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What does AN/Acid Number Measure?

What does AN/Acid Number Measure?
Are you 100% sure you know what AN (acid number) measures and what it reveals? Actually A LOT of things! According to Monika Malcolm, Analytical Services Manager for TestOil, “Acid number is measuring acidic components in the oil sample. These can include degradation products such as organic acids, esters, and salts as well as contaminants…
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Bearing Lubricant Testing Considerations

Bearing Lubricant Testing Considerations According to Eurofins TestOil Field/Data Analyst Matt McMahon there are important considerations for choosing the best bearing lubricant such as speed, load, and temperature —how fast the bearing is spinning, how much pressure is on the bearing and the operating temperature range.                 Matt mentioned some general rules of thumb: 1. …
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Justify an Oil Analysis Program with ROI

Potential customers often ask about the ROI of oil analysis—how to convey it to decision makers. It’s a question that TestOil Field Analyst David Gawelek is only too happy to answer. “Oil analysis will detect a problem before it becomes impactful,” he explains. “It will also allow you to measure the cleanliness and moisture levels…
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Oil Analysis Alarming Limits v. Trending Limits

Oil Analysis Alarming Limits v. Trending Limits
CLEVELAND Dec.  28, 2020-- TestOil, the industry leader in lubricant analysis, is one of the major oil analysis labs to use trend analysis in addition to static alarm limits. Static alarm limits (also called absolute limits) are a single unchanging number, while trending (also called linear regression) is a statistical analysis.            Absolute limits can be set…
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WHY NEW OIL DOESN’T ARRIVE CLEAN AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

According to TestOil Field/Data Analyst Matt McMahon, there are many reasons that new oil doesn’t arrive clean, much of it depends on where the contamination occurred—usually during transportation or while in storage. “There are many sources for contamination ingress,” Matt explained. “It could be anything from corrosion in tanks or drums to a core contamination…
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