Video: Best Practices for Lubricant Storage and Handling

Noria's Rick James says new lubricants are often contaminated before they are delivered and tells how to protect your machines in lube receiving, storing and handling

Dec 12, 2014

New lubricants may already be contaminated by the time you receive them, resulting in costly machine failures and downtime. In this video, Noria's Rick James describes how you can resolve this issue by following a few best practices for receiving, storing and handling new lubricants.

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