In the United States heavy duty trucking lubricants market, the drive for energy efficiency is influencing a transition from SAE 15w-40 diesel engine oils to those with lower viscosity grades such as ...

Although industrial lubricants typically account for only 1% of plant operational costs (Figure 1), the lack of proper lubrication products, techniques, or applications can have a much more severe ...

The popular YouTube channel Engineering Explained is famous for taking complicated engineering concepts, mostly automotive-related, and clearly explaining them to the layman. One of the channel’s ...

Severe engine damage can occur due to fuel dilution in lubricating oil, as high fuel levels (>2%) in a lubricant can lead to decreased viscosity, loss of dispersancy, oil degradation, and loss of ...

Sampling and analysis of lubricating oil is now becoming standard maintenance practice. Electric generating plants with inadequate maintenance programs will invariably be unable to compete in today’s ...

Classification society DNV GL DNV GL informed that it will update its shaft alignment design rules to differentiate between Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants (EALs) and mineral oils in stern tubes ...

Gears are compact, motion-control components that determine a driven machine's speed, torque, and direction of rotation. To turn smoothly, they require lubrication — oil — which forms a film between ...