Corrective Action Follow-up

DOE-STD-1052-93

1.7 Corrective Action Follow-up

1.7.1 Equipment that has been found to have a known or suspected lubricant problem may be

sampled at more frequent intervals as recommended by the laboratory or as requested

by the predictive maintenance coordinator until the suspected problem has been

resolved or corrective action has been taken.

1.7.2 Following any corrective action, a follow-up sample should be taken promptly to

reestablish the "baseline" for the equipment in question and to ensure that the action

taken was adequate.

1.8 Program Upgrading

1.8.1 The predictive maintenance coordinator should continually seek to refine and improve

the lubricating oil analysis program by the following:

a. maintaining an awareness of actual and suspected equipment operating problems

b. evaluating the potential for oil sampling and analysis methods to aid in detecting

and identifying equipment problems

c. revising the program as appropriate to take advantage of improved sampling and

analysis techniques as they become available

1.8.2 Upgrading of the program may entail increasing or reducing the requirements in terms

of equipment included in the program and time interval between examples.

1.8.3 Failures of equipment included in the lubricating oil analysis program should have

detailed root cause investigations to determine why the programs did not detect

degradation before the failures occurred.

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