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BUREAU VERITAS: Acquisition of Lubrication Management SL from IK4-TEKNIKER in Spain
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BUREAU VERITAS: Acquisition of Lubrication Management SL from IK4-TEKNIKER in Spain

Bureau Veritas acquires Lubrication Management SL from IK4-TEKNIKER in Spain

The acquisition further expands the Group's global footprint of oil condition monitoring laboratories

Keep the Air Your Machine Breathes Clean and Dry
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Keep the Air Your Machine Breathes Clean and Dry

It is important to stop airborne contaminants from entering tanks, drums, or machine reservoirs. The good news is that this is one of the easiest problems to address through high quality

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Pall Corporation Launches the Crixus™ Fluid Monitoring Platform
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Pall Corporation Launches the Crixus™ Fluid Monitoring Platform

The First Industry 4.0 Fluid Cleanliness Management Solution for the Industrial Marketplace

Tan Delta: New Oil Condition Monitoring Kit for Gas Engine Operators Reduces Daily Operating Costs
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Tan Delta: New Oil Condition Monitoring Kit for Gas Engine Operators Reduces Daily Operating Costs

The new Gas Engine oil condition monitoring kit from Tan Delta Systems can be quickly and easily fitted to any gas engine and enables the oil to be monitored and tracked continuously in real time enabling significantly reduced maintenance costs, increased equipment efficiency and extended equipment life. Operators can expect their investment returned in under four months followed by many years of net financial and operational benefits.

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Building an Effective Oil Analysis Program
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Building an Effective Oil Analysis Program

The RELIABILITY Conference 2017 - 50:34 
by Mike Johnson, AMRRI

It has been taught. There are at least eight certifications that can be achieved in the field. It's been around for decades. It functions across all Maintenance Strategies. There are over 250 oil analysis laboratories in North America alone. Yet, oil analysis as a reliability tool is still looked at as a secondary technology and not considered to be key to reliability monitoring and machine longevity.

In the world of mobile equipment, oil analysis has been used to successfully and dramatically increase oil drain intervals. To these mobile fleets, lubricants make up a significant portion of maintenance costs. The same is not true in industrial manufacturing facilities. The cost of lubricants in industrial facilities makes up only 1-3% of a plant maintenance budget on average. The opportunity for extending oil drains, while would save precious dollars in both oil purchases as well as more efficient labor, should be considered a secondary function.

Industrial oil analysis should be focused on the condition of the machine rather than the condition of the oil. During this session, you will learn:

Common vs Recommended Oil Analysis Strategies

Six Steps Required to Developing an Effective and Relevant Oil Analysis Program

How Oil Analysis Fits into the Proactive and Predictive Maintenance Strategies

Fluid Analysis in the 21st Century: The Fa Uptime Element Passport
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Fluid Analysis in the 21st Century: The Fa Uptime Element Passport

The RELIABILITY Conference - 33:14 
by Jack Poley, Condition Monitoring International

The Fluid Analysis Uptime Element Passport, Fa, provides several updates since the original Oa Element Passport that Fa replaces. More technical detail is offered.

Topics include:

  • Introduction and concepts of ISFA - why you need it
  • Technical overview of Fluid Analysis - what's possible
  • Implementation - a path to getting there
    • Sponsorship - corporate champions, funding, oversight
    • Sampling - the first physical step in the ISFA process
    • Testing - what tests will be applied - who will test?
    • Reports - what should be expected/require
  • Ensuring a successful program - your role
    • Commitment to the process
      • Timely sampling
      • Taking appropriate action as indicated by reports
    • Feedback to the lab or consultant, as to findings after responding to an advisory
    • Be prepared to defend your program. Know how much you saved. ROI is the reward and justification for ISFA.
  • Fluid Analysis in the 20th Century
    • Where it is
    • Where it's going
Wyoming’s First Wind Energy Industry Manufacturer Joins Wind Coalition
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Wyoming’s First Wind Energy Industry Manufacturer Joins Wind Coalition

LogiLube, LLC, Wyoming’s first wind energy industry manufacturer and a global leader in preventive maintenance technology using Big Data predictive analytics for the wind, oil and gas industries, has joined the Wyoming Wind Coalition, company officials announced today.

FerroCheck 2000 Magnetometer Series Adds Capability to Measure Ferrous Particulates in Grease
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FerroCheck 2000 Magnetometer Series Adds Capability to Measure Ferrous Particulates in Grease

Spectro Scientific's FerroCheck portable magnetometer is now supported by ASTM standard D8120 Standard Test Method for Ferrous Debris Quantification.

