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New Fuel Analysis Webinars Address Performance Issues, Cleanliness Standards & Quality

Indianapolis, IN - POLARIS Laboratories^TM is again expanding its scope of customer training and technical support with a new diesel fuel analysis webinar series. The new curriculum is designed to help end users correct performance issues, maintain standards for fuel cleanliness and confirm sulfur content, biodiesel content and manufacturer specifications. It also provides guidelines for taking diesel fuel samples and the requirements for properly shipping them to the laboratory.

QinetiQ North America Introduces Spectroil Q100 Oil Analysis Spectrometer

MCLEAN, VA - QinetiQ North America, a global developer of innovative technology solutions, today announced that its subsidiary, Spectro Inc., is introducing the Spectroil Q¹⁰⁰ Oil Analysis Spectrometer, an analytical instrument that detects and quantifies metals in used (in-service) oils and hydraulic fluids that are indicative of an abnormal condition. Spectro Inc. customers will utilize the Spectroil Q¹⁰⁰ to help predict mechanical failures in their early stages so corrective action can be taken. Oil analysis has become an extremely successful predictive maintenance tool applied by the military and commercial industry to greatly improve safety and reduce maintenance costs.

Engineering an Effective Oil Analysis Program

Many organizations throughout the world have implemented oil analysis programs to better manage their equipment and lubricant assets. While some have received only marginal benefits, a few have reported substantial savings, cost reductions and increased productivity. Success in an oil analysis program requires a dedicated commitment to understand the equipment design, the lubricant, the operating environment and the relationship between the test results and the actions to be performed.

POLARIS Named Fluid Analysis Provider for Industry’s Largest International Oil Distributor Group

The Association of Independent Oil Distributors (AIOD) announced this month its launch of the Purus Assurance System, a fluid analysis program administered by POLARIS Laboratories to support AIOD’s newest brand, Purus. The Purus Assurance System offers easy to use oil, fuel and coolant test kits, fast test results and easy-to-access equipment sampling histories and secure, paperless reporting.

Asset Condition Management

Implementing an Oil Analysis Program

A 5:42 minute iPresentation Tutorial by Kristopher Sonne, Predict Inc.

Many organizations throughout the world have implemented oil analysis programs to better manage their equipment and lubricant assets. To receive success in your oil analysis program requires a dedicated commitment to truly understand the equipment design, the lubricant, the operating environment and the relationship between the test data results and the actions to be performed. This iPresentation will provide an overview on implementing an oil analysis program.

Asset Condition Management

The 6 Reasons Why Lube Oil Analysis Programs Fail

A 53 minute Recorded Playback On-Demand Webinar by Tim Nelson, Technical Service & Support, Insight Services

Companies can receive exceptional payback from setting up an oil analysis program. However, without proper vigilance the program can fail miserably or never get the traction to deliver the proper payback. With 20 years of experience in helping clients set up and manage lube oil programs Insight presents its top 6 reasons why a program fails. Focus on avoiding theses pitfalls and chances are you are on your way to a world class program.

POLARIS Laboratories Awarded Contract for U.S. Military Sealift Command Fluid Analysis

POLARIS Laboratories announced today its award of a $1.3 million contract to provide oil analysis to the U.S. Military Sealift Command’s 200 plus naval ships over the next three years. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the MSC operates the Military Sealift Fleet Support Command in Norfolk, VA, where it trains, crews, equips and maintains the MSC’s government-operated ships stationed around the globe and five additional Sealift Logistics Commands that operate throughout the Atlantic, Pacific, European, Central and Far East regions worldwide.

POLARIS Laboratories to provide fluid analysis for AES Defence Early Failure Detection Centre

POLARIS Laboratories, an innovative leader in fluid analysis services in North America, announced today their partnership with UK-based AES Defence who provides oil analysis services for more than 1,500 British military vehicles. The company’s Machine Care Plus oil sampling and analysis service monitors equipment condition and usage, identifies signs of distress and alerts appropriate personnel when maintenance action should be taken.

Asset Condition Management

Best Practices in Oil Sampling

A 7 minute iPresentation Tutorial by Kelly Wollschlager, Trico Corp

A company could spend thousands of dollars collecting oil samples, analyzing reports only to find out that the means that the sample was extracted jeopardized the competency of the sample itself. Some of the areas where data integrity could be comprised include: how was the sample taken, what tools were used to take the sample, and where was the sample taken. This i-Presentation will discuss how to achieve best practices in oil sampling.

Insight Services, Inc. Earns ISO/IEC for High Standards and Stringent Quality Control

Insight Services Inc., an independent industrial oil analysis laboratory, is now accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005. Accreditation demonstrates Insight Services’ technical competence for the methods in its scope, and for the operation and effectiveness of its standardized best practice in oil testing techniques.

POLARIS Laboratories Makes Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in U.S.

Indianapolis, IN - POLARIS Laboratories^TM, an innovative leader among fluid analysis providers in North America, was ranked 3,400th on Inc. Magazine’s 2009 List of Fastest-Growing Privately- Held Companies in America. The company also made the Indianapolis Business Journal’s List of the Top 25 Fastest-Growing Privately-Held Companies in Indiana four years in a row placing 12th in 2003, 16th in 2004, 12th in 2005 and 23rd in 2006.

POLARIS Laboratories – Edmonton triples sample volume, adds second shift

Edmonton, AB, Canada – Since opening in August, 2008, POLARIS Laboratories in Edmonton, AB, has been exceeding company expectations in both performance and growth by processing three times the sample volume it was generating at the end of last year. The 4,000 square foot laboratory has recently added a second shift to accommodate the increase in production.

fluid analysis

New Fuel Analysis Webinars Address Performance Issues, Cleanliness Standards & Quality

QinetiQ North America Introduces Spectroil Q100 Oil Analysis Spectrometer

Chevron Introduces HDAX 7200 Low Ash Gas Engine Oil

Engineering an Effective Oil Analysis Program

POLARIS Named Fluid Analysis Provider for Industry’s Largest International Oil Distributor Group

Analytical Ferrography – The Real Story

Implementing an Oil Analysis Program

The 6 Reasons Why Lube Oil Analysis Programs Fail

Thermal Heat Transfer Oil Analysis

Testing New Oil

Look At Your Oil

POLARIS Laboratories Awarded Contract for U.S. Military Sealift Command Fluid Analysis

Oil Analysis Maintenance Tip

MRG Seeks Beta Test Sites for the Grease Thief Analyzer

POLARIS Laboratories to provide fluid analysis for AES Defence Early Failure Detection Centre

International Standard for Field Lubricant Analysis

Best Practices in Oil Sampling

Insight Services, Inc. Earns ISO/IEC for High Standards and Stringent Quality Control

POLARIS Laboratories Makes Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in U.S.

POLARIS Laboratories – Edmonton triples sample volume, adds second shift