We have a new addition to announce. We have just purchased a Perkin Elmer Spectrum Two FTIR Spectrometer to replace our elderly Nicolet Integra. As well as having the usual oil cell set up it comes with a UATR accessory, which lets us test a much wider range of substances.
We are proud to continue our sponsorship of the annual postgraduate student tribology conference TriboUK 2018. TriboUK is a conference that aims to bring together PhD students in the field of Tribology.
We work with a number of customers who have similar assets across several sites. This can be of help when considering the likely cause of a problem, but recently we had a reminder that all our samples are individuals and the analysis process should be followed independently and without preconceptions.
Virgin oil testing has always been essential. This article in Machinery Lubrication explains why and also gives a nice breakdown of the ISO code meaning and significance This leads quite naturally into the following article on Cleanliness Targets Another increasingly relevant reason is to run the RULER test on the virgin oil so that further.