Industrial Assembly and Maintenance Solutions

Dow Corning Corporation, a global leader in silicone and silicon-based technology and innovation, will partner with its distributor First Power Group to present a featured educational session at a conference described as “the electric power industry’s premier event for substation/switchgear maintenance personnel.”

Experts from Dow Corning and First Power Group – a Dow Corning® brand and Molykote® brand product distributor – will present a half-day seminar on the lubrication of circuit breakers during Finepoint’s 19th annual Circuit Breaker Test & Maintenance Training Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The seminar, “Circuit Breaker Lube by Number,” will take place during the afternoon of Oct. 3 at the Omni William Penn Hotel.

“Approximately half of the circuit breaker failures worldwide can be traced to lubricant degradation, improper selection or misapplication,” said Dow Corning Application Engineer Gene Finner. “The ‘Circuit Breaker Lube by Number’ seminar will examine the act of lubrication on nine different surface contact points common to circuit breakers. Lubrication products and application methods for each of these surface contact points will be subsequently discussed with regard to their possible effect on maintenance interval and equipment reliability.”

The seminar, which is intended for electricians, engineers, technicians, managers, specialists, foremen, planners and instructors, “will present a simplified systems approach to lubrication planning, selection and implementation,” said First Power Group Vice President Dean Stebner.

To learn more about outdoor electrical equipment lubrication, download Finner’s “Modern lubrication practices for improved outdoor electrical equipment reliability” (PDF). Or, send an email to industrial@dowcorning.com to request this white paper.

About Dow Corning
Dow Corning (dowcorning.com) provides performance-enhancing solutions to serve the diverse needs of more than 25,000 customers worldwide. A global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, Dow Corning offers more than 7,000 products and services through the Dow Corning® and XIAMETER® brands. Dow Corning is equally owned by The Dow Chemical Company and Corning, Incorporated. More than half of Dow Corning’s annual sales are outside the United States.

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