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.
We will be exhibiting at Plant & Asset Management 2014 at NEC, Birmingham. Come and see us on stand P314 on 8-10th of April this year. We will be exhibiting the latest developments in analytical test methods as well as software.
We have recently come across this rather thorough yet simple explanation of How Filters Work to Control Contamination. The article was written in 2001 but still makes for an interesting read today.
Conversion of Aqueous ICP methodology to that with Internal Standard (IS). We are introducing an improvement into the aqueous ICP analysis by adding an Internal Standard to the test method. An Internal Standard is an additional element, that is not expected to be found in the substance being measured, which is introduced into the dilutionRead More