Case Study
Improved Lubrication Practices Stop Machine Failures at TEP
The TEP lube room Improved Lubrication Practices Stop Machine Failures at TEP T he Tucson Electric Power (TEP) generating station in Springerville, Arizo- na, is a coal-fired plant that provides safe, reliable power to residents in the Tucson metropolitan area. With four generating units, it has a total capacity of 1,560 megawatts. When the station began experiencing frequent bearing failures, its predictive main- tenance (PdM) team analyzed