ABSTRACT
After devoting many pages to bearing selection and application topics, why is there more information being presented here? The reasons are largely experience-based. Having spent literally thousands of hours analyzing pump failures and component distress, we know for a fact that lubricant application has not kept pace with lube formulation technology. It has been estimated that the life of roughly one-half of all pump bearings could be extended by better, or optimized lube application. More advantageous application methods are readily available and are, for the most part, rather inexpensive. We intend to explain them.
