Gear Lubrication as a Reliability Partner Michael Holloway, NCH Corporation Performance lubrication is quickly becoming a component of preventive, predictive, proactive and reliability based maintenance programs. Using the best gear lubricant coupled with system condition, monitoring and analysis actually reduces overall operating expenses dramatically. Various techniques such as system conditioning, oil and equipment analysis along with product selection and management are valuable tools, which convert many maintenance departments into reliability centers. These concepts and others are discussed in this informative, hands on discussion which will review best maintenance practices from various companies and review how to implement similar programs.