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5 Steps to Selecting the Perfect Lubricant Storage Solution

Maintaining lubricant quality is an important step to keep machinery and equipment running smoothly. The poor control of the oil storage process may further lead to lubricant contamination, inefficiency, and a short life of machine components. Choosing the right lubricant storage solution is a vital first step toward ensuring that lubricants remain in optimal condition and extend the lifespan of your equipment. The iCan Fluid Transfer System comes as one of the perfect...

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Essential Strategies for Preventing Oil Contamination and Extending Equipment Life

In today’s fast-paced industrial landscape, the performance and longevity of equipment are paramount for operational efficiency. A critical factor that significantly affects equipment lifespan is the quality and maintenance of the oil used within these machines. Oil contamination can lead to premature wear, costly repairs, and equipment downtime all of which impact productivity and profitability. This blog post delves into the issues surrounding oil contamination, explores its consequences, and provides...

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Best Practice for Labeling and Color Coding

Best Practice for Labeling and Color Coding | Elastic iBand

We have read so many tips and tricks on how to avoid mechanical failure. But do you ever realized one of the basic common issue is to control the ingress of contamination entering our machines? Yes, we need to ensure that every oil goes into our machine is the correct one. Colour-coded labeling system is one of the part solutions to avoid cross-contamination issues in a lubrication program.In this...

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Meet Your Combo Grease Fitting Protection

“Don’t judge the book by its cover” is the perfect sentence to describe this product. Its small and elastic, but has a big role in the world of lubrication. Innovative color coding that can improve grease identification, minimizing the risk of filling the machine with the wrong grease and causing contamination.iCan iGrease Tag solves protect lubrication equipment from external contamination and identifies it properly at the same time. ⁠...

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Tips to Choose best hand pump to your lubricant routine

Before we have learned the basics tips for choosing engine oil. But do you ever think how to lubricate your industrial machine in the better way? Is it the correct tools you used to save from contaminants that could enter your oil?Lubricating is the important way for keeping your machine running smoothly. Without proper storage, dispensing container and correct tools to support lubricant task, lubricant may become heavily contaminated,...

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Tips for choosing engine oil

Tips for choosing engine oil

The presence of oil in the car prevents the engine components from rubbing roughly against one another. However, not all types of oil can be used as engine lubricants. Because, different machine characters, different types of oil needs. So, to keep the car engine durable due to not carelessly using oil, here are tips extracted from Popular Mechanics that can be applied in choosing the right engine oil as needed.Adjust...

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Commercial Solutions for Lubricant Labelling

Many companies offer basic tools and equipment for fluid & lubricant handling, but most of them do not understand of what is needed.The most common issue with viscosity problems is mixing and contamination of lubricants prior to or during the dispensing process. If this is identified to be a problem at your site, then implementing a color-coding system which visually shows the contents of lubricants will help to minimise...

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