As its counterpart, the Gill Award, recognizes excellence in the area of oil analysis, the John R. Battle Award has been developed to recognize organizations that exhibit excellence in the application of machinery lubrication. The award, honoring Mr. Battle, was designed to motivate companies to improve machine reliability and maintenance quality through development, implementation and management of a best-in-class machinery lubrication program.
As with the Gill Award, ICML's focus is not just to identify award recipients, but to encourage performance of excellence and create a means to share best practices among user organizations on a global scale. In the same manner that the ICML raises the bar in the area of skills-based certification through the Gill Award, so we also do with the Battle Award, by recognizing role models for benchmarking and setting performance standards by the lubrication and reliability community.
To become a John R. Battle Award recipient, the ideal organization must demonstrate a solid lubrication program, backed up by multidisciplinary efforts and approaches, with sustainable results and continued improvements. Among other factors, the John R. Battle Award criteria will include:
- Commitment to Education and skills competencies
- Maintenance Culture and Management Support
- Lubricant Selection, Lubricant Performance Standards and Lubricant Consolidation
- Preventive, Predictive and Proactive Program Design and Effectiveness
- Lubrication Program Metrics and Overall Performance Tracking
- Lubricant Storage, Handling, Safety and Conservation
- Lubrication PM Optimization, Work Plan Management, Scheduling, Documentation
- Oil Analysis Program Design, Test Slates, Lab Selection and Setting of Alarms
- Oil Analysis Sampling Frequency, Sampling Hardware and Procedures
- Contamination Exclusion and Removal
- Oil and Grease Application Methods and Hardware Deployed
- Continuous Improvement
Inaugural Award Presented in 2005
ICML presented the inaugural 2004 Battle Award in the spring of 2005 to Clopay Plastics (Augusta, KY) during the Lubrication Excellence 2005 Conference and Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas.
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Do you think your organization meets the qualifications for such an award? The opportunity to apply for the Battle Award is available to you and your organization, and ICML cannot nominate the company on your behalf. Nominations need to come from industry, so it's up to you to start the process. For information on applying, contact the ICML at info@lubecouncil.org.