ON-GUARD Case: Auto-Lube on a Pulp Mill Pump Caught BPFO Early
Case studyJuly 22, 2026

ON-GUARD Case: Auto-Lube on a Pulp Mill Pump Caught BPFO Early

Canadian pulp & paper: LUBExpert ON-GUARD watched pump friction RMS, alarmed on NDE, LUBExpert confirmed BPFO. No blind greasing — replacement scheduled on a planned shutdown.

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Source. SDT Ultrasound case from a Canadian pulp & paper site.

Setup

LUBExpert ON-GUARD on the pump motor: CONMONSense on the grease line (DE) and in the NDE housing, plus pressure gauge.

CONMONSense

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Event

ON-GUARD raised Suspected Bearing Failure on NDE. Follow-up dynamic data with LUBExpert confirmed BPFO. Repair went to the next planned outage.

BPFO dynamic measurement

Architecture overview: ON-GUARD article. KEG TRKcontact.