Five years ago, San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station’s Unit 3 turbine experienced substantial damage after the supply of oil to its bearings failed. Because the turbine coasted down without oil after ...

A loss of propulsion due to a false alarm led to cargo vessels colliding near Port Arthur, Texas last year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Thursday.While transiting the Sabine ...

Coolers are utilized on lubricating oil reservoirs of large rotating equipment to control viscosity and reject heat. Lube oil cooler performance is impacted by a number of plant-specific variables, ...

Proactive equipment maintenance practices are critical today as new and used equipment prices rise and component supply chain issues continue. You need to make the equipment currently in your fleet ...

Modern gas turbines are designed to deliver more power and greater efficiencies. Several manufacturers, including GE, Siemens, and others, have established new marks for efficiency over the past year, ...

Debris in an engine’s lube oil system led to a diesel engine failure and an engine room fire aboard a passenger vessel docked in Portland, Maine, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has ...

BOERNE, TX — April 30, 2013 — Oil Filtration Systems has announced a new series of oil purification equipment to remove varnish from hydraulic and lubrication oils. By utilizing the two leading ...

When two metallic surfaces under direct contact move over each other, they create friction which generates heat. This causes excessive wear and tear of those moving parts. However, when a film of ...

Keenan has updated its medium-sized feeder wagon model to include a sealed oil bath chain-lubrication feature that helps extend the life of its chain drive system. A move to larger dairy herds has ...