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OILS AND LUBRICANTS...
How to prime your operation
for an effective restart
John Smith, chief engineer for finished lubricants at ExxonMobil, offers some
guidance to help optimise machine performance coming out of lockdown
he manufacturing industry has been hit and corrosion. Coming out of lockdown, premium
hard by COVID-19 stoppages. Operators quality lubricants and greases can play an
have been forced to decommission important role in reducing the effects of such
Tvaluable equipment for unspecified damage, alongside vigilant maintenance practices.
periods, exposing it to very real maintenance With the start-up process now underway, here
threats. Whilst machines have idled, chemical are 10 learnings from the field that ExxonMobil
reactions promoted by moisture and contaminants engineers are sharing with customers to help ensure
have still been at work, increasing the risk of rust machinery is protected and primed .
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