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Oil Analysis Can Enhance Your Bottom Line

Oil analyzer offers many benefits. Through regular testing of lubricants, you can:

Enhance equipment life and reliability by ensuring proper lubrication and detecting issues such as excessive wear and contamination

Extend lubricant life by monitoring its condition and, when deemed necessary, treating or cleaning it, typically allowing for longer intervals between fluid changes

Reduce equipment downtime by spotting and correcting potential lubrication problems before they become serious issues

Seven Keys To Effective Oil Analysis

Follow these seven simple steps to help maximize the benefits of oil analysis:

Identify the equipment critical to your operational productivity. At the bare minimum, the lubricants in those components should be analyzed regularly. (Ideally, all lubricants in use at your facility should be tested regularly.)

Register the equipment with the lab. This will help the lab identify appropriate tests for your specific application. Registration also facilitates trending.

Use proper sampling procedures. Improper sampling may produce erroneous test results. Problems could be missed and go untreated, leading to costly problems later. Or conditions may be misdiagnosed, resulting in incorrect, unnecessary and money-wasting actions being taken to correct a nonexistent issue.

Provide complete and accurate information with each sample you submit to the lab. Missing or inaccurate information may lead to a misdiagnosis. Complete all fields on the submission form, including the specific lubricant in use, the component it services, the hours the oil has been in use, and more. Also ensure that the information is legible to help avoid misinterpretation.

Submit samples promptly to the laboratory for analysis. Although a delay inherently has virtually no effect on the sample itself, it does increase the potential for contamination. Also, the condition of the oil in use in the equipment will continue to change over time. The more time that passes between when the sample is taken and when it is analyzed, the less alike the sample will be to the fluid still flowing in the machine. Therefore, the results of the analysis will have less relevance.

Review and respond to test results appropriately. Promptly review the analysis documentation to determine what, if any, action is necessary.

Use oil analysis regularly, not just when you suspect a problem. As part of a preventive maintenance program, regular oil analysis establishes a baseline for monitoring the condition of your lubricants and the components in which they are used. Much like routine, periodic medical screenings, the regular collection of analysis data over time may help identify trends and spot potential complications in early stages, so that they can be corrected and not become big problems.

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