Oil Analysis + Wear Particle
Interviews
Gear Oils
In this SME interview, we talk with Casey Budd, a Research and Development Chemist for Lubrication Engineers. Inc. Casey discusses the functions of gear oils and what they protect.
- Casey Budd
- Lubrication Engineers, Inc.
Five Minute Facts
Get Sampling Compact Gearboxes & Gearmotors
Many small gearboxes are considered to be replaceable but the downtime they cause cannot be replaced. Oftentimes these gearboxes, though small, are critical to an operation. For example, a breakdown in a conveyor gearbox, burnt out the conveyor belt and brought a large mining site to a halt at a cost of $21,000,000 USD. Learn what tools you can use to perform 2-minute visual checks and oil analysis that can give you information to stay on top of your equipment reliability and manage risk.
- Bernie Hall
- Checkfluid
Two Minute Tips
Improving Oil Cleanliness – Your 2021 Maintenance Resolution – Part 2
Maintaining oil cleanliness is critical to the success of machine performance. Here are three things to consider for ensuring oil cleanliness in 2021.
- Bernie Hall
- Checkfluid
Five Minute Facts
Improving Oil Cleanliness – Your 2021 Maintenance Resolution – Part 1
Is increasing oil cleanliness on your 2021 to-do list? Oil contamination continues to be one of the biggest causes of component failure and productivity declines. Oil cleanliness starts at the beginning with inspecting and filtering your new and incoming oil.
- Bernie Hall
- Checkfluid
Two Minute Tips
Testing for Water Content
Water is one of the most destructive contaminants faced by industrial maintenance departments. Some systems may be more tolerant to water, while others can be more sensitive. Some manufacturers have set limits as low as 30 ppm. Best practice would tend to indicate that it is beneficial to keep water contamination at the lowest level possible..
- Heather Vercillo
- TestOil
Five Minute Facts
Getting A Spot-On Sample Every Time
Oil analysis depends on a representative oil sample as such, the entire oil sampling process should be focused on ensuring the oil entering the bottle contains complete information about your machine. Learn how you can get spot-on oil samples for your oil analysis programs.
- Bernie Hall
- Checkfluid
Interviews
Oil Analysis
In this interview Lubrication Engineers' Scott Leipprandt talks about oil analysis. Scott share his knowledge on what equipment should be apart of an organization's oil analysis program.
- Scott Leipprandt
- Lubrication Engineers
Two Minute Tips
Phenolic Antioxidant Detection Using FTIR and RULER
Let's start by explaining the FTIR index numbers and then we’ll get in to the correlation between tests. The indexing numbers actually refer to a unit of measure..
- Heather Vercillo
- TestOil
Five Minute Facts
Measuring Varnish Potential in Lube Oil
Lubricating oil in gas turbines and hydraulic systems is unfortunately subject to the ravages of varnish. It is well-documented that varnish is an insoluble contaminant comprised of oil degradation by-products and sometimes depleted additive molecules..
- Evan Zabawski
- TestOil
