Serve Your Lubricants Like You Would A Premium Beer

• Why Supplemental Filters?

• Precision Meets Connectivity

• How to Successfully Launch a PdM Program

• Find Condenser Tube Leaks with Ultrasound

• Your Number One Lube Oil Problem – Moisture

• LNF Particle Count – How Low Can You Go?

• Filter Cart Best Practices

• Improving Equipment Reliability Through the Implementation of Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

• 5-Step Balancing Procedure [Infographic]

• Safer Mines through Vibration Analysis

• The Journey to Fill-for-Life

• It’s Time to add Grease Analysis to the Reliability Toolbox

• Guide to Measuring Water in Oil

• Additive Depletion: Impact On Useable Oil Life and Equipment Wear

• Dam Varnish - How the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Resolved Oil Contamination Problems at its Hydro Projects

• Industrial Maintenance Trends Today and the Future

• Lubricant Contamination – The Uninvited Guest

• Gaps in Your Electric Motor Reliability Program

• Oil Analysis Provides Information Vital to Determining Root Cause of Water Contamination in Industrial Gearboxes

• Have you Considered Lubricants that Can Reduce Production Downtime?

• How Measuring Maintenance Productivity Can Identify Significant Cost-Reduction Opportunities

• Two-Stage Approach to Wear Debris Analysis

• Continuing Evolution of Food Grade Lubricants

• Benefits and Challenges of Remote Condition Monitoring Technology

• Hydraulic Particle Counter Sample Preparation

• How to Extend Equipment Life with Cleaner Lubricants

• 5-Step Shaft Alignment Procedure

• Understanding Oil Filtration: Everything You Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask

• Determination of Wear Metals & Additives in Lubricating Oil

• Wear Debris Particle Classification & Root Cause Diagnosis

• Case Study: Silver Lining in Plant's Oil Analysis Program Prevents Catastrophic Generator Failure

• Selecting the Most Reliable and Cost Efficient Air Compressor

• Cost Effective Wear Metal/Condition Monitoring Analyzer

• What the Human Resources Person Is Thinking When They Are Interviewing You

• A Roadmap for World-Class Ultrasound

• On-Site Trace Metal Analysis For Gas Turbines

• Understanding Oil Analysis: How It Can Improve Reliability of Wind Turbine Gearboxes

• Reducing Risks and Raising Performance: Removing Dispersed and Dissolved Water from Lubricants

• Methodology for Diagnosing Ball Bearing Wear

• Measuring Water Contamination in Industrial Oils

• Oil Analysis: Proper Testing for Maximum Value and Equipment Condition Information

• Creating Alignment for Your Ultrasound Team

• The Trifecta of Motor Maintenance

• Essential Storeroom Asset Care

• Gearbox Lube Filtration: A Coal Fired Power Plant Case Study

• Let PM Be Your Guide When Purchasing Auto-Lubrication

• Best Practices: Machinery Alignment Shimming

• Accurate Fuel Dilution in the Field

• ABS- A Solution to Contaminated Engine Lube Oil

• Wind Operations & Maintenance in North America

• Contamination: The Vandal We Are Reluctant to Kick Out!? The Vandal Invited In?

• New Oil Filtration

• Particle Counters for Oil Analysis: Design and Specifications

• Best Practices: Machinery Alignment Shimming

• Single Point to Multi Point lubrication from Beka-Max of America Inc. Reduces Maintenance

• The Importance of Lubricant and Fluid Analysis in Predictive Maintenance

• Reliability Centered Maintenance Project Manager's Guide

• HIAC 8011+ Using Pressure To Reduce Entrained Air from Fluid Samples

• Using Pressure to Reduce Bubble Contamination from Particle Count Results

• LASERNET FINES® Q200 – A Solution to Oil Analysis

• Soft Foot: Causes, Characteristics and Solutions

• Measurement Types in Machinery Monitoring

• A Portable Kinematic Oil Analysis Solution for Field-Based Users

• Understanding Oil Analysis - How It Can Improve Reliability of Wind Turbine Gearboxes

• Profiling Power Users of Predictive Maintenance Technologies: How to Spot... and KEEP, Your Next CBM Star

• Diagnosing Ghost Frequency

• In-the-Field Condition Monitoring with Immediate Results: Fluid Analysis System

• Recent Advances in Food-Grade Greases

• What is Happening Inside Your Machine?

• Using Wireless Headphones with Bluetooth for the CSI 2140

• A Practical Guide to Pulley Alignment

• Detecting Water in Ship Engine Oil

• Is it a Dirtbox or a Gearbox?

• Training Wheels for Electrical Wave Files

• A New Solution for Used Oil Particle Analysis

• Hydraulic Particle Counter Sample Preparation

• Innovative Solutions to address Lube Varnish in Hydrogen Seals

• The Secret Behind Effective Machine Condition Analysis Software

• A Practical Guide to Shaft Alignment

• Designing a Handheld Infrared Oil Analyzer

• Savings and Efficiencies Through Advanced Technology

• Alternatives to Traditional Oil Testing Using SEM/EDX

• Find Sources of Energy Waste

• Solving Water Problems in the Food and Beverage Industry

• Can I afford contamination monitoring products?

• Condition Monitoring Success with Azima DLI Methodology

• Reliable Hydraulic System Operation Through Proper Fluid Selection & Maintenance

• Oil Skimmer Facts Handbook

• Overview of FluidScan Handheld Infrared Oil Analyzer

• Ultrasound Assisted Lubrication

• Machinery Vibration Analysis-Fact v.s. Speculation

• Prevent Gearbox Failures with Contamination Monitoring

• Measuring Water with the FluidScan Fluid Condition Monitor

• Ultrasonic Condition Monitoring

• Predicting Maintenance Here and Now

• Why Contamination Control is Critical to Equipment Longevity

• Steam Turbine Oil Challenges

• Why Troubleshooting Tools are Inadequate

• Webinar – Bearing Failure Mechanisms

• Calculations of Bearing Defect Frequencies Made Easy

• Reduce Contamination with EHC Conditioning Units

• Oil Monitoring In The Paper Industry

• Cloud Computing – Another Buzzword or Leveraging Technology?

