It is often said that a well-engineered oil analysis program has three essential categories. In the past, I’ve referred to this as the iron triangle of oil analysis. The three categories are:

1. Fluid Properties Analysis. Information on a lubricant’s physical and chemical properties such as viscosity, acid number, demulsibility, additives, etc.
2. Fluid Contamination Analysis. The presence of uninvited guests such as dirt, glycol, soot, fuel, water, etc.
3. Fluid Wear Debris Analysis. Concentration and characterization of wear metals suspended in used oil.

The post Oil Analysis Reports – What’s Missing in the Comments? appeared first on Tesibis.