Identify plant improvement opportunities through SKF Lubrication Audits
What is a lubrication audit?
A lubrication audit focuses on the lubrication practices and management of a plant to identify improvement opportunities with an in-depth assessment of a plant’s practices and fundamentals.
It is typically conducted on the plant floor and takes place over one to five days depending on the size and complexity of the plant
The audit involves an assessment of the work currently done compared to SKF’s best practices.
A plant walk-through is then done highlighting the areas of most concern in the lubrication cycle with the emphasis on lubrication storage, processes, and procedures.
Some of the areas of expertise that SKF can assist with during the audit include:
- Lubrication selection
- Lubrication storeroom design and implementation
- Lubrication tasks definition
- Maintenance strategy review
- Data population: Asset register, bill of materials, job specifications, roles & responsibilities
- Training requirements of the lubrication team
Results are documented and recommendations are provided to assist in the creation of an action plan to close the gaps identified.
SKF’s innovative Lubrication Audit benefits our customers by:
Increased
- Productivity
- Reliability
- Availability and durability
- Machine uptime
- Service intervals
- Safety
- Health
- Sustainability
Reducing
- Energy consumption due to friction
- Heat generation due to friction
- Wear due to friction
- Noise due to friction
- Downtime
- Operating expenses
- Product contamination
- Maintenance and repair costs
- Lubricant consumption
- Corrosion
The Process:
- Physical Assessment: This involves a plant walk-through to assess how work is currently conducted in comparison to the global industry benchmark.
- Threats and Weakness Identification: The auditor highlights the areas of most concern in the lubrication cycle with an emphasis on lubrication storage, processes, and procedures.
- Strengths and Opportunity Identification: The auditor conveys major strengths and improvement opportunities of the lubrication program.
- Implementation: The auditor presents the customer with a comprehensive report to assist him in making informed decisions regarding lubrication policies and procedures going forward to better align the plant with industry benchmarks.
