TanDelta Sensor
The requirement to implement an effective monitoring and maintenance programme for lubricants in critical plant machinery has never been greater.
With the escalating price of crude oil and the vast improvements that are being seen in the quality of lubricants available today, it is more important than ever for organisations to ensure that they are maximising the service life of the oil used.
Monitoring the condition of the oil is clearly fundamental to understanding the optimal time to change. Change too early and the cost is significant – change too late and the costs can be even greater.
“While it’s true that some failure mechanisms, such as misalignment, are better detected using vibration, most experts – including those that specialize in vibration analysis – recognize that oil analysis will generally detect active machine wear before vibration analysis.”
Mark Barnes, “Oil analysis: 5 things you didn’t know”.
Reliable Plant Magazine. 3/2008