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Achieving Proactive Maintenance Through Particle Counting
With the widespread use of plant-level particle counters, maintenance organizations are becoming more sophisticated and skilled in the management and control of oil cleanliness. This has led to the discovery of a host of new tactics and practices that involve...
Understanding & Measuring Turbine Oil Cleanliness
Making sure your equipment is healthy and running at optimal levels starts with the oil. Without clean oil running through your systems, you run the risk of not only severely damaging your machines but also affecting your bottom line with unplanned downtime. In fact,...
Particle Counts: What Are They and Why Do They Matter
Contamination particles are a lot like children – the impact of each additional child is more of a multiplication factor instead of simple addition, especially when it comes to keeping the home clean. Much like the multiplication factor for how quickly a home requires...
Three Potential Causes of Abnormal Particle Counts
A key aspect of implementing a successful oil analysis program is consistent oil sample testing; cataloging and trending the results of these tests allows for lubrication goals to be tracked and will alert technicians to any problems that arise. But sometimes the...
What Gas Turbine Owners Need to Know About Lubricant IoT Sensors
While IoT has become a buzzword for gas turbine lubricant reliability programs, not all IoT sensors are created equal. Atten2 develops optical particle counting sensors that give rotating machinery vision and voice so that plant personnel and asset managers can have...
Louisiana Electric Power Association (LEPA) Case Study
Louisiana Electric Power Association (LEPA) Case StudyPurpose: Relate a customer case study backed up by numbers in an informal conversational tone to boost trust & credibility. 1. Who was the customer? Louisiana Electric Power Association (LEPA) – Morgan City, LA...
What is Involved in an Oil Analysis?
An oil analysis reduces the chances of unplanned outages. Aside from determining when you should change your oil, it serves as an early-warning system for abnormal wear of internal parts. Catching a misalignment issue or a failing component before it causes major...
What Are the Different Types of Sight Glass?
A sight glass is an object that is added to a reservoir tank or machine to see the oil inside. They come in two basic forms, bullseye and columnar, and can be used to monitor oil levels as well as contaminants. Sight glasses are an alternative to using a dipstick or...
What Are Vacuum Dehydrators and How Do They Work?
The oil in your machinery is designed to collect contaminants, such as metal wear particles, so they can be filtered out of the system. When it’s working properly, the internal components of your equipment will run like new. However, there are some situations where...