Machinery Lubrication Training (March 2024)

This four-day course provides attendees an extensive overview of machinery lubrication, condition monitoring, oil analysis and maintenance techniques. Topics covered include best practices techniques for lubricant delivery and arrival, storage and dispensing, transfer, management of machinery lubrication routes, lubricant selection and additives, setting re-lubrication intervals, basic oil analysis, and contamination control.

Benefits of the course

• Learn proven techniques to effectively maintain your equipment
• Gain proven strategies for increasing machine availability
• Create a strategic proactive plan for your maintenance practices
• Tour Trico’s Lab to learn the different test procedures and equipment used for oil analysis

Course Focus

• Maintenance Strategies
• Lubrication Theory/Fundamentals
• Lubricant Types
• Lubricant Properties
• Lubricant Selection
• Lubricant Applications
• Lubricant Storage and Management
• Contamination Control
• Oil Sampling
• Lubricant Health Monitoring
• Wear Debris Monitoring and Analysis
• Preventative and Predictive Maintenance Fundamentals
• Lubrication Management Best Practices

Objectives

After completing this course, the participant will be able to

• How lubrication affects machine reliability
• Maintenance program strategies for achieving world class lubrication
• The importance of oil film thickness and dynamic clearance on components
• Advantages and disadvantages of grease lubrication
• How lubricant properties change
• How additives deplete and degrade
• How to equip machines for effective contamination exclusion and removal
• How contamination affects the machine and lubricant
• The benefits of developing lubrication standards
• Quick tips to designing a world class lubricant storage room
• Troubleshoot lubrication problems
• How to utilize the proper methods and equipment to facilitate oil sampling procedures
• How to determine representative oil sampling locations
• Why oil analysis is an important tool to use determine machine and lubricant condition
• Why metrics are important

Who this course is for:

This training is a preparatory course for Machine Lubricant Analyst (MLA I) or Level I Machinery Lubrication Technician (MLT I) certification.

Course Outline

Maintenance Strategies 

• Lubrication program strategies
• Reliability centered maintenance
• Lube failure modes effects

Lubrication Theory

• Purpose of a lubricant
• Function of a lubricant
• Tribology and friction
• Mixed film lubrication

Lubricant Types

• Mineral lubricants
• Synthetic lubricants
• Vegetable lubricants
• Greases

Lubricant Properties

• Physical properties
• Chemical properties

Lubricant Selection

• Selecting lubricants for specific equipment and components
• Selecting greases for specific equipment and components

Lubricant Applications

• Manual lubrication
• Natural delivery methods
• Oilers delivery methods
• Centralized lubrication

Lubricant Storage and Management

• Consolidating and procurement
• Proper storage, dispensing, and transferring procedures
• Designing optimum storage room

Contamination Control

• Particulate contamination
• Water contamination
• Air and other contamination
• Filter types and ratings

Wear Debris Analysis and Monitoring

• Introduction to Oil Analysis
• Sampling equipment and options
• Sample bottles
• Oil sampling frequency

Preventative and Predictive Maintenance Fundamentals

• Appearance screening
• Contamination monitoring
• Physical and chemical testing
• Typical grease monitoring
• Targets and limits

Lubrication Management Best Practices

• Lubrication maintenance
• Oil changes
• Leakage
• Safety
• Best practices