Success Stories and Case Studies
ICML-certified practitioners help optimize industries all over the world
MLA Credential Saves a Customer Relationship
Guest Author Jay Zaffino explains how the mere presence of his MLA II certification provided the opportunity to help a corporate client with a high-dollar business decision.
Asset management best practice through oil analysis leads to 45% cost reduction and 9x improved audit score
Overview of a project to enable execution of an oil analysis PM for 40 thousand machinery assets at Eli Lilly’s IE43 facility in Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Management support provided necessary ingredient for early award-winning lube program at Blue Buffalo Heartland
Blue Buffalo’s new Heartland Pet Food plant was barely a few years old when it earned ICML’s 2020 John R. Battle Award for Lubrication Excellence. Management support played a key role in getting the lube program up and running…even before the machinery was in place.
Oil Cooling & Filtration Unit Saves a Critical Asset in a Pharmaceutical Plant
After pushing its machinery to capacity for several years, a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer determined that excessively high temperatures in a critical “separator” centrifuge were…
Hydraulic unit failures no match for trained & certified lubrication team
With a steadily rising number of hydraulic unit failures, downtime was becoming increasingly interruptive and costly. Management sought expertise to improve machine reliability with a new oil maintenance program.
Award-Winning, DIY Oil Analysis Success Story at the Home of the US Space Program
In early 2013, Jacobs won a contract to help NASA’s Kennedy Space Center transition to a 21st Century launch facility. Jacobs immediately targeted the ways that lubricants were being received, stored, transported, tested, and analyzed.
MLA-II certificant spearheads city-wide lubrication program
Aware of inefficiencies across several water treatment plants, the City of Chandler, AZ, hired a MLA-II certified technician who was well-versed in predictive maintenance to develop a strategy and pursue solutions.
Sinclair Wyoming Refinery resolves trouble spots, wins ICML Battle Award
At 80,000 barrels of crude per day, the Sinclair Wyoming Refinery is one of the largest high-conversion refineries in the Rocky Mountain region. Thanks to Sinclair’s commitment to best practices and an assist from Noria, the refinery was able to shift from reactive to proactive maintenance, reducing its lube consumption by 20K gallons within the first quarter after training, and earning ICML’s 2013 John R. Battle Award for Lubrication Excellence…
E. & J. Gallo Winery’s perfect pairing: Noria + ICML
As the largest winery in the world, E. & J. Gallo has a commanding view of its 16,000 acres of vineyards from its headquarters in Modesto, California. Behind this picturesque scene lies Gallo’s world-class bottling operations which, until a few years ago, used to…
Lubrication Program Enables Simmons Feed to Cut Downtime by 50%
Training would be essential in the plant’s transformation. Approximately 30 people were sent for training outside the company, with several achieving their Machine Lubrication Technician (MLT) Level 1 certification from ICML. Currently, more than 60 percent of the maintenance crew receives some type of training every year…
Better Lubrication Management Boosts Gerber’s Asset Availability
Gerber team members attended Noria training courses and used the company’s learning materials to obtain certifications through the International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML). These certifications not only would validate the skills and knowledge gained by personnel but also help ensure better machine reliability…
How Clopay Plastics Sustains Lubrication Excellence
As a global leader in hygiene and healthcare products with plants in the United States, Germany and Brazil, Clopay Plastics remains a prime example of long-term championing of machinery lubrication excellence. One of the company’s U.S. facilities…
