• Tricks to Classifying Wear Metals and Other Used Oil Suspensions

    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

  • How Filters Work to Control Contamination in Oil

    How Filters Work to Control Contamination in Oil

    Imagine the filter inside your machine is made of fibers the size of telephone poles, stacked randomly in all directions, many layers thick. Each juncture where poles touch is a drop of super glue for support. To emulate actual operating conditions, the stack of poles is placed on a large moving and vibrating table. Read More