Course: Design of the Plant Lubrication Program (PLP)

Purpose

The entire course concentrates on defining the competency framework of plant lubrication, the design of the most appropriate practices, control of the tasks and the improvements implemented.

Around 75% of the industrial plants in our territory lack a lubrication program. The vast majority of the activities related to lubrication are performed on a one-off basis without a clear objective. Storage of lubricants, analysis of oil, regreasing and many more tasks often provide no benefits unless they are carried out within a previously defined framework.

In-depth knowledge of the specific needs of each industrial plant is necessary to improve this aspect of maintenance, and the design of a program involves taking all the areas where lubrication plays a key role into account.

• Defining the functions required of lubricants in the plant
• Defining the physical-chemical requirements of lubricants in the plant
• Defining the required control tools
• Determining the control objectives
• Control of the properties of the lubricants in service
• Defining the scope of the lubrication program
• Management of the lubrication program
• Lubrication indicators and metrics

Conditions

• Duration: 2 workdays
• Languages: Spanish/English
• Price: 1.850€ (21% VAT not included). The price includes lunch, coffee and documentation
• Optional: ½ day of additional preparation for the MLA III certificate: € 395 supplement.

Requirements

The following are the access requirements for this course:

• Valid MLA II Certification
• At least 5 years experience in industrial maintenance and/or lubrication

Intended for

• Persons in charge of the design, management and control of industrial maintenance programs in which lubrication plays an active part
• Heads of maintenance
• Persons in charge of maintenance of industrial plants

Course content and schedule

• Management areas and indicators
• Fundamentals of oil analysis
• Design of the oil analysis program
• Oil sampling
• Analysis of fluid properties
• Pollution control and proactive maintenance
• Detection of failures and wear particle analysis
• Field inspections – basic care of machinery
• Cost-benefit analysis
• Options of in situ analysis of oil
• Case study workshop