Xamine™ TOA Reports for mainline turbines provide comprehensive turbine oil analysis to help identify contamination, wear trends, and lubrication issues before equipment failure occurs. LE performs turbine oil analysis in the LE Technology Center in Wichita, Kan. The LE Technology Center is an up-to-date facility featuring a wide variety of specialised equipment, as well as personnel with the technical understanding necessary to perform oil testing based on customised program requirements. Results are available soon after testing is complete. LE prepares a detailed report for the customer, explaining the data and providing recommendations for any follow-up actions that should be taken.
Around 60 to 80 percent of bearing failures are lubricant-related. One of the most effective ways to prevent these issues is to ensure lubrication is applied properly. While under-lubricating a machine component can cause overheating, excessive wear and premature bearing failure, over-lubrication can be just as damaging. Getting the balance
Industrial baking equipment operates under intense conditions. Inside a proving chamber, temperatures of around 38°C combined with humidity of between 85% and 100% create conditions that can cause an ordinary lubricant to fail within days. Lubrication Engineers (LE) South Africa recently worked with a bakery to more effectively lubricate its
When industrial operations evaluate lubricant costs, the focus often falls on the price per drum, cartridge or container. Yet this purchase price represents only a fraction of what lubrication ultimately costs a business. The far bigger financial impact lies in how well a lubricant protects equipment, how long it lasts in service and the role it plays in
Mining is one of the harshest operating environments for any piece of machinery. Dust, shock loading, moisture and extreme mechanical demands place equipment in mining operations under near-constant stress. However, when machinery fails, lubrication is often one of the last things that is looked at, even though it is often at the root of the problem. Llewellyn Owen, New Business Development Manager (Coastal) at
