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Handling of Oils & Lubricants and its Effects
Oils & Lubricants play a great role in maintaining life cycle of equipment used rigorously in industries . There are different Oils & Lubricants for different equipment used which requires maintenance to save it from impurities which otherwise make lubricants inefficient for use affecting the performance of machinery . Oils & Lubricants require a great level of attention from processing , storage , carrying , handling & dispensing phase .
Oils & Lubricants should be stored at a separate area / warehouse which may be indoor or outdoor depending on the lubricants keeping them in a certain range of temperature and using safe handling techniques to avoid its pilferage , contamination and degradation .
Here are some points for handling of lubricants .
Packaging and Labelling
Wide range o Oils & Lubricants are available from Various Companies and there Dealers etc . Alsothere may be a sameVeriety and Quality of oil & lubricants under the different Brands , with the minimal differences . Oils & Lubricants should have proper label of their names , shelf life , manufacturing date , expiry date , quantity , specifications , test results , storage conditions required , handling directions etc . to avoid its deterioration / degradation and damage to heavy and light machineries used in industries . Colour coding schemes & Alphanumeric Coding Schemes are mostly adopted for identification of the oils & lubricants used . This may lead to some chance of erroror mix and match with some other oil or lubricant . Also during the Conveying , Storage and Handling , Contamination level of oils is increased .
Temperature Balance
Oils and Lubricants are kept under moderate temperature conditions specifically in the dust and humidity / moisture free environment . The barrels should be kept tightly sealed or in case of open containers it should be protected from getting contaminated or chemically affected . Also proper quality control of stored oils & lubricants should be done to preserve their properties for better results .
Proper Storage Space
The oils and lubricants should not be left open or undesirable conditions . There should be a spacious area where huge barrels / containers / drums etc are arranged properly with stock distribution done on First in and First Out basis due to limited
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