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The Maintenance Advantage and Maximum Equipment Uptime: Why More Facilities Are Adopting On-site Oil Analysis Oil analysis is no longer just a diagnostic tool—it’s a powerful strategy for organizations focused on equipment reliability and cost control. While 60–70% of industrial facilities today ...
Introduction Creating an effective lubrication program consists of many parts from selecting the appropriate equipment to test to selecting the right parameters to test on the oil. While these are both important steps not be overlooked, the most daunting part tends to be setting alarm limits on equipment. The challenges include setting limits too conservatively, increasing the chances too many ...
Introduction Creating an effective lubrication program consists of many parts from selecting the appropriate equipment to test to selecting the right parameters to test on the oil. While these are both important steps not be overlooked, the most daunting part tends to be setting alarm limits on equipment. The challenges include setting limits too conservatively, increasing the chances too many ...
Today, Spectro Scientific is the exclusive supplier of equipment to the US Military’s Joint Oil Analysis Program (JOAP), which has used the SpectrOil Optical Emission system for the past 25 years. In recent years, the US military has adopted Spectro Scientific’s FieldLab as the next-generation ...
Introduction This white paper reports diesel engine oil analysis data demonstrating use of filtergram particle quantifier x-ray fluorescence (FPQ spectroscopy) to quantify severity of wear and contamination. Two independent measurements are performed on each filtergram specimen: pore blockage particle count and FPQ spectroscopic large particle ...
Introduction This article reports annual cost savings from several effective lubrication programs using onsite oil analysis. These published case histories cover various industries. ...
We learned a lot about how the Minilab 123 EL solution is used by Motul for on-site oil analysis, with the SpectrOil oil analyzer, in their mobile lab during the 2018 Dakar rally. ...
Waiting for data to come back in days or weeks to make important decisions is not viable. Oil analysis is essential to identify problems so they can be corrected before they cause equipment to go down for major repairs. A multinational mining firm was using an outside lab for oil analysis, but there were some ...
Why you should consider integrating automated failure analysis investigations into your operations When a component fails, there'll be a story in the oil sample reports which can assist in finding the root cause of the failure and prevent future failures. ...
How can on-site oil analysis benefit municipal fleets? Our expert, Dan Walsh, illustrates how on-site oil analysis programs can positively impact municipal fleets. Why On-site Oil Analysis? A municipal or a city fleet generally has many sets of the same model, brand or grade of product. ...
A large municipality located in the northwestern United States operates a fleet of over 1,700 vehicles and over 3,000 pieces of motorized equipment which it uses for critical everyday functions. As you can imagine, maintenance on this equipment is expensive with oil changes alone costing in excess of $3 million dollars annually when done at set intervals. The ...
The basis of modern oil analysis programs is the use of optical emission spectroscopy (OES) to measure the ppm (parts per million) levels of wear metals, contaminants, and additives in oil samples. Whatever an oil lab may need to measure, multi-elemental analysis is the core of an in-service ...
Introduction The basis of modern oil analysis programs is the use of optical emission spectroscopy (OES) to measure the ppm (parts per million) levels of wear metals, contaminants, and additives in oil samples. Whatever an oil lab may need to measure, multi-elemental analysis is the core of an ...
Light Blockage Particle Counters Laser light blocking particle counters, or optical particle counters (OPC’s) are the traditional instruments used for in-service oil analysis. The working principle of traditional light blockage particle counters is depicted below. ...
How does water enter the oil? Routinely monitoring water concentration in oil is an important part of any oil condition monitoring program. ...
Today, all of these fleets are growing quickly as the need for air travel continues to increase. Oil analysis is widely used in the aviation industry and has been for many years because the benefits are well understood. ...
These people are responsible for millions of dollars of machinery which could at any moment become critical to our national defense. As in all major Navy ships, oil analysis plays a critical role on the Watson by alerting us to problems that have the potential to damage a vital system and by providing information that enables us ...
A number of fleets are using oil analysis as a way to extend service intervals and reduce downtime and operating costs. ...
Startup of the Oil Analysis Program Neuco has been analyzing oil since 2001 when its oil supplier offered oil analysis as a service through the use of an outside oil lab. ...
It's important to note that this large industry uses on-site oil analysis at all times to ensure equipment uptime. Ninety percent of global trade is by sea, with about 70,000 vessels transporting goods around the world. All countries with Naval forces use them to project power and influence. Reliability is critical, so on board ...