I just came across this incredible phrase while looking for some graphs to demonstrate… exactly that. It sounds dramatic, but it’s anything but.
An estimated bearing working life is an ideal that is unlikely to be reached in practice. Read this excellent article from Machinery Lubrication for more details, then come back and send over some samples so we can save those bearings from an untimely death!
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This is so simple and clever that I can’t help but share! See the original article here and then go out and do it!
Virgin oil testing has always been essential. This article in Machinery Lubrication explains why and also gives a nice breakdown of the ISO code meaning and significance This leads quite naturally into the following article on Cleanliness Targets Another increasingly relevant reason is to run the RULER test on the virgin oil so that further.