Practicing Oil Analysis May 2003

The final laboratory report - whether received in an electronic form or as hardcopy - is the axle upon which any oil analysis program turns. Without a solid grasp of the underlying principles...

Precision lubrication is a simple concept - at least at face value. Simply put, it requires the right lubricant, be it oil or grease, to be put in the right place, at the right time; that the...

In an article written by W. Van Dam of Chevron Oronite Technology and published in Practicing Oil Analysis magazine’s July-August 2002 issue, a number of different ASTM test procedures were...

Discussion of appropriate wear metal alarms and limits must occur within the context of the tests used for determining wear metal concentrations in used oil analysis. Tests commonly used to...

Being able to determine an oil’s solid particle concentration (number and size of contamination particles in a defined volume) is one important feature in a well-defined fluid monitoring program....

Survey Participants: Michael Bryson, San Onofre Nuclear Generating Stations, Southern California Edison; Brian Goff, Cargill; David Laguardia, Predictive Maintenance Analyst, Florida Power & Light...