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 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.
OAS have moved to new state of the art premises not far away from the original location.
Continue reading January 25th 2019
We have just uploaded some two-page mini leaflets detailing some of the tests on our services page. Each describes the relevant tests in a paragraph or so and shows an example report on the second page.