Mineral Oil Analysis

Why Should You Do a Mineral Oil Analysis?
Oil analyzes should be performed regularly to verify that a lubricated machine is operating as expected. With oil analysis, it is aimed to detect oil health, oil pollution and machine wear. When an abnormal situation is detected by routine oil analysis, precautions can be taken and necessary corrections can be made. Thus, major damages and financial losses can be avoided.

There are three main categories of general mineral oil analysis: fluid properties, contamination, and wear residue.

Fluid Properties
While determining the fluid properties of oils, it focuses on defining the remaining useful life (RUL) as well as the current physical and chemical state of the oil. Desired features:

• Sample matches specified oil description
• The correct oil to be used
• Activity of the right additives
• Whether the additives are exhausted or not
• Whether the viscosity has changed and if so, what are the reasons?
• RUL value of oil

Pollution
By detecting the presence of contaminants in oils, the following properties of the oil can be determined:
• Whether the oil is clean
• Types of contaminants found in oil
• Where the contaminants in the oil come from
• Whether there are signs of other types of lubricants
• Whether there are any signs of internal leakage

Wear Residue
With wear residue analysis in oils, it is aimed to detect the presence of particles produced as a result of mechanical wear, corrosion or other machine surface deterioration. With this analysis:

• Whether there are wear residues
• Which internal component caused the wear
• Abrasion mode and cause
• The severity of the wear condition

You can contact Nanolab Environmental Analysis Laboratory for Mineral Oil Analysis.