How to use LubeSuite
Short plant-floor guide. No login. Data stays in this browser unless you export it.
Short narrated walkthroughs of real jobs, 24 to 69 seconds each. Captions are on, so they work with the sound off. Each one plays in a pop-up; the calculator pages have the same Watch how it works button.
- Read the disclaimer once and acknowledge it (stored in this browser only).
- Use the header controls for light/dark and optional larger text (A+).
- Open Inventory only if you want recommendations biased to what is on the shelf. Default is nothing stocked.
- Start at Bearing lookup — SKF-style numbers and ABMA size decoding both work.
- When a bearing is selected, the job bar under the header carries geometry and speed into the next tools.
- Common next steps:
- Re-grease quantity / interval
- Minimum required viscosity
- Lubricant recommendation (uses inventory if you set it)
- Or open Start a job and pick the path that matches the machine.
Recommendations prefer products you mark as on the shelf. Unchecked items only surface when nothing stocked fits.
- Filter by brand when the mill has a preferred supplier.
- On the recommendation page, the inventory panel collapses once something is stocked — click the title bar to open it again.
- You can also manage stock from the dedicated Inventory page.
- Select the bearing (or enter mean diameter), roll/drum OD, ISO VG + VI, and max FPM.
- Press DRAW K-ZONE CHART — the chart does not auto-redraw while you type (avoids mid-entry alerts).
- Hover for κ, oil viscosity at cursor temp, and ν₁ context. Drop pins if you want setpoints; export CSV when useful.
- After rotating a tablet, hit DRAW again if the plot looks stretched.
LubeLabel builds printable identification for greases and oils (color, shape, product data).
LubeMapper places lube units, gearboxes, filters, and related assets on a floor plan.
SAP Plan Builder drafts standard procedures and SAP maintenance-plan load-sheet rows (CSV/PDF) — a free plant-floor helper, not a CMMS.
- Label products publish into a shared catalog in this browser so Mapper can pick them.
- Mapper canvas is in pixels. New levels can lock size to an uploaded plan image; changing a background on an existing floor asks whether to resize the canvas to match.
- Use Edit mode to add areas, levels, and units. Export/backup from the ⋮ menu if you need a copy off the device.
- Open Oil analysis. Enter sump volume and the hour meter on the previous and current samples.
- Add each top-off between those samples (hours, volume, makeup ppm — 0 if it was new oil).
- Type previous and current lab values. Blank rows are skipped.
- Normalize samples produces a dilution-corrected equivalent, ppm / 100 h, and ppm at your chosen interval (100–1,000 h).
- Use Sample frequency for a next-interval recommendation from criticality, environment, and last severity.
- Component life — ISO 281 L10, linear guides, chains, belts, cylinders, motor insulation, rupture discs.
- Unit converter — pulley ratio, FPM↔RPM, density/API, length, area/volume (convert or calculate), pressure, temp, force.
- Journal bearing — clearance, speed, viscosity, density (SG / °API / lb/gal / kg/m³).
- Tilting pad thrust bearing — Waukesha MS size by thrust load, shaft and RPM; sliding speed, lube mode, babbitt limits.
- Oil cooler sizing — heat load, air-oil or water-oil ETD, cooler matches across brands, brazed plate swap check.
- Defect frequencies — vibration orders for rolling bearings.
- All tools — full list with short descriptions.
Results follow common engineering practice (SKF-style viscosity factors, catalog geometry, published oil curves, etc.). They are a starting point, not a substitute for OEM limits, site standards, or your own due diligence.
LubeSuite and its owner are not liable for failures from using these numbers alone. Full wording is on the About & Disclaimer page.