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We’re proud to be a leading provider of complete life cycle risk management solutions. From ensuring asset safety and legal compliance with our thorough engineering inspections to driving operational efficiency with our specialist non-destructive testing services, (and much more in between), we’re proud of the long-lasting partnerships we have formed with our customers over the last 160 years, based on the value of our solutions.
Lubrication Surveys
Ensuring your equipment is consistently and efficiently lubricated
At BES Group, we specialise in enhancing equipment reliability and operational performance through expert lubrication surveys. Our team of industry experts conduct thorough assessments, identifying and resolving potential issues to optimise lubrication processes.
We offer a diverse range of services to ensure your equipment is consistently and efficiently lubricated, reducing downtime and resulting in substantial cost savings. Our tailored approach goes beyond routine maintenance, addressing the unique needs of your machinery.
Choosing BES Group means investing in comprehensive solutions that lead to improved reliability, enhanced performance, and long-term savings. Experience the difference where expertise meets excellence in lubrication solutions, ensuring your equipment operates at peak efficiency, saving you valuable time and money.
Lubrication Surveys that meet your bespoke requirements
Optimised lubrication is not just about putting oil in the right place. It's about ensuring that the oil is the right type, the right quantity, and the right temperature at all times.
It’s also about keeping the equipment clean and free of contaminants. Lubrication Surveys will help ensure you have optimised lubrication and the benefits that come from this. Poor lubrication is a major cause of equipment failure. In fact, studies have shown that up to 60% of all mechanical wear-related failures are caused by poor lubrication.
There are many reasons why lubrication can go wrong.
Sometimes the wrong type of oil is used. Other times, the oil is not applied correctly. And sometimes, the equipment is not kept clean. Optimised lubrication is about preventing these problems from happening. It’s about putting the right systems in place to ensure that equipment is always properly lubricated. If you want to improve the reliability and performance of your equipment, optimised lubrication is a must.
At BES Group, we have been working with our customers for decades to ensure they are optimising their lubricants. Our expert team of engineers and laboratory technicians have experience in a wide range of industries, and are highly qualified.
Ready to elevate your critical operations and ensure peak performance, reliability, and longevity for your machinery.
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Here are some of the things that we do to ensure optimised lubrication:
- We assess your lubrication requirements and develop a customised lubrication plan for your specific equipment.
- We train your personnel on proper lubrication practices.
- We provide you with the tools and equipment you need to implement your lubrication plan.
- We monitor your lubrication system to ensure that it is operating properly.
- We provide you with reports on the condition of your lubrication system.
Our specialist service offering
Basic Assessment Service
To assess your lubrication management maturity, we’ll perform a plant walk to create a report detailing what you are doing well and what we may be able to help you do better, providing a simple look at where you are and where you could be.
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We can pick up where you have left off.
If your manpower is stretched to its fullest, we can enable you to free up your maintenance personnel to carry out direct maintenance, whilst we get on with stabilising the existing lubrication plan. We act as an extension to your current workforce, and continually advise you of any issues so you can make management decisions depending upon the criticality to your business needs.
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We can carry out a full lubrication survey on site.
Using Vibration Analysis and Ultrasound technologies, we can pick up where you have already started. However, we can also help you create a continuous improvement program where we can slowly start to make improvements.
We will recommend improvements based on condition, making sure that stores are effective and the best that they can be. We will implement improvements at a gradual pace to easily integrate into your daily operations.
We’re committed to getting the job done right the first time. As part of this, we will provide you with the right personnel to drive the optimisation to completion in an efficient and timely manner. And, we’ll run lubrication activities that are based upon the needs of the asset and your business objectives.
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We can start from the beginning.
We will do a full and expert lubrication study incorporating complementary technologies, such as oil and Vibration Analysis and Ultrasound technologies. With this, we’ll create a continuous improvement program that we can implement and use.
Our process
- Full onsite lubrication study
- Determine asset list
- Evaluate the condition of each asset
- Evaluate the condition of the lubricant in use
- Use both 2 and 3 to determine the suitability of the lubricant for the asset
- Evaluate the state of filtration and cooling systems
- Thoroughly assess current lubricant stores and fluid transfer capability and status.
- Evaluate and optimise current lubrication procedures
- Evaluate and optimise current lubrication frequencies
- Evaluate stocks and spares
- Tailored report created on our online portal (Asset Insight 365)
Platinum Service
This service includes everything in the gold service, along with a specialist wraparound management system that’s aligned to international standards.
This is to ensure it offers a fully operational lubrication management plan that meets the needs of standards, including PAS 55 – ISO 55000 – as well as the lubrication standards developed by the global lubrication industry – lubrication asset management standard ICML 55.1/55.2/55.3.
This provides a fully optimised management approach which delivers assurance. It is also an objective demonstration of compliance and ongoing optimisation, relating lubrication to maintenance, asset management and corporate governance.
Contact BES Group today to learn more about our Lubrication servicesKey benefits of our Lubrication Surveys
Prevent unplanned downtime
A lubrication survey can help to identify potential problems with the lubrication program before they cause equipment failure. This can help to prevent unplanned downtime, which can be costly and disruptive.
Improve equipment reliability
A lubrication survey can help to identify and correct any problems with your lubrication programme. This can help to improve equipment reliability and reduce the rick of equipment failure.
Save money
A lubrication survey can help to identify areas where the lubrication program can be improved. This can help to save money on lubricants, labour, and maintenance costs.
Did you know...
20%
of all equipment failures can be traced back to lubrication problems according to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
15%
of total maintenance costs are lubrication-related maintenance costs according to the Society of Tribologist and Lubrication Engineers (STLE).
£400,000
can be saved by businesses as an average per year by using Lubrication Surveys and maintenance according to the American Society of Mechanical Engineer (ASME).
FAQs
How often should a lubrication survey be conducted?
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It is recommended that a lubrication survey is conducted annually but you will also need to consider the type of equipment, the operational environment, and the current maintenance practices.
What are the different types of methods used in a lubrication survey?
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The method used during a lubrication survey will be based on the equipment and the goals of the survey. Here are the most common methods:
- Asset inspection
- Filter debris analysis
- Filtration
- Oil and grease analysis
- Thermography
- Training
- Ultrasound
- Vibration Analysis