4. Why use oil analyses?
The set of oil analyses matched appropriately to a specific device enables to:
- identify sources of failure (active prevention),
- identify starting point of damage (active prevention),
- diagnose problems (active prevention),
- forecast damages (active prevention),
- "after-death" actions (emergency prevention),
It is obvious that the identification of the sources of failure allows to achieve the greatest relative savings.
Oil analyses in the integrated oil service are run to define:
- oil properties (oil physiochemical properties in operation - oil ageing),
- contaminants (harmful for oil and machinery),
- wear products (presence and identification of wear particles).
The test carried out to acquire necessary information are the test defining:
- particles,
- moistness,
- viscosity ratio,
- condition of additives (FTIR analysis),
- oxidation (FTIR analysis),
- TAN/TBN,
- rime,
- glycol,
- RBOT,
- wear particles (quantity, form, character),
- elementary composition of contaminants
- tetroprofic analyses,
- flash point,
- dielectric properties,
- others
And auxiliary continuous temperature measurement, vibration analyses of machinery and equipment.
A prerequisite for running a correct analysis is to deliver a properly taken sample to a laboratory.
Sampling methods, see point 8
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