Petronas Advanced Industrial Lubricants for every Sector… CBM Partners are proud to announce our collaboration with Petronas to enable us to provide Reliability Centred Lubrication in the most effective and efficient way possible. Petronas manufacture their own wide range of industrial lubricants including sprays, greases, oils and coolants as well as tailor-made solutions for specialist...Continue Reading

Effective lubrication is critical to a long machine life and must be one of the first things to get right after precision installation. Lubrication 5-rights Right PRODUCT/QUALITY Right PLACE Right AMOUNT Right QUALITY Right TIME When addressing the Product/Quality aspects of an existing lubricant program we often come across challenges associated with miscibility. “Miscibility is...Continue Reading

Three good reasons to combine… As an engineer, I have spent many years studying and researching ways to improve the reliability and performance of industrial machinery. One of the key areas of focus for me has been on the value of combining condition monitoring and lubrication. In my experience, these two practices can work together...Continue Reading

Maintenance & Operations KPIs such as MTBF, MTTR and OEE are good measures of Asset Performance and Maintenance Efficiency. But rarely do we see organisations with a good handle on the key drivers of effective and efficient lubrication. Poor lubrication accounts for >60% of bearing failuresGlobal lubricant waste costs industry >$40m per yearModern lubricants can...Continue Reading

Automatic Lubrication Systems / Centralised Lubrication Systems are designed to apply lubricant in precise, metered amounts over short, frequent time intervals. Labour constraints and/or the physical location of lubricating points on a machine can make it difficult to manually lubricate the points. This, combined with the convenience and confidence of automated systems, makes such systems...Continue Reading