PEL Reliability offers lubrication best practices where a well-equipped lube room will contain the following items:

• Drum storage racks (properly designed and built to hold several drums)
• Oil and grease transfer pumps
• Drum taps and faucets
• Grease guns and oil cans
• Portable equipment such as lubrication carts, sump drainers, air-powered grease guns, used oil-reclaiming systems and filter carts
• Maintenance supplies such as wiping rags, grease fittings, spare filters and reservoir screens, absorbent materials to control spills and well-maintained lockers for their storage
• When appropriate, a bulk tank or tanks for storage and delivery of primary oils or greases
• Purification systems or reclaimers to recondition used oils, soluble oil mixing equipment and solvent tanks for cleaning parts