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Deciphering Important Visual Features of Wear Particles
When working from a single sample, it is common for labs to classify wear particles according to standardized shapes such as platelets, chunks, ribbons and spheres. T Read More
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Tricks to Classifying Wear Metals and Other Used Oil Suspensions
The most common methods for initial detection of abnormal levels of wear debris in used oils include elemental analysis, ferrous density analysis (DR, etc.), particle counting and patch testing. For some users, because of the criticality of the application, all of these screening tests for wear metals are integrated into the routine test slate. Read More
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Virgin Particles and Weak Signals: Finding Meaning in Wear Debris
I often mention the wear debris universe when I lecture on oil analysis topics. This refers to the extensive array of wear particle technologies and tactics that can help reveal the true tribological condition of a machine. Read More