As many as 60 to 80 percent of all bearing failures (catastrophic, functional and premature) are lubrication-related: whether it's poor lubricant selection, poor application, lubricant contamination or lubricant degradation.  In addition to selecting the correct lubricant, use UE Systems' ultrasound instruments to identify lubrication starvation and prevent over lubrication conditions.

Set a baseline for each bearing, test routinely to note decibel increases.  When a bearing reaches an 8 dB gain over baseline with no change in sound quality, it is in need of lubrication.  When applying lubricant, stop when the dB level drops.  It's that easy!