Kenneth E. Bannister – författare

With over 70 per cent of bearing failures attributed to ineffective lubrication practices, no one involved in asset management can afford to pass up this new edition! As a clear, concise, practical introduction to the world of industrial lubrication, the second edition dispels the myths surrounding lubrication and helps users develop a keen sense and understanding of how lubrication directly and indirectly impacts machine reliability, availability, and ultimately, the bottom line. What's more, it provides readers with practical advice that will allow them to put in place a viable lubrication management program and effectively troubleshoot lubrication related problems immediately, while offering essential information required to significantly reduce equipment downtime and increase life cycle management. It is a significant source that provides vital information and practical methods not currently taught in trade apprenticeship and engineering programs. Formatted in an easy to read style, it clarifies the subject matter that is often seen as a ""black art"", by dispelling its myths.It reviews how bearing, lubricant, and lubrication system manufacturers approach the world of lubrication in different ways, and how this affects the reader. It delivers easy to understand lubricant requirement calculations that are rarely disclosed by the lubrication companies; and explains in a step-by-step process for the first time, exactly how to consistently manually lubricate a bearing. It describes how to write an effective Preventive Maintenance job task in objective language to assure consistent work completion every time; and explains how lubrication is the cornerstone of perimeter based maintenance. It illustrates to the reader why the grease gun is responsible for so many bearing failures, and how the reader can dramatically increase bearing life with just a few simple steps.

Your journey to lubrication mastery begins here. Welcome to Lubripedia, the most comprehensive, authoritative, and practical single-source reference on industrial lubrication ever published. With hundreds of carefully organized, easy-to-understand entries, this A-to-Z encyclopedia covers every aspect of lubrication from additives and base oils to wear mechanisms and zero-wear lubrication. Whether you are an engineer, maintenance manager, technician, or student, this is your go-to resource for mastering the science and art of practical lubrication.Covering 1001 essential lubrication terms and references, this book delivers clear, concise definitions and detailed explanations of concepts, systems, contamination control, wear mechanisms, and industry standards. It is packed with real-world applications, troubleshooting tips, and best practices that can help you implement effective lubrication programs and improve operational efficiency. Learn how to select the right lubricant, optimize lubrication intervals, and enhance machinery reliability. You can also explore cutting-edge technologies like nano-lubricants, advanced additive chemistry, and condition-based lubrication.Lubripedia is first and foremost, a practical reference. It is written by Kenneth E. Bannister, an internationally acclaimed lubrication and asset management expert. It is built on decades of hands-on experience, extensive research, and proven methodologies. The easy-to-follow explanations make even the most complex concepts simple to understand and apply. This is your essential guide to mastering lubrication technology and achieving maintenance excellence.

This book's purpose is to discover and review the many relationships that maintenance will need to foster daily if it is to become best in class. Success in any walk of life is dependent on partner relationships. A successful marriage is based on a relationship in which both partners collectively embrace their similarities, whilst they collaborate to use each other's strengths to overcome weaknesses and bridge their differences. Where teams are concerned, there will be many partner relationships that will need to be navigated and managed separately to achieve a defined and unified level of success.On any single day, a maintainer must interact multiple times with internal and external resource partners to perform their job. To function professionally a maintenance department must set up and manage multiple partnerships on a continual basis. Partnerships are relationships that live or die based on an understanding of the input and output communications and tangible deliverables required from both sides to make quality management decisions and enable each partner to consistently deliver on their performance mandate at minimum cost.Building healthy business partner relationships allows both partners to state their respective points of view—and teaches us not to make assumptions on each other’s behalf. Understanding, measuring and tracking what we control lets us objectively define how and where the partnership must work together to better manage and resolve issues that are out of our control, or those we must simply manage.