Lubrication Audit: Sabita Mishra
Lubrication Audit: Sabita Mishra
Lubrication Audit: Sabita Mishra
Audit
Sabita Mishra
Advantages of an Audit
Identify duplication of lubricants
Learn about your hidden lubrication costs
Learn of potential safety and
environmental issues
Cost out the R.O.I. of automating some of
your critical production equipment
Up-dated manuals as required for your
current automated lubrication system
A customized plan to reduce cost, improve
productivity and safety, listing the
opportunities in priority sequence
Equipment Survey
Overview
Develop an equipment list
Routine inspection, equipment survey and visual
inspection
Identify and label equipments with equipment number
and description
Equipment pictures
Machine criticality assessment and operating parameters
Identify lubricant sections from the OEM manual
Technical data sheet for the selected lubricant for the
equipment
Selected lubricant MSDS
Leakage reports
Equipment temperature environment
Oil sampling as required
Lubrication inspection, top offs
Reliability, mean time between failure data on the
equipments
Safety and operational hazards
Equipment Assessment
Lubricant Survey
Overview
Lubricant technical selection practices
Lubricant application practices
Oil analysis program practices
Condition control practices
Lubrication practices standardization (SOPs)
Long term lubricant stability
Lubrication survey and lubricant vendor selection
Consolidate lubricants
Set lubrication preventive maintenance (PM)
frequency
Root cause mapping and correction
Program effectiveness reporting
Program management and personal development
Typical Audit
Oil storage and dispensing:Oils stored in fluid storage racks
Fluid storage racks have oil filtration
Fluid storage racks have air filtration
Use of proper dispensing containers
Lubricant stocks properly rotated
Bulk oil changes performed using a
filter carts
Typical Audit
Oil sampling techniques:Oil sampling procedures are
documented
New oil deliveries are sampled
Oil sampling ports are properly located
Proper oil sampling hardware is
installed
Sample ports are properly labeled
Automatic monthly scheduled oil
change in place
Typical Audit
Contaminant ingression control:Proper air breathers are installed on
equipment
Additional offline filtration is installed
on critical equipment
Lubrication ports are installed
Off line filter carts are available and
employed regularly
Water stripping equipment is available
Offline filtration and oil filter changes
are performed on condition
Typical Audit
Oil analysis program:Proper sampling frequencies are defined
Oil analysis test slates are well defined
Proper limits and targets are employed
by machine type
Oil analysis data is effectively
communicated through the company
A process exists for troubleshooting
exception conditions
Typical Audit
Program Management:Equipment criticality assessed and
determined
Regular and condition based PMs in place
Oil changes are based on condition
Qualified and trained technicians
dispense lubricants
PM schedules are tracked in a database
Trend charts showing sample/analysis
performance are publicly displayed
Continuous Improvement