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Understand Elemental Spectroscopy

Understand Elemental Spectroscopy [caption id="attachment_110704" align="alignright" width="300"] ELEMENTAL SPECTROSOCPY[/caption] A wealth of information is available on your oil analysis report about wear behavior, contaminants entering the system, and the service needed. Elemental Spectroscopy data can tell a big part of the story. As you read your oil analysis report, ask yourself what all the data…
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We’ve Taken Filter Debris Analysis To The Next Level

We've Taken Filter Debris Analysis To The Next Level TestOil has updated our Filter Debris Analysis testing process. The improvements have significantly increased our ability to identify wearing machine components which provide improved diagnostic and prognostic information about impending failures. Filter Debris Analysis is a systematic process developed to wash and analyze industrial size filters. Insight…
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TestOil introduces an Improved Technology For Analyzing Industrial Filters

TestOil introduces an Improved Technology For Analyzing Industrial Filters [caption id="attachment_110776" align="aligncenter" width="604"] FILTER DEBRIS ANALYSIS[/caption] TestOil has updated their Filter Debris Analysis testing process.  The improvements have significantly increased the laboratory’s ability to identify wearing machine components which provide improved diagnostic and prognostic information about impending failures. Filter Debris Analysis is a systematic process…
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Fuel Dilution Test Upgrade

Fuel Dilution Test Upgrade Technical Bulletin Fuel Dilution Test Upgrade TestOil is committed to continually improving the methodologies and technologies used in our laboratory. With that said, we are now using a Gas Chromatography (GC) method to measure fuel in engine oil. The method is based on a proposed ASTM method (work item 24171) and…
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Oil Analysis For Dummies: A TestOil eBook

Just Published: Oil Analysis For Dummies Insight Services is excited and proud to announce its latest publication for the oil analysis community - Oil Analysis For Dummies. This 90-page book is filled with everything you need to know to create and maintain a world-class oil analysis program. Oil Analysis For Dummies was written to help…
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What’s that Smell? Using Odor as an Oil Analysis Tool

What’s that Smell? Using Odor as an Oil Analysis Tool Field tests are some of the most overlooked, yet valuable tools that lubrication professionals can have in their arsenal. Most field tests are quick, inexpensive, simple to conduct and yield great information. One of my favorite field tests is odor. Many characteristics and properties of…
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