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Lubricant Storage Rooms

Many plant operations do not understand the importance of where and how their lubricants are stored. All lubricants need to be stored in ambient controlled conditions. Keeping the lube at a controlled temperature and not suffering the temperature swings of the ambient conditions can allow most petroleum based lubes to last for 30 years. But in plants where the lubes are stored in the plant or in outside storage areas the ambient extremes can allow moisture, foreign material and other contaminants to enter the storage containers and lube equipment. This greatly shortens the lube life and effectiveness and leads to shortened equipment life.

After lubrication audits many plants struggle to find an adequate area to store their lubes. Locating an area that is isolated and can be air conditioned, heated, and sealed from contamination can be extremely difficult in the tight constraints of existing facilities.

Reliable Process Solutions offers a mobile lube storage room delivered to your plant and all you need to do is supply the power. Have your lube storage room set any where you have space. The rooms are climate controlled, heated, air conditioned, de-humidified in some geographic areas.

Two size rooms can be designed, 8′ X 20′ with 6-8 125 gallon containers. Pumps, oil filtration systems, drip pans, desiccant filters, OIL SAFE containers, and much more. Other options such as storage cabinets for grease and lube equipment, and external barrel transfer can be designed into the unit. The other design is 8′ X 40 with more storage containers and lube storage capacity.

Don’t wait another day to get your lube room designed and put you on the first step of a Lubrication Excellence program.

Mobile Lube Room Options

Room size options:

20′ X 8′ Room

*Walk through man door
Window or multiple windows (Optional)
*Insulation
*Lighting (options spec lighting)
*Power (options based on customer needs, 120 volt panel standard)
External paint options
*Air Conditioned, (Heat De-humidified Optional)
Filtered air intakes or pressurized
*(6) 70 or 120 gallon storage containers

Individual or connected for multiple products

*Storage cabinet for lube equipment
*(6) Oil Safe or Ican containers
Pump options
Electric/Pneumatic
Filter options

Multiple micron ranges

Equipment to filter all new oils into containers

Equipment to filter lubes leaving the room

Re circulating filter system on containers

*Moisture control on containers (desiccant breathers)
*Drip pans
Spill control pan
*Work bench area for sampling and filling lube equipment
File storage for record keeping
Internet/phone hookups
Fire sprinklers installed
*Fire extinguisher
Air compressor

40′ X 8′ Room

Same options as above except:

More available storage containers
More storage options
More work area
Potential for oil analysis lab equipment area

Advantages:

Save costs of existing structure modifications
Set the units where you want it not where you have to install it
Ready to use immediately
No plant modification costs
No permitting required
Easy power hook ups

* supplied in base unit

Well equipped storage rooms starting at $20,200 plus delivery cost.

Failure Modes from not having adequate Lubricant storage

Foreign Material

• Dust and contaminants from process on storage drums openings
• Dust and contaminants from environment on storage drums openings
• Dust or contaminants on lube equipment
• Containers, buckets, funnels, grease guns, etc.
• Dust and contaminants on lube storage containers

Moisture

• Ambient moisture in lube storage area
• Moisture over time gets into lube storage equipment and containers reducing component life
• Moisture from ambient environment
• Areas where humidity is high allows moisture to be present and penetrate lube storage equipment
• Desiccant breathers are a must on every drum and storage container

Uncontrolled environment for storage

• FM and moisture should not be present in storage areas
• Lubrication rooms must be ambient controlled for longer lube life
• Lubes and greases must not exceed 70 deg F if you expect long life cycles of the lubricants

Improper storage of lube application equipment

• Lube equipment must be kept clean and particle free
• Particles over 10 microns will cause component wear and reduced component life.
• Most lube areas have 40-100 micron particles on all lube application equipment

Lack of training on Lubrication Excellence practices
This is the most common failure mode. Lack of knowledge on the reduced life of components due to as little as 1% moisture and particles over 10 micron causes reduced life of rotating components. As much as 70% reduced life!

Storage of other chemicals or contaminants in lube storage area

• Lube rooms are designed for only lube products
• Contamination must be kept to zero

Sample Photos of Previous Built Storage Rooms:

20 Foot Rooms Click Here

40 Foot Rooms Click Here