I’m looking for a “Best Practice TPM Lubrication Room Example”. We have a lubrication room that we keep the color coded lubricants/lubrication devices in the plant for operators’ use but we want to change the configuration regarding the “fool proof use” and the GMP / HACCP rules. I will be glad if you inform me and send some sample photos/drawings.



Best regards,



Murat ÇAMKORU

ETİ Group of Companies - Group Center

Technical Analyst (TPM Promotion Office Leader)

Adress: ETİ Plaza, Kızılcıklı Mahmut Pehlivan Cad. No:13 ESKİŞEHİR / TURKEY

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Try looking at using Oil Safe products...Google search for more information.

Also consider looking at Visual Systems by Gwendolyn Galsworth. This is about Visual Workplace/Practice concepts and have a couple examples of what some places have done.

Are you going to get accreditation for the room by an external party eg based on 5S system? TQ

Murat,

This year, ICML gave it's award for the top lubrication program to Clopay Plastics. They ran an article on their lube oil room in Machinery Lubrication Magazine, "Constructing a World-Class Lube Room". Machinery Lubrication Magazine. September 2003. Scotty Lippert, Clopay Augusta Maintenance Department

You can see this article online at noria.com.

World Class Lube Room

I also helped to author a document for EPRI on this topic, and on performing lubrication assessments. Unfortunately, it is only available to EPRI utility members, so I'd suggest the Noria article.

Rich Wurzbach

Maintenance Reliability Group

rwurzbach@mrgcorp.com