Lube oil checks and recommended testing kits

Team Minimac

Mar 27, 2020 · 2 min read

For field inspection of lube oils, the following points are important to take action:

  1. Lube oil basic tests are visual inspection in a glass sample bottle for colour.
  2. A common test involves the use of hand-held testing kits, which are not complex and are very easy to use at the site. If the colour of lube oils is found to be milky or a dark shade, you have to go for further testing/procedures.

The following are the testing kits that can be used at the site for checking lube oil:

  1. Millipore Patch Testing Kit –This kit is used for determining oil contamination according to the NAS/ISO by observing the patch paper with a microscope. This is a very basic test to check whether the oil is dirty or clean. A portable patch testing kit and also handy for working around the site.
  2. Hydrogauge Oil Test Kit – Qualitative moisture or water contamination in oil test, adding 10 ml of sample into 2 types of different reagents. This is another cost-effective & offline testing kit which delivers approximate results.
  3. Visgauge Oil Test Kit – Visgauge Oil Test Kit. It is handy to check the viscosity of oils in the 0 to 460 range of oils. Simply put, this testing kit doesn't require any proficiency and is portable.
  4. Online Laser Particle Counter – This is an inline contamination monitor capable of measuring oil contamination in NAS, ISO format, with particle distributions in 8 Nos of channels. The particle counter can be connected with a pipeline or any outer oil filtration system, with the feature of reducing pipes and has an LED screen to display the results as well.
  5. Introduction Portable Online Laser Particle Counter: It is a portable online contamination monitor widely used for oil contamination monitoring in NAS, ISO format, with particle distributions in 8 Nos of channels. This particle counter can verify NAS values over different sample types or over different machines. The particle counter has an indication of minimum hoses in Advance, provides a connection with the pipeline or any external oil filtration unit and an LED Screen to display results.

Following are some Easy Field Tests and Inspections –

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