• Improving Varnish Mitigation with Customized Media

• Using Dynamic Equilibrium Condition to Set Wear Particle Limits

• Wear Debris Analysis: The Power of Knowing More using Automated SEM/EDX

• Top 7 Things a CMMS Can Do for Your Organization

• Using Balanced Charge Agglomeration for Turbine Oil Purification

• Constructing an Effective Lubrication Procedure

• 10 Key Steps to a Successful CMMS Implementation

• Machinery Fault Diagnosis Guide

• Handheld Lubricant Condition Monitoring Using Infrared Spectroscopy

• Implementing Oil Skimming Solutions

• Justifying Predictive Maintenance

• When Do Synthetic Lubricants Make Sense?

• An Introduction to the SPM HD Method

• Waste Water Treatment Solutions

• Webinar - Diagnosing Electric Motor Bearings

• Filtration Mechanics

• Wind Turbine Gearbox Oil Analysis Strategy

• Machinery Vibration Analysis – Fact v.s. Speculation

• Can Automatic Lubricators Work In Cold Temperatures?

• Avoiding Free Water in a Lubrication System

• Analysis of Wear Metals in New and Used Oil

• Purchasing Gear Lubricants: Be Careful When Playing the Numbers Game

• Oil Moisture Expressed as Water Activity Aw

• Closed Loop Oil Handling

• Comparison of Spectro LNF Q200 to Standard Kinematic Viscosity Measurements

• Putting the Simple Back into Viscosity

• Improving Maintenance Efficiency with Automatic Lubricators

• Measuring Moisture in Oil

• Measuring TAN/TBN with Infrared Spectroscopy

• A Practical Guide to Shaft Alignment OLD VERSION

• Solving the Lubricant Performance Dilemma

• Ultrasound Assisted Lubrication

• Monitoring Large Wear Particles in Oil

• Synthetic Esters: Engineered to Perform

• What Everyone Should Know About Automatic Grease Lubricators

• Effective Contamination Control in the Harshest of Environments

• A New Tool for Machine and Lubricant Viscosity Condition Monitoring

• Grease Analysis in the Field Improves Plant Lubrication

• Motor Repair or Replacement? The Green Solution

• Lubricants Can Help Lower Energy Consumption

• Lube Smarter: What's New in Automatic Lubricators

• To Be Lean, You Have To Be Clean

• Reliability Starts With Precision Shaft Alignment

• Aligning Maintenance Manager and CFO Goals

• Oil Analysis Evolved: Spectroil Q100 the Latest in Spectrometers

• Upgrading to Electro-Mechanical Lubricators

• Energy Monitoring: An Effective Condition Monitoring Tool

• Simple Ways to Comply with EPA Spill Regulations

• Guide to Maintaining Clean Oil

• Special Report on Condition Monitoring

• Cost Effectiveness of Automatic Lubricators

• Lubrication Basics for Wire Ropes

• Reduce Maintenance Costs by Upgrading Lubricants

• Optimizing Assets through Reliability-Centered Maintenance

• Industrial Food-Grade Lubricants Guide

• Active Dry Air Venting for Water Contamination Control

• Video White Paper: Find Sources of Energy Waste

• Wireless Temperature Sensors for Rotating Equipment Applications

• Ultrasound Condition Monitoring Improves Uptime

• Motor Efficiency and Fault Zone Analysis

• Choosing the Correct Oil or Fuel Purification System for Water Contamination Removal

• Video White Paper: Energy Monitoring and Management

• Food-Grade Grease Improves High Temperature Performance

• Super Absorbent Filtration for Removing Water from Oil

• New Method for Automating Particle Counting and Characterization

• Water Contamination: Management of Water During the Lubricant Life Cycle

• How to Locate Mechanical Problems with Ultrasonic Predictive Maintenance

• A Practical Guide to Implementing Operator-Based Reliability (OBR)

• The Basics of Food-Grade Lubricants

• Ten Pitfalls to Avoid When Selecting a CMMS/EAM

• Hydraulic Oil Condition Monitoring Using Sensors

• Steam Trap Inspection Methods and Steam Cost Analysis

• Inspection Methods for Potential Arc Flash Incidents

• VIBXPERT - A new choice for Vibration Analysis and Balancing

• Additive in Lube Oil Analysis Made Easy: How to Win the SAPS Challenge

• Hidden Benefits of Lubricant Consolidation

• Solid-State Viscosity Sensors for Condition Monitoring

• Elements of a Good Preventive Maintenance Program

• Equipment Reliability Made Visual

• Case Studies In Online and Offline Motor Analysis

• Controlling Gearbox Lubricant Contamination

• 4 Tactics for Managing Lubrication Filtration Costs

• Averting Failure of a US Army Helicopter Transmission

• Predicting and Preventing Transformer Outages

• Particle Counting and Shape Recognition for In-Service Oils

• Streamlined Grease Sampling and Analysis for Detection of Wear, Oxidation and Mixed Greases

• How to Reduce Lubrication-related Safety and Environmental Problems in Metal Stamping Pressrooms

• Reliability Improvement Through Lubricant Upgrades

• Strategies for an Effective Airborne Ultrasound Program

• Lean Opportunities in MRO Procurement: Improved Productivity and Reduced Waste

• Effective Inspection Techniques for Potential Arc Flash Incidents