Spectro Scientific Wins Reliability and Resilience Innovation Competition at HeliOffshore Conference
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Spectro Scientific Wins Reliability and Resilience Innovation Competition at HeliOffshore Conference

Spectro Scientific is pleased to announce a joint first place finish with Airbus Helicopters in a vote ranking contestants at the 2017 HeliOffshore Conference and Annual General Meeting in Budapest, Hungary on May 14, 2017.

MINISCAN IR LOG Offers the LOGical Solution for Condition Monitoring of Lubricants, Oils and Greases
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MINISCAN IR LOG Offers the LOGical Solution for Condition Monitoring of Lubricants, Oils and Greases

AMETEK Grabner Instruments has added a new lube oil and grease analyzer to its portfolio. The MINISCAN IR LOG is a highly versatile and extremely fast FTIR analyzer, designed for on-site condition monitoring of oils and greases, and capable of measuring low or high levels of water in oil accurately and quickly, without using hazardous reagents for sample preparation.

ALS Acquires OILCHECK
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ALS Acquires OILCHECK

ALS Tribology is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of OILCHECK in Belo Horizonte, Brasil.

Asset Condition Management

Focus on Failure Prevention, Not Failure Prediction

A common mistake among companies is to fix problems as they occur rather than preventing those problems from happening. One opportunity for prevention is through the health of your lubricants. It has been estimated that most production organizations lose between 10 and 15% of their plants total maintenance budget each year due to downstream effects of poor lubrication. Although a robust PdM program will include condition feedback technologies such as oil analysis, vibration analysis, ultrasonic testing and infrared thermography, these tools provide data on a failure that has already begun. A precision lubrication strategy requires root cause elimination. Installing desiccant breathers, filtering new oil, and protecting your oil during transfer to your equipment are all ways to decrease the root cause of machine downtime.

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How To Take a Proper Oil Sample

For a useful lab-report and diagnosis correct sample-taking is strictly necessary.

Take the oil sample:

  • During operation or immediately after a shutdown
  • At normal operating temperature (max. 80°C)
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Asset Condition Management

5 Considerations When Selecting a Filter Cart

Filter carts can save you time, money and effort—but only if you choose the right one. Before you make a purchase, make sure you’re basing your decision on your company’s needs by answering these

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DES-Case Reimagines the Oil Sight Glass; Launches Redesigned Version
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DES-Case Reimagines the Oil Sight Glass; Launches Redesigned Version

New sight glass is a critical component to increasing machinery life and reliability

FerroCheck Portable Magnetometer From Spectro Scientific Provides Fast, Simple Measurements of Ferro
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FerroCheck Portable Magnetometer From Spectro Scientific Provides Fast, Simple Measurements of Ferro

CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The FerroCheck portable magnetometer from Spectro Scientific provides accuracy and convenience in measurement of total ferrous wear particulates in lubricating fluids. FerroCheck enables users to perform accurate measurements of ferrous wear particles, both in the field, and in the lab where it can be used to analyze gearbox, transmission and other fluids in fleet and industrial maintenance applications.

Asset Condition Management

What Is a Lube Room and Why Is It Important?

A lube room is just what it sounds like: a room or area in a facility where lubricant is stored. But in order for your plant’s lube room to help you achieve your reliability goals, you need to

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Parker Kittiwake Launches New Condition Monitoring Starter Kit
Asset Condition Management

Parker Kittiwake Launches New Condition Monitoring Starter Kit

Condition Monitoring Starter Kit provides essential tools to protect vital equipment from damage and prevent breakdowns

Asset Condition Management

5 Considerations When Selecting a Filter Cart

Filter carts can save you time, money and effort—but only if you choose the right one. Before you make a purchase, make sure you’re basing your decision on your company’s needs by answering these

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Spectro Scientific Expands the SpectrOil 100 Series of Elemental Spectrometers Improving Performance
Asset Condition Management

Spectro Scientific Expands the SpectrOil 100 Series of Elemental Spectrometers Improving Performance

Engineered to expedite machine condition monitoring and quality control evaluations, SpectrOil 100 Series elemental spectrometers provide quick, laboratory-precise measurement of elemental concentrations in a variety of fluid types. The ease of operation makes them ideal for use in laboratories, on-site inspection and maintenance environments, where rapid test results create value.

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