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Give it to me Straight: Are we headed to a Lube Supply Crisis?
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How Global Conflicts Drive Lubricant Prices and What You Can Do About It
Crude oil prices have fluctuated significantly over the past 12 months, with a recent sharp increase in 2026 due to...
Finding the Why: How Oil Analysis Supports Root Cause Analysis
Moving Beyond Detection to Deliver Reliability For maintenance managers and reliability professionals, identifying a...
How AI and Risk Profiles Are Transforming Onsite Oil Analysis Programs
Several years ago, I published an article titled, “How to Get Started with Onsite Oil Analysis: A Step-by-Step Guide”....
Lubricant Additive Depletion as an Early Asset Health Signal
Oils are composed of base oils and additives. Typically, additives are sacrificial; they deplete first before the base...
Lubrication Scheduling Software
With capabilities not found in spreadsheets or CMMS systems, LUBE-IT manages every task at every lube point providing lube techs with all the information they need to keep equipment running and reliable.
From Lubrication to Insulation: Expanding Oil Analysis Beyond Rotating Equipment
By Bryan Debshaw, POLARIS Laboratories® Most maintenance and reliability programs today recognize the value of oil analysis for rotating equipment. From gearboxes and hydraulics to turbines and compressors, fluid analysis provides critical insight into asset...
Varnish: The Reliability Threat Hiding Between Samples (Part 1)
By William Gillette (LogiLube, LLC) A hydraulic or turbine-oil system does not need to suffer a dramatic failure to begin losing performance. Sometimes the first warning is a valve that responds slightly too slowly, an unexplained increase in oil temperature or a...
From Watts to Wear: Understanding Coolant Degradation in Modern Data Centers
By Jorge Alarcon From an economic perspective, the construction of new data centers responds to a structural need: digitalization, artificial intelligence, and massive data storage are steadily driving up demand for computing capacity. However, this growth is not...
Why Reliability Starts Before the Lubricant Ever Enters the Machine
By Bob Kendall When most people think about lubrication reliability, they picture what happens inside the machine. Bearings. Hydraulic systems. Gears. Pumps. Injectors. Oil analysis reports. But in reality, many lubrication failures begin long before the lubricant...
Beyond Spectral Resolution – The Role of MIR Measurement Engines in Next-Generation Oil Condition Monitoring
The Role of MIR Measurement Engines in Next-Generation Oil Condition Monitoring For many years, laboratory Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has been regarded as a cornerstone analytical technique for oil condition monitoring. Its ability to provide...