Fundamentals of Autonomous Lubrication - Lubricant Principles

Everything you need to know about lubricants

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This module includes how a lubricant is made and gives an idea of some of the ingredients used. We will also look at why there are different thicknesses of oil, and what the numbers mean, together with an explanation of the numbering system for greases.


Your Instructor


Paul King
Paul King

Paul created a lot of the original content you'll find here on the ROCOL online training platform. He conducted training on site and at our customers as well as carrying out technical support to the sales teams and end users. He trained all the new recruits for ROCOL including sales engineers, service engineers and our global sales agents. Paul has since retired but his legacy lives on in the training courses he created and the knowledge that he has passed on to everyone at ROCOL as well as all the customers Paul worked with over the years.

He carried out lubrication training ranging from operators to chief engineers for many large companies including the following:

  • Cadburys
  • Carlsberg Brewery (as part of their Lean Maintenance programme)
  • Gillette
  • Nestle (as part of their TPM programme)
  • Northumbrian Water
  • Pork Farms
  • Seven Seas
  • Smurfit Kappa
  • Tangerine
  • Trebor Bassett
  • Typhoo
  • Unilever (as part of their TPM programme)
  • Warburtons
  • Weetabix

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  Lubricant Principles
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