Here’s some real costs associated with high leakage machines:
- Cost of replacement lubricant
- Cost of catching the spilled lubricant
- Waste oil disposal cost
- Environmental cost
- Cost of in-plant transfer and resulting empty drums
- Extra drum disposal cost
- Temptation to switch to cheaper lubricant
- Extra labor involved to maintain oil level
- Shorter equipment life due to poor in service maintenance
- Shorter equipment life due to lubricant starvation
- Substitution of product due to emergency fill operation
- Housekeeping costs
And a real “Biggie”:
The cost of slip and fall liability.
