Practicing Oil Analysis January 1999

The PREDICT Navigator is a portable screening device for qualifying the condition of lubricants in non-combustion applications. This hand-held oil condition monitor can be used at the...

Some 2,500 years ago a unique contraption came to life in ancient Greece. It did the job of a pump, elevating water from streams to aqueducts, which carried the water to fields and villages. Much...

Water contamination can cut bearing life by as much as 80%. Yet, when scrupulous maintenance practices and new oil additive technology are combined bearing life can be extended...

This past November General Motors announced the expanded inclusion of its oil change indicator on 90% of their production over the coming five years. The Oil-Life System is currently in use on some...

A recent study published in Tribology Letters shows evidence that acids, produced by base oil oxidation, can contribute to reduced scuffing in a bench test. The investigation was conducted...

In October 1998, El Paso Electric Company's Power Generation Facility in El Paso Texas was honored with the prestigious RBM Excellence Award.* The annual RBM (Reliability Based Maintenance) Award...

PdMA Corporation was founded in 1979 as an organization providing predictive maintenance products and services. In 1989, the PdMA Laboratory Services Division was created. From its inception, it...

Friction polymers are often observed in used oil samples from gear boxes and highly-loaded rolling element bearings. For many years the nature of how friction polymers are formed has been...