Oil Analysis + Wear Particle
Five Minute Facts
How Do You Interpret Particle Count Readings?
It’s a very common test to look at the cleanliness of oil or hydraulic fluid, and it’s based on this standard called ISO 4406...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Two Minute Tips
Causes of High Oxidation
While some new oils may produce an oxidation value due to the presence...
Two Minute Tips
Using Oil Color as a Field Test
Have you ever wondered how or why the color of oil changes?
- Paul Dufresne
- Reliability Playbook, in Partnership with Lubrication Engineers
Articles
Lubrication Process Transformation
The Mosaic Company is a leader in crop nutrition and aims to help the world grow the food it needs. Reliability is essential to the company’s mission, and lubrication is a crucial part of its condition monitoring program...
Two Minute Tips
Importance of Contamination Control
Did you know that in most cases the amount of particle contamination...
- Whit Gammon
- Des-Case
Articles
How to Measure Tribology Using a 100 kHz Sampling Rate Vibration Analyzer
We can use vibration analysis to see what goes on in the interface between moving surfaces and, therefore, catch potential problems there...
- Ray Garvey
- Ametek
Articles
Sources of Sodium
Sodium is also an indicator of contamination with salt, whether it is from moisture ingression from a nearby source of salt water, or airborne particulate ingression from nearby roads that are salted in the wintertime...
- Evan Zabawski
- TestOil
Interviews
Grease Sampling and Analysis
What is the best method for getting a good grease sample? Once you have a sample, what tests are performed? Rich shares some best practices with CBM CONNECT in this interview...
- Rich Wurzbach
- MRG Labs
Articles
What Failed Demulsibility Results Mean
Demulsibility, or more correctly, water separation, is a measure of a lubricant’s ability to separate from water. Lubricants and water have a natural tendency to separate because most basestock molecules are non-polar, while water molecules are polar and will seek each other out instead of mixing with the base stock...
- Evan Zabawski
- TestOil
