Sanya Mathura Managing Director Strategic Reliability Solutions Ltd
When a challenge arises due to lubrication degradation, the main focus is applied to solving the issue. Many times, this focus is placed on the physical roots or the things we can physically change. Once these physical roots are “solved,” we often realize that the underlying degradation issue appears again. Therefore, it is necessary to examine the real root causes and dive a bit deeper. Typically, most challenges have three types of roots, physical, human and latent or systemic.
In this presentation, we will explore the concept of microdieseling, methods of identification, verification and prevention. The application of a logic tree to a microdieseling related failure will then be fully examined and various hypotheses determined for the entrainment of air in the system. This guided example demonstrates varying methods of the introduction of air into the system either through air leaks or churning of the lubricant and a couple of other hypotheses. At the end of the presentation, the viewers will become familiar with the thought process involved for conducting a lubrication degradation root cause analysis and can apply it to their operation.