Kenneth E. Bannister is a UK technical apprenticed and accredited mechanical design engineer, credited on several engineering patents, two of which involved tribology aspects in their design. Ken is also a Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional and since 1988 has consulted worldwide helping clients implement practical and meaningful asset management, reliability, and lubrication management programs. Ken is one of a few asset management consultants holding expertise and accreditation in the field of tribology, lubrication failure management and industrial lubrication application as a designated professional Machinery Lubrication Engineer.Ken was the first consultant to assist a company through the ISO 55001 asset management certification process in North America and was part of the development team for the ICML 55world lubrication standard. More recently Ken was a contributing author and senior editor for the compilation of the ICML 55.0, ICML 55.1, and ICML 55.2 standard documents.Lubrication Strategies and Tips is Ken’s fifth industrial lubrication book and joins his recently published Practical Lubrication for Industrial Facilities – Fourth Edition and the “Maintenance Partnerships” handbook. Ken also wrote the very successful Lubrication for Industry book. and the lubrication section for the “Machinery’s Handbook” as well as other books on Energy Management and Predictive Maintenance. Over his career, Ken has published over 650 articles and white papers for numerous international maintenance magazines, with over half dedicated to the field of practical lubrication. Ken was a founding board member of the Plant Engineering Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) and currently sits on the board of directors for the International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML) responsible for the rollout of the ICML 55 world lubrication standard.

• 1 Design Stage Lubrication Strategies and Tips 2 Lubrication Management Strategies and Tips 3 Lubricant Receiving and Storage Strategies and Tips 4 Lubricant Application and Operational Strategies and Tips 5 Contamination Avoidance and Control Strategies and Tips 6 Predictive Testing Strategies and Tips 8 Lubrication Safety Strategies and Tips

Kenneth E. Bannister is a UK technical apprenticed and accredited mechanical design engineer, credited on several engineering patents, two of which involved tribology aspects in their design. Ken is also a Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional and since 1988 has consulted worldwide helping clients implement practical and meaningful asset management, reliability, and lubrication management programs. Ken is one of a few asset management consultants holding expertise and accreditation in the field of tribology, lubrication failure management and industrial lubrication application as a designated professional Machinery Lubrication Engineer.Ken was the first consultant to assist a company through the ISO 55001 asset management certification process in North America and was part of the development team for the ICML 55world lubrication standard. More recently Ken was a contributing author and senior editor for the compilation of the ICML 55.0, ICML 55.1, and ICML 55.2 standard documents.Lubrication Strategies and Tips is Ken’s fifth industrial lubrication book and joins his recently published Practical Lubrication for Industrial Facilities – Fourth Edition and the “Maintenance Partnerships” handbook. Ken also wrote the very successful Lubrication for Industry book. and the lubrication section for the “Machinery’s Handbook” as well as other books on Energy Management and Predictive Maintenance. Over his career, Ken has published over 650 articles and white papers for numerous international maintenance magazines, with over half dedicated to the field of practical lubrication. Ken was a founding board member of the Plant Engineering Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) and currently sits on the board of directors for the International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML) responsible for the rollout of the ICML 55 world lubrication standard.

• 1 Design Stage Lubrication Strategies and Tips 2 Lubrication Management Strategies and Tips 3 Lubricant Receiving and Storage Strategies and Tips 4 Lubricant Application and Operational Strategies and Tips 5 Contamination Avoidance and Control Strategies and Tips 6 Predictive Testing Strategies and Tips 8 Lubrication Safety Strategies and Tips

Kenneth E. Bannister is a UK technical apprenticed and accredited mechanical design engineer, credited on several engineering patents, two of which involved tribology aspects in their design. Ken is also a Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional and since 1988 has consulted worldwide helping clients implement practical and meaningful asset management, reliability, and lubrication management programs. Ken is one of a few asset management consultants holding expertise and accreditation in the field of tribology, lubrication failure management and industrial lubrication application as a designated professional Machinery Lubrication Engineer.Ken was the first consultant to assist a company through the ISO 55001 asset management certification process in North America and was part of the development team for the ICML 55world lubrication standard. More recently Ken was a contributing author and senior editor for the compilation of the ICML 55.0, ICML 55.1, and ICML 55.2 standard documents.Lubrication Strategies and Tips is Ken’s fifth industrial lubrication book and joins his recently published Practical Lubrication for Industrial Facilities – Fourth Edition and the “Maintenance Partnerships” handbook. Ken also wrote the very successful Lubrication for Industry book. and the lubrication section for the “Machinery’s Handbook” as well as other books on Energy Management and Predictive Maintenance. Over his career, Ken has published over 650 articles and white papers for numerous international maintenance magazines, with over half dedicated to the field of practical lubrication. Ken was a founding board member of the Plant Engineering Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) and currently sits on the board of directors for the International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML) responsible for the rollout of the ICML 55 world lubrication standard.

• 1 Design Stage Lubrication Strategies and Tips 2 Lubrication Management Strategies and Tips 3 Lubricant Receiving and Storage Strategies and Tips 4 Lubricant Application and Operational Strategies and Tips 5 Contamination Avoidance and Control Strategies and Tips 6 Predictive Testing Strategies and Tips 8 Lubrication Safety Strategies and Tips