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MLA Credential Saves a Customer Relationship

September 30, 2024 · Jay Zaffino

Guest Author Jay Zaffino explains how the mere presence of his MLA II certification provided the opportunity to help a corporate client with a high-dollar business decision.

Case Studies

Asset management best practice through oil analysis leads to 45% cost reduction and 9x improved audit score

March 13, 2024 · Garrett FitzGerald

Overview of a project to enable execution of an oil analysis PM for 40 thousand machinery assets at Eli Lilly’s IE43 facility in Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland.

Award Winner Case Studies

Management support provided necessary ingredient for early award-winning lube program at Blue Buffalo Heartland

March 22, 2022 · Paul Hiller

Blue Buffalo’s new Heartland Pet Food plant was barely a few years old when it earned ICML’s 2020 John R. Battle Award for Lubrication Excellence. Management support played a key role in getting the lube program up and running…even before the machinery was in place.

Case Studies

Oil Cooling & Filtration Unit Saves a Critical Asset in a Pharmaceutical Plant

December 14, 2021 · ICML

After pushing its machinery to capacity for several years, a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer determined that excessively high temperatures in a critical “separator” centrifuge were…

Case Studies

Hydraulic unit failures no match for trained & certified lubrication team

January 22, 2019 · Paul Hiller

With a steadily rising number of hydraulic unit failures, downtime was becoming increasingly interruptive and costly. Management sought expertise to improve machine reliability with a new oil maintenance program.

Case Studies

Award-Winning, DIY Oil Analysis Success Story at the Home of the US Space Program

December 1, 2018 · Paul Hiller

In early 2013, Jacobs won a contract to help NASA’s Kennedy Space Center transition to a 21st Century launch facility. Jacobs immediately targeted the ways that lubricants were being received, stored, transported, tested, and analyzed.

Case Studies

MLA-II certificant spearheads city-wide lubrication program

July 16, 2018 · Paul Hiller

Aware of inefficiencies across several water treatment plants, the City of Chandler, AZ, hired a MLA-II certified technician who was well-versed in predictive maintenance to develop a strategy and pursue solutions.

Case Studies

Sinclair Wyoming Refinery resolves trouble spots, wins ICML Battle Award

March 6, 2018 · ICML

At 80,000 barrels of crude per day, the Sinclair Wyoming Refinery is one of the largest high-conversion refineries in the Rocky Mountain region. Thanks to Sinclair’s commitment to best practices and an assist from Noria, the refinery was able to shift from reactive to proactive maintenance, reducing its lube consumption by 20K gallons within the first quarter after training, and earning ICML’s 2013 John R. Battle Award for Lubrication Excellence…

Case Studies

E. & J. Gallo Winery’s perfect pairing: Noria + ICML

March 6, 2018 · ICML

As the largest winery in the world, E. & J. Gallo has a commanding view of its 16,000 acres of vineyards from its headquarters in Modesto, California. Behind this picturesque scene lies Gallo’s world-class bottling operations which, until a few years ago, used to…

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