Description
1 Year Online Access to complete the course at your leisure.
Having a solid grasp of the fundamentals of lubricants and lubrication is at the core of any world-class lubrication program. Understanding lubricant functions, the differences between common lubricant types, their advantages and disadvantages, and what makes them perform or fail is crucial for all lubrication professionals.
Topics Include:
- The importance of lubrication for reliable machinery
- Explanation of the function of lubricants
- Power transmission
- Descriptions of friction and wear
- Demonstration of the three lubrication regimes
- How lubricants are formulated
- Important properties of base oils
- The differences between mineral and synthetic lubricants
- Semi-synthetic lubricants
- Non-toxic and biodegradable lubricants
- Common lubricant additives and their functions
- Viscosity defined
- Consequences of lubricant viscosity that is too high or low
- Lubricant oxidation: causes and effects
- Anatomy of a grease
- Advantages and disadvantages of grease lubrication
- Grease properties
