Case Study: Nissan Motor Co. LTD. Kanagawa, Japan

The situation: Nissan Motor Co. needed to rectify oil contamination problems in one of their assembly plants. Analysis showed that the contamination was coming from five specific areas: Contamination from the work space environment. Contaminants produced within the hydraulic system. Water from oil cooler cracks. Contaminants resulting from fluid decomposition. Contamination from additive decomposition. In…

6 costly mistakes most hydraulics users make and how you can avoid them!

‘A special advisory report by Brendan Casey’ Brendan Casey has written over 100 maintenance-related articles for Machinery Lubrication magazine, Hydraulics & Pneumatics magazine and the Fluid Power Journal. He presented technical papers and workshops at international conferences such as Lubrication Excellence, National Conference on Fluid Power and Reliability World. Brendan spent 25 years working in…