Testimonials
FMC Corporation enhanced their lube room's efficiency and cleanliness through reliability best practices.
key takeaways
Challenge
The lube room was disorganized, filled with various containers, unlabeled jugs, contaminated bottles, and funnels, creating a chaotic storage environment.
LE solution
Chris Nowlen, a LE consultant, collaborated with Rod Brooks, FMC’s maintenance manager, to redesign the plant’s lube room and implement reliability best practices, enhancing operational efficiency.
Results
Improving the drum storage area with a Tote-A-Lube® system and securing cabinets with Oil Safe® containers, grease, and filters enhanced organization and safety.
Customer Profile
FMC Corporation is one of the world’s foremost diversified chemical companies with leading positions in agricultural, industrial and consumer markets. FMC’s biopolymer plant in Newark, Del., is the leader in harnessing nature’s renewable resources to create ingredients and technical solutions for the food, pharmaceutical, personal care and biomedical markets.
Challenge
The lube room – or oil storage area – was a maze of various containers, unlabeled transfer jugs, contaminated plastic bottles and funnels, and generally a messy storage area.
LE Solution
Chris Nowlen, LE consultant, contacted Rod Brooks, FMC’s maintenance manager, and told him about LE’s position as a reliability solutions provider. Chris partnered with Rod to redesign the plant’s lube room and implement various reliability best practices
Results
- Filling Tote-A-Lube® system with drum topper unit improved the drum storage area
- Cabinets now secure with Oil Safe® containers, grease, filters, etc.