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Lubrication management needs a reset

Lubrication management is losing ground in many industrial facilities. Not because of one bad decision, but because the basics — storage, quantities, responsibilities, cleanliness — were never properly defined. The result is a pattern that Interflon  specialists Aleksi Nykänen and Mika Römpötti keep seeing across industries: effort without a system, and recurring failures that were entirely preventable.

In a new article published by maintworld, they explain what poor lubrication practice actually costs, why tacit knowledge loss and education gaps are making it worse, and what a practical reset looks like for plants that want to move from reactive to reliable.


Read the full article on maintworld 
 

Published in Maintworld | Text: Mia Heiskanen
Left: Chains are typically "lubricated" by grease or not at all. Problems and costs occurs in both ways. Right: Interflon method is to clean, to use Interflon dry lubricant and to repeate when needed.