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How often should you change the oil in your car?

It's a message that has been steered at drivers for years: Change your engine oil every 3,000 miles. Yet the old advice is changing...

How to Identify Different Types of Grease

Greases are primarily classified by their thickeners, the most common being metallic soaps. Others include bentonite clay, silica gel, polyurea and inorganic thickeners.Soap‑based greases are produced

What's the Correct Synthetic-Oil Change Interval?

There's more than one answer, so let us simplify it for you.

How Often To Change Synthetic Oil

Expand Your Lubricant Condition Monitoring Program to Unlock More Benefits

Learn how to unlock the potential benefits from an effective lubricant condition monitoring program for even more benefits.

How Temperature Affects Lubricants

The primary physical characteristics of lubricants that are affected by temperature include viscosity, viscosity index, pour point and the base oil. Let's deal with these individually.ViscosityThe

Lubrication: Grease or Oil?

For profiled rail guides and ball screws, lubrication can be achieved with either grease or oil. The choice depends on the application parameters.

When is a Lubricant Survey Warranted?

"Our new lubricant supplier would like to conduct a lubricant survey at our plant. It has been awhile since the last survey was completed, but we are wondering how often you should have someone do...

Guidelines for Maintaining Lubricant Quality

As an essential part of manufacturing equipment and processes, lubricants must be monitored. Through lubricanttesting and oil condition monitoring, you can obtaina quality assessment of the lubri

Using Ultrasound to Improve Lubrication Practices

Keeping a handle on lubrication seems easy enough. All you need to do is to make sure the right lubricant is used in the right amount and at the right time. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple.I

What are the different types of bearing lubricants?

Good lubrication plays a crucial part for many bearings. The right lubricant creates a protective film that provides a layer of protection. Without that protection, unwanted friction can create wear and tear that impacts the overall effectiveness of your parts – or worse, doom your bearings to an early demise. However, there isn’t one universal

Why New Lubricants Are Not Clean

Are you under the impression that new lubricants are clean? Many people are. While most manufacturers claim to make quality products, not every manufacturing process is of the highest quality. It is t

Guidelines for Lubricant Consolidation

Lubricant consolidation has many benefits, such as lowering stock costs, simplifying field practices and reducing application errors. While there’s no single procedure for lubricant consolid…

When to Choose a Synthetic Lubricant

"Under what circumstances do synthetic lubricants not make sense? My understanding is that high-quality synthetic lubricants can result in cost savings and engine efficiency improvements through

Are Higher-Priced Lubricants Better?

"Can one assume that the higher the price of a lubricant the better the quality?"This question should not be answered with a simple "yes" or "no." Remember that the cost

How To Lubricate Car Locks, Hinges and Latches

Get rid of those annoying squeaks in your car by lubricating your car or truck. These simple lube job tips will bring back that new-car ride.

How to Use Lubrication Additives for Preventive Maintenance

In today’s industrial world, going small can result in big savings. Hydraulic systems, for example, are getting smaller as part of a larger effort to improve fuel economy in industries across the board. The logic behind this is that a physically smaller hydraulic system weighs less, and that translates into greater fuel economy. However, such a size reduction is not accomplished without risks.

Guidelines for Selecting High-temperature Lubricants

Modern industry has many processes that require machines to operate at high temperatures. These applications demand special lubricants that can handle extreme operating temperatures by maintaining the

Which Lubricant Should I Use?

Choosing the right lubricant is extremely important, as it directly affects tool and equipment efficiency. When using the correct lubricant as part of a regular maintenance program, you improve operational efficiency and reduce equipment downtime, which ultimately saves money and increases profitability.

Use It or Lose It: Fact or Fiction About Vaginal Lubrication?

Regular stimulation of the vagina helps maintain blood flow, which in turn increases vaginal lubrication and elasticity.