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Calculating Oil Analysis Return on Investment
Calculating Oil Analysis Return on InvestmentStarting, Expanding or Even Keeping an Oil Analysis Program Depends Upon Your Ability to Create Value and Express it in the Language of Management.More than any single factor, growth in the oil analysis industry has been limited by the inability of its professionals ...
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Particulate Contamination - Identifying, Eliminating and Removing it
Particulate Contamination - Identifying, Eliminating and Removing itIn an ideal world, bearings would not fail until the theoretical bearing life is obtained. Unfortunately, we do not live an ideal world and many premature bearing failures are attributed to particulate contamination. It is well known ...
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Setting Targets for Oil Cleanliness: A Simplified Approach
Setting Targets for Oil Cleanliness: A Simplified ApproachIntroductionOne of the key aspects of implementing an aggressive proactive maintenance program is the consideration of contamination control. Specifically, the initial emphasis will be on solid particulate. The primary focus in developing a cleanliness ...
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Gearbox Condition Monitoring through Used Oil Analysis
Gearbox Condition Monitoring through Used Oil AnalysisThis case study summarizes continuing cost saving benefits to the City of Ft. Collins, Colorado, through the development and implementation of a comprehensive, proactive used oil analysis maintenance strategy for the planetary gearboxes on domestic ...
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Removing Harmful Water Contamination from Oil
Removing Harmful Water Contamination from OilWater contamination is often called the scourge of the machine. An ongoing battle ensues between lubrication technicians in the wet process industries like pulp and paper, in outdoor machinery applications like construction and mining, and where frequent machine ...
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Importance of Varnish & Sludge Detection and Monitoring
Importance of Varnish & Sludge Detection and MonitoringCatching Varnish & Sludge Before It Costs You.(1) Detect varnish & sludge levels in the lube oil system.(2) Monitor the varnish & sludge build-up rate in the lube oil system.High build-up rate or Low build-up rate.If High build-up ...
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What are the negative impacts of varnish (sludge)?
What are the negative impacts of varnish (sludge)?Varnish build-up has long been a problem, particularly in turbine and hydraulic. System failures due to varnish problem can be:(1) Sticking or seized occurs in moving mechanical parts such as servo control valve.(2) Plugged or restricted small oil flow ...
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What is Sludge?
What is Sludge?(1) Sludge is varnish which have higher water content.(2) Sludge looks like a soft mud-like deposit that settles out of the oil.(3) Sludge is also a soft contaminant.(4) Sludge contaminant, if prolonged elevated temperatures will evaporate the moisture from the sludge contaminant.
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What is Varnish?
What is Varnish?(1) Varnish is a soft contaminant composed of lubricant degradation by-products that are less than 1 micron in size and is not measured by traditional particle count.(2) Varnish deposit is a thin-orange, brown or black insoluble film deposit occurring on internal of lubricant systems.(3) ...
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Residue analysis on RPVOT test samples for single and multiple antioxidants chem
Residue analysis on RPVOT test samples for single and multiple antioxidants chemistry for turbine lubricantsABSTRACT: Antioxidant chemistry is playing an important role in meeting the longer-life and higher temperature performance criteria of modern generation turbine lubricants. Oxidative life assessment ...
