There is no question that an effective oil analysis program lowers maintenance costs on rotating equipment. The trick is knowing how to run an effective oil analysis program. Companies must be proactive so the solution to an oil-related problem is not always an oil change. The real be

The primary source of lost revenue due to downtime of equipment is commonly a direct result of some type of contamination, be it dirt, water, product, incorrect lubricant, or some blend of any of these.  Oil analysis results can identify these contaminants, but unless you are aware of

The detrimental effects of water contamination on fluid service life and on system performance is well recognized. Water can have serious adverse effects on the physical and chemical properties of hydraulic and lubricant fluids.  The loss of crucial fluid properties, central to useful

Let’s say you’re part of the reliability department at the local refinery. You oversee the operations of well over a hundred pumps and motors, and maybe a dozen or so turbines and blowers. Your supervisor just walked into your office in the morning telling you to go check on the asset

In order to quickly and accurately determine the “cause and effect” of oil and wear related problems, proper tests and procedures based on the equipment sampled and its application must be utilized. This article details the appropriate test slates for various types of industrial equip

Oil filter debris analysis’ (FDA) origins lay mainly in the aviation industry for many years. A program developed by Air Research in the 1980s claimed a 95-percent success rate of predicting catastrophic failures. It has gained recognition in the last decade in many other industries a