Lubrication Engineering & Reliability Consulting

The oil already knows what's wrong with your machine.

CleanStrike Reliability builds precision lubrication programs for heavy industrial plants — from on-site route charting and RCFA to varnish mitigation and ICML-aligned training. Run by a CLS-certified lubrication specialist who's spent a career in the field, not just the classroom.

Lube Point Tag #LP-0417
ComponentGearbox — Line 3
LubricantISO VG 68
ISO Cleanliness16/14/11
Water (ppm)< 100
Varnish PotentialLow (MPC 12)
ROUTE STATUS: PASS
Veteran-Owned Small Business
CLS Certified Lubrication Specialist (STLE)
ICML MLT I · MLT II · MLE Training
Varnish & Oxidation Mitigation
What We Do

Services built around the plant floor, not a slide deck.

Every engagement starts with the equipment, not a template. We work the routes, pull the samples, and hand your team something they'll actually use.

Root Cause Failure Analysis

Lubrication-driven RCFA to find out why a component actually failed — contamination, wrong grease, starvation, or a route that got skipped — and how to stop it recurring.

On-Site Lubrication Charting

Physical walkdowns to document every lube point, interval, quantity, and access method — building the ground-truth route your PMs should have been running all along.

Written Lubrication Instructions

Clear, technician-ready lubrication instructions and standards built to feed directly into RedList or your CMMS/EAM of choice — no ambiguity, no tribal knowledge.

Oil Analysis & Varnish Mitigation

Sampling strategy, trending, and varnish/oxidation control programs for turbines, hydraulics, and circulating systems — including filtration and conditioning recommendations.

Filtration & Contamination Audits

Assessment of breathers, filtration systems, and handling practices against ISO cleanliness targets, with a prioritized plan to close the gaps.

Lubrication Program Audits

A baseline gap assessment of your current lubrication program against best practice — storage, handling, labeling, routes, and analysis — with a roadmap to fix it.

Training & Certification

ICML-aligned training, taught by someone who does the work.

Prep courses and on-site training mapped to the ICML certification tracks, built for technicians and engineers who need skills that hold up on the floor, not just on an exam.

ICMLMLT I

Machine Lubricant Technician I

Foundational skills for hands-on lubrication work: lubricant selection basics, safe storage and handling, relubrication technique, and route discipline.

For lubrication techs & PM route operators
ICMLMLT II

Machine Lubricant Technician II

Route-based condition monitoring: proper oil sampling technique, basic analysis interpretation, contamination control, and early failure indicators.

For senior techs & PdM route leads
ICMLMLE

Machine Lubrication Engineer

Program-level design: lubrication strategy, oil analysis program architecture, contamination control engineering, and failure mode-driven decision making.

For reliability & maintenance engineers

Courses are delivered on-site and built around your plant's own equipment and failure history — plus exam-focused prep for technicians pursuing certification.

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How We Work

A straightforward path from audit to sustained program.

01

Assess

Walk the plant, chart the lube points, pull baseline samples, and audit current practices against ISO targets.

02

Design

Build written lubrication instructions, sampling strategy, and a filtration/contamination control plan specific to your equipment.

03

Implement

Load instructions into RedList or your CMMS, train technicians on the new routes, and stand up the analysis program.

04

Sustain

Ongoing trending, periodic re-audits, and ICML-aligned training to keep the program running after we leave.

About

Field experience, not a franchise.

CleanStrike Reliability is a veteran-owned small business led by a Certified Lubrication Specialist (CLS) with a background in heavy industrial lubrication, reliability, and oil filtration — the person who shows up on-site is the person who does the analysis and writes the recommendations.

The focus is narrow on purpose: lubrication and the reliability outcomes that ride on it. Varnish and oxidation control, contamination management, route-based sampling, and the training that keeps a program alive after the consultant leaves.

Veteran-Owned
CLS · STLE Certified
ICML MLT I / II / MLE Training
Varnish Mitigation

// Typical Program Improvement — ISO 4406 Cleanliness

Before Audit22 / 20 / 17
Post-Filtration Fix19 / 17 / 14
Target Cleanliness16 / 14 / 11
Get In Touch

Request a site audit or ask about training.

Tell us about your plant and where lubrication is causing you problems — failures, unclear routes, no analysis program — and we'll follow up to scope a visit.

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Direct Contact

Email info@cleanstrikereliability.com
Based Available for on-site engagements — heavy industrial, manufacturing & power
Response Within 1–2 business days
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