Practicing Oil Analysis January 2005

While there are many laboratory techniques for determining the viscosity of hydraulic and lubricating fluids, many maintenance programs depend on information gathered on-site by less sophisticated...

Fretting wear is surface damage that occurs between two contacting surfaces experiencing cyclic motion (oscillatory tangential displacement) of small amplitude. At the contact areas, lubricant is...

A test was conducted for the purpose of evaluating the ISOPur system in its performance of oil purification and the cleaning (de-varnishing) of equipment internal surfaces - which operates...

The Savannah River Site is located in the southeastern coastal area of the United States. Located in South Carolina, it is bordered to the west by the Savannah River. As a U.S. government...

Over the last decade and possibly longer, biodegradation has been the predominant yard stick to measure how lubricants rate for being environmentally friendly. It was thought that the more...

Lubrication technicians helped a chemical manufacturer drive costs down by solving a vacuum pump failure, saving $40,000 in maintenance costs. Dow Corning installed a new two-stage vacuum pump...

Electron microscopy is a valuable research tool that can be used in a number of applications. It was discovered in the 1920s that electrons moving in a vacuum travel in a straight line like light,...