“Are there any guidelines for conducting a lubrication survey?”
A lubrication “survey” can mean different things to different people, and depending on what you are hoping to accomplish, there are several ways to approach it. Examining individual pieces of equipment and trying to determine what lubricant and lubrication cycle are needed would be considered a survey by some. However, scoring the lubrication program as a whole and identifying areas of deficiency in the process is also called a survey. Both of these require spending time in the field and understanding the intricacies of lubrication at a particular facility, but that is where the similarities end.
