Reliability Centered Lubrication

Reliability Centered Lubrication (RCL) is an approach to lubrication that is focused on designing a program for lubrication and oil analysis by taking into account operational conditions, best practices, and modifications required to both machine and facility and can be an important tool to deploy in your journey to Reliability Excellence and Maintenance Excellence.

Why?

RCL uses industry standard calculations to determine appropriate lubricant recommendations, including lube type, re-grease volumes, and re-lube intervals. Furthermore, the RCL process uses failure modes analysis to establish appropriate oil analysis test slates and test intervals. Many facilities loose nearly 10% of the maintenance budget due to poor lubrication practices and oil analysis programs that fail to add value. Reliability Centered Lubrication is a process that can have results in multiple areas:

  • Less lubricant stored onsite
  • Optimized time spent in front of machine
  • Less lubricant purchases

Services Available in Your Area:

 

How to Build Failure Modes Driven Strategy

Uptime Magazine publisher interviews Doug Plucknette about his workshop at Reliability Centered Maintenance Managers Forum.

Practical Operator Care Process Implementation

An hour long webinar tutorial on demand led by Mike Gehloff as published by Reliability Web.

Lean Manufacturing & Reliability Concepts

A must-read guide for maintenance and reliability leaders. Covering the key principles of Lean manufacturing and the 3 types of inspections for mistake-proofing.