Practicing Oil Analysis May 2005

In my Perspective column in the January-February issue of Practicing Oil Analysis magazine, I discussed a situation in which an externally contracted oil analysis program was halted when the new...

Why is there such a big emphasis on oil cleanliness? The question has been asked numerous times over the years by maintenance technicians and managers alike.

This case study discusses oil cleanliness standards for the lubricating oils used at Savannah River Site (SRS), a nuclear materials management facility for the U.S. government Department of...

Abundant opportunities in the western mining and off-highway markets have warranted further expansion of Polaris Laboratories, a steadily growing fluid analysis company now located across the...

Diagnostic Instruments launches the Di-440, a new concept in vibration analysis instrumentation. The Di-440 redefines traditional approaches to vibration analysis, simplifying the process for those...

First Energy Services is an aggressive oil field construction company operating more than 125 pieces of Caterpillar® equipment and more than 400 pickups and trucks serving a majority of oil...

A five-year old single reduction conveyor drive was taken out of service for a scheduled preventive maintenance inspection and was disassembled. Prior to the inspection (disassembly), the unit had...

A Canadian production site uses high-volume blowers to propel a fine powder in one of the production processes. The powder is very fine and becomes abrasive in high concentrations. Current...

The recently released Oil Quality Analyzer provides on-site oil analysts with a new, efficient and rapid method for assessing changing oil condition. In the 1980s,...