Maintenance is the largest single controllable expense in a manufacturing plant. With as many as 50% of all machine failures related to contamination in the lubricants, chemical degradation or cross contamination. Monitoring lubricant condition is vital as part of a predictive maintenance strategy to improve the effectiveness of your plant. By being proactive, actions can be taken before the lubrication contributes to deterioration of machinery condition and these can save industries considerable costs every year.

Contamination is defined as any substance which is foreign to a lubrication system and damaging its performance. Even when no immediate failures occur, high contaminations levels can accelerate component wear and in turn, contribute to inefficient system operation, seizure of parts, higher temperature or vibration levels, leakage and loss of control. All of these phenomena are the result of direct mechanical action between the contaminants and system components. Contamination can exist as gas, liquid or solid.


Contaminations come from two basic sources: they either enter the system from outside (ingestion) or are generated from within (ingression). Most systems ingest contaminants through such components as inefficient air breathers.

Main benefits of lubricant analysis are:
• relubrication intervals can be adjusted according to real condition
• help in the prevention of damage due to underperforming lubricant
• more information can be provided for root cause analyses
• lubricant performance can be assessed
• test viscosity of incoming lubricant stock / warehouse
• determine viscosity of mixed lubricant
• lubricant shelf life and quality can be evaluated
• reduce downtime and maintenance costs in long run
• lower energy consumption

Multi Maintenance Solution invites you to take advantage of the experience we have gathered over the past decades with lubricants maintenance within various types of industrial and applications.