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 RULER analysis on the used oil references the correct starting point.
This section has been a little quiet of late – we are busy with our new web database (more on that later). In the meantime we have been asked to advise on picking a lubricant supplier. Machinery lubrication site had some useful answers as always.
Another year and another Student Tribology Conference to sponsor! Check out TriboUK 2017, which this year is hosted by Imperial College London.
Alongside the 38 mm neck standard vampire pumps and the 30 mL bottle adaptors we now stock a new 22 mm neck pump to fit the rest of our range (...