Reliability
Protect close-tolerance components, extend useful component life and reduce avoidable failures.
FLAC management
Control contamination. Protect critical assets.
AMREA helps clients manage Fuel, Lubrication, Air, Coolant and Additives as reliability-critical assets—protecting close-tolerance components and converting fluid-condition findings into effective maintenance action.
Why FLAC matters
Fluid management is reliability work—not simply a consumables function.
A controlled FLAC system connects fluid condition, machine condition, work quality and business performance. It manages each fluid medium as both a resource and a potential failure pathway.
Cost and production
Reduce rework and emergency maintenance, improve availability and planning, and lower fluid, filter and disposal costs.
Risk and sustainability
Reduce spills and exposure to reactive work, improve fluid stewardship and create auditable work standards.
What FLAC covers
Five interconnected reliability controls
AMREA applies the same core principles across each medium: specify, protect, test, trend and act.
Fuel
- Storage and receipt quality
- Water and particle control
- Filtration and clean transfer
Lubrication
- Correct product and application
- Clean storage and dispensing
- Sampling, analysis and precision tasks
Air
- Intake filtration and breathing
- Moisture and dirt exclusion
- Compressor and pneumatic-system care
Coolant and additives
- Chemistry, concentration and cleanliness
- Leak and ingress detection
- Approved products and controlled application
FLAC operating model
Control the full lifecycle—not only the point of use.
Every handover is a contamination-risk point. A robust program closes the loop by turning inspection and test results into timely work actions and verified improvement.
- Specify
- Procure
- Receive & test
- Store
- Transfer
- Apply & monitor
- Act & improve
Delivery, storage, transfer, top-up, sampling and disposal are all points where contamination or product error can enter the system. AMREA helps establish controls across this complete chain.
Current-state assessment
Start with a FLAC maturity assessment
AMREA assesses current practice against observable field criteria—not assumptions—then validates gaps, estimates benefit and risk, and prioritises a practical improvement backlog.
The assessment establishes a baseline for fixed plant, mobile plant, workshops, storage and service vehicles. Repeating the review demonstrates sustained change rather than one-off activity.
- Storage and delivery
- Cleanliness and filtration
- Transfers and product identification
- Grease practices
- Oil analysis and inspection
- Fuel management
- Maintenance execution
- Safety, environment and training
Contamination control
Exclude it. Remove it. Verify the result.
Effective contamination control does not rely on filtration alone. Storage, transfer, sampling and inspection standards must work together.
Exclude contamination
- Capped connectors and nozzles
- Desiccant or suitable breathers
- Sealed, dedicated containers
- Dedicated labelled tanks, lines and hoses
Remove contamination
- Appropriately rated filters
- Offline or kidney-loop filtration
- Water removal where required
- Planned decontamination activity
Verify condition
- Representative sample points
- Trend cleanliness and fluid health
- Monitor filter condition
- Respond promptly to alarms
Oil analysis and condition assessment
Build decisions on repeatable samples and meaningful trends.
A single sample is a data point. Trends, operating context and integration with other condition information enable better maintenance decisions before functional failure.
Sample correctly
Use representative live-zone locations, clean hardware and bottles, and a repeatable method and interval.
Test appropriately
Assess wear metals, contaminants, viscosity, water, particle count and fluid health according to the asset and risk.
Interpret and act
Compare trends with targets and history, integrate vibration, temperature and inspections, and issue actionable recommendations.
Precision maintenance
Make the correct task the normal task.
Precision work standards replace informal practices with repeatable, traceable work and early detection of abnormal consumption or contamination.
Correct product
Protect product integrity
Ensure product and grade are correct at point of use. Use colour or shape coding where useful and prevent unauthorised substitution.
Correct quantity
Control volumes and levels
Define top-up and relubrication volumes, perform level and condition checks, and record consumption for abnormality detection.
Correct method
Standardise work execution
Use clean tools and protected fittings, documented routes and procedures, and quality verification of completed work.
A practical starting point
A 90-day FLAC implementation roadmap
The detailed plan should follow a current-state assessment and risk review. This staged approach provides a practical framework for early control, standardisation and verification.
Days 1–30: Baseline and control
Establish the team, assess the field condition and close critical containment gaps.
- Set FLAC roles and accountability
- Complete field assessment
- Set initial targets
Days 31–60: Standardise and enable
Implement the core controls, procedures and capability needed for consistent execution.
- Label products and control transfers
- Define sampling and test plans
- Develop procedures and training
Days 61–90: Embed and verify
Review performance, close priority actions and confirm that field controls are working.
- Launch KPI review
- Verify field compliance
- Publish benefits and next-quarter plan
AMREA integrated reliability capability
Keep contamination out. Keep fluid health in.
AMREA supports practical FLAC management from baseline assessment and field standards to sampling, analysis, contamination control, work quality and continuous improvement.