If bearing failures at your site are triggering unplanned downtime and limiting equipment reliability, several proven strategies can be implemented to resolve this issue. When evaluating these types of failures, you must determine how they happened.
Did the failure occur through a rate of change that transpired over time or did a step change cause a sudden-death incident within a component?
OIL PRICE NEWS : Oil Rich Nations Face Growing Pressure To Go Green
Governments in long-established oil-rich nations around the world are coming under fire for their decisions over oil and gas versus renewable alternatives. The once-coveted natural resource is now a question of great contention. But how will the oil industry fare over the coming decades as governments strive for green while managing the ongoing need for fossil fuel to power the world? A strong oil industry used to guarantee countries with employment opportunities, strong revenues, and geo-political power.
You may wonder how a self-lubricating plain bearing can lubricate without the addition of external lubricants. The simple answer is that they work by having solid lubricant impregnated within the sliding layer of the bearing.
Self-lubricating plain bearings can provide comparable thermal and mechanical performance to externally lubricated needle and roller bearings across many points of measurement. By eliminating the need for external lubricants, they also offer versatility in a wide range of industrial applications.
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Oil prices continued their downward slide on Friday, bringing the total weekly decline to 7%. With COVID fears still running high, crude also felt the pinch from the U.S. dollar strengthening as the Federal Reserve mooted cuts to its stimulus measures this year. ICE Brent fell below $66 per barrel on Friday morning, with WTI prices dropping to $63 per barrel.
A multi purpose light coloured, non-conductive low viscosity product for use as a water displacing, penetrating, lubricating, cleaning and corrosion preventive fluid.
BREAKING NEWS :Why the U.S is so vulnerable rising oil prices
Oil markets started off the week under pressure as continued speculative “long” liquidation amid delta variant demand concerns weighed on prices. However, in an ironic twist, the oil market got a boost from an unlikely source on Wednesday as the Biden administration announced it was pleading with OPEC+ members to increase oil production to stem inflationary pressures from rising domestic gasoline prices.
Noria's Wes Cash describes how to specify the best lubricant for rolling-element bearings. You will learn how to recognize the machine and operating conditions that are considered for viscosity for rolling-element bearings, how to calculate the minimum viscosity for bearings, how to use speed factors to decide when to use oil or grease, and how to convert required operating temperature viscosity to ISO viscosity grade.
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BREAKING NEW : African Oil Producers Struggle To Raise Oil Production As Investment Lags.
Sub-Saharan Africa, especially its largest oil producers Nigeria and Angola, will struggle to raise oil output through the middle of this decade, as international majors are shifting their investment priorities, data and analytics company GlobalData said on Friday.
How often should you regrease your bearings? A number of variables must be considered, including the temperature, speed and load. This 1-minute, 29-second video explains why the type of element in use should not be overlooked and how this can influence the relubrication frequency.
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BREAKING NEWS : Renewable Power Projects Overtake Oil & Gas In Middle East
Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) awarded as much as US$2.8 billion worth of renewable energy projects in the first half of 2021, compared to not a single contract award for oil- or gas-fueled power stations in the region, MEED Insight’s new report Middle East Energy Transition showed.
And currently, MENA has 28 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity installed, most of which—21 GW—is hydropower. Renewables, including hydropower, account for just 7 percent of MENA’s power generation capacity. But countries, including major oil producers and exporters such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), plan to install significant solar power capacity in the coming years.
What do clocks, skateboards and industrial machinery have in common? They all rely on bearings to maintain their smooth rotational movements. However, to achieve reliability, they must be maintained and handled correctly. This will ensure a long bearing service life, preventing many common issues that can result in bearing failure and costly downtime.
Let's dive into ten top tips for optimal bearing care.
The price of a WTI barrel had risen more than 50% so far this year, but slipped on Monday as OPEC+ agreed to ramp up production by 400,000 bpd while fears that a surge in the Delta variant of the coronavirus threatens oil demand prospects.
Oil prices had rebounded 1.4% on Tuesday afternoon in the runup to the data release, after sinking nearly 7% on Monday.