6 Steps to Update Your Lubrication Program In today’s culture of looking for high returns on investments, there are not many that can compare to a comprehensive lubrication program. Tremendous financial savings can be enjoyed by eliminating poor lubrication practices from an organization. Numerous financial losses are attributable to poor and inadequate lubrication programs and…
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About: Mary Messuti
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Calculating Remaining Useful Life
Calculating Remaining Useful Life The field of Predictive Maintenance (PdM) is providing a strong and growing set of tools, techniques and technologies to optimize operations, maintenance and renewal processes of industrial assets. Condition monitoring techniques, in particular, yield valuable insight into the state of health of industrial equipment, providing clues and hints on expected future…
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FTIR Enhancement of Turbine Oils
FTIR Enhancement of Turbine Oils Earlier this year, TestOil modified our FTIR analysis for turbine oil and began reporting new, enhanced parameters. We improved the data interpretation to generate these new parameters which provide our customers a more detailed oil analysis of the health of their turbine oil. New parameters include: Thermal Event Acid - A degradation mechanism of the…
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Oil Analysis Testing: On-site vs. Off-site
Oil Analysis Testing: On-site vs. Off-site The first and often the obvious option is to have an on-site oil analysis lab to process all oil samples collected. There are many pros to this option. Turnaround time for results can be controlled in house. There is no dependence on an outside resource. Testing packages can be altered easily,…
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Why Does Used Oil Need to be Analyzed?
Why Analyze Used Lubricants Selecting the proper lubricant, along with careful maintenance of that lubricant, is essential to ensure adequate protection to any component. Proper lubrication is defined as the correct amount of the correct lubricant at the correct time. Maintaining a lubricant means ensuring that it is the correct viscosity and has the necessary…
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How Important is Oil Viscosity?
The Fundamentals of Viscosity The most important single property of a lubricant is its viscosity. It is defined as a measure of a lubricant's resistance to flow. The viscosity of any fluid changes inversely with temperature. As temperature increases, viscosity decreases and as temperature decreases, viscosity increases. The most common way that viscosity is measured…
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