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How to Keep an Oil Testing Program on Track

How to Keep an Oil Testing Program on Track
In order to optimize the benefits of a lubrication monitoring program, it’s wise to watch out for anything with the potential to derail it. Following are a few pointers: Communication is important. Everyone  involved needs to understand that the pace of implementing a new program will be slow at first, that workloads must be balanced…
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What is a lubrication program audit?

What is a lubrication program audit?
TestOil conducts an end-to-end lubrication program audit of each customer’s lubrication-related operations. This audit encompasses the following areas: A review of storage and handlingSelection of equipment to sampleSelection of ideal sample pointsSelection of appropriate test packagesEstablishment of sampling frequency 1.  Review of Lubrication Storage and Handling Contrary to popular belief (and logic) new oil, no…
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How to Select Equipment for Oil Testing

How to Select Equipment for Oil Testing
Choosing the equipment to monitor boils down to a few areas that include: criticality; expense and safety; reliability; and environment and efficiency. CRITICALITY Criticality is often the biggest driver for selecting equipment to sample. Following are criticality considerations—ranked from the most to least imperative. Critical to overall operation and/or very high costs without redundancyCritical to…
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The lubrication monitoring team: Who should it include?

The lubrication monitoring team: Who should it include?
The make-up of lubrication monitoring teams varies depending on a number of factors such as the size of the business and the type and amount of equipment that needs to be monitored. Given this, two key members of any lubrication monitoring team are the Champion and the Mentor. The Champion The lubrication monitoring team is…
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Why start an oil testing program?

Why start an oil testing program?
Why Start an Oil Analysis Program? The most significant oil analysis benefit is financial, but there are many other benefits as well. If an oil analysis program can increase reliability even incrementally—i.e. eliminate a single hour of downtime—that can justify and pay for the program itself.     Aside from ROI, a lubrication monitoring program will pick…
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Industrial Oil Analysis Lab Offers Livestream Discussion, Q and A

Industrial Oil Analysis Lab Offers Livestream Discussion, Q and A
Interested in expanding your lubrication program maintenance skills? Need answers to questions that come up frequently in your workplace in areas such as test methods, test limits, effects of contamination, remediation, etc?  Need to connect with industry experts and colleagues across the U.S.?  Join us for a LinkedIn Live event! Benefits include: A great way…
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