feature | lubrication strategies Lube Sensors Indicate Asset Condition IIoT technology converts lubrication systems into bellwether tools that improve equipment reliability. Manufacturing tolerances have never been tighter, requiring systems that constantly monitor lubricants for quantity and quality. 30 WHEN THINKING ABOUT lubrication, do you think high technology or low technology? Chances are, your answer is low technology. In today's world of smart machinery employing moving parts, a lubricant must be viewed as a critical and integral machine component if the equipment is to perform in accordance with its exacting design specifications. As little as 10 years ago, the world of | EFFICIENTPLANTMAG.COM Ken Bannister MEch Eng (UK), CMRP, MLE Contributing Editor lubrication was predominantly low tech, but the rapid ascent of smart-machine technology and the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) requires that lubricant delivery and condition be carefully monitored and controlled to provide an optimum machine state at all times. If you have purchased a new car lately, you may have noticed a change in how the car's lubrication system is monitored. MARCH 2018http://www.EFFICIENTPLANTMAG.COM