Lubricants Analysis Laboratory: Oil Quality and Performance Tests

Nanolab Lubricants Analysis Laboratory

Lubricants

Lubricants are an essential component for engines, industrial machinery and various equipment. To maintain their functionality and ensure optimum performance, lubricants must be regularly analyzed for quality and performance. The lubricants analysis laboratory is the specialist environment in which these tests are performed and plays a critical role in assessing whether lubricants meet the criteria for durability, safety and efficiency.

Why is Lubricant Testing Important?

Lubricants can lose their chemical and physical properties over time. Oxidation, contamination, temperature changes and conditions of use can affect the performance of the oil. Regular analysis of lubricants is therefore important for the following reasons:

1. Equipment Protection: Ensuring that lubricants have the correct viscosity, acidity and cleanliness prevents wear and corrosion of machinery.
2. Productivity Improvement: Poorly performing oils can increase energy consumption. Tests contribute to increase the efficiency of the oil.
3. Cost Savings: Timely maintenance and oil changes prevent equipment breakdowns and reduce costs.
4. Environmental Protection: Accurate analysis supports proper waste management to prevent environmental damage.

Lubricant Analysis Laboratories are laboratories that perform testing and analysis to provide useful information and actionable data for lubricant producers and users. Lubricant Analysis Laboratories test and analyze lubricants in many categories to ensure the accuracy of their production or to provide information about the condition of the machines or devices in which they are used.

Lubricants must be analyzed in accordance with nationally and internationally accepted and valid standards with all expert staff in the field. You can safely perform your tests by questioning the accreditation of a Mineral Oil Analysis Laboratory with appropriate devices, appropriate staff, sufficient knowledge and proving that it meets these conditions.

Oil Types Analyzed in Nanolab

• Hydraulic Oil Analysis
• Engine Oil Analysis
• Compressor Oil Analysis
• Transformer Oil Analysis
• Grease Oil Analysis
• Turbine Oil Analysis

Mineral Oil Analysis

• Element Determination
• Viscosity Determination
• Particulate Number (Oil Pollution)
• TAN and TBN (Total Acid and Base Number)
• Moisture Determination
• Color Determination
• Flash Point Determination
• Copper Corrosion Determination
• FT-IR

Nanolab Laboratories Group continues to provide services within the scope of Lubricant Analysis.

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