Article originally published on Noria.com.
Do you know your equipment's hydraulic system's normal operating temperature? Do you know the system's usual operating pressure range? This information is easy to collect. It can give valuable insight to the health of your equipment and is essential data if failure analysis is required.
In terms of compiling this data, it's a good idea to take readings on the hottest and coldest days of the year, and on a couple of average-temperature days in between. This provides a baseline of information. Beyond that, taking readings at regular intervals - each day or shift, for example - can provide early warning of impending problems. And if the system starts to give trouble, taking a set of readings will reveal if the machine is operating outside its normal parameters.
Noria recommends six easy steps to help you maintain your hydraulic equipment.
(read the six steps in Noria's article "Six Easy Steps to Maintain Your Hydraulic Equipment"...)
