Lube Oil / Lubricating Oil Analysis

Lube Oil / Lubricating Oil Analysis

Lubricating oil examination is a routine practice for evaluating oil contamination, oil health and machine health. Effective analysis of Lubricating Oil can determine the impurities and changes that can adversely affect machine health and reliability.

Oil impurities consist of water, fuel, air and soot debris such as engine section wear particles. All of these can result in the deterioration of the engine lubricant. The occurrence of these solid impurities in engine oils results in increased friction coefficient, wear and frictional power losses as well as aggravating the surface roughness.

Pivotal responsibility of a Lubricant/Oil:

Lubrication – Provide a protective layer between the machine apparatus.
Cooling – Act as a medium for Heat Transfer.
Sealing – Filling in irregular surfaces
Protection from corrosion & oxidation.
Reducing and moderating of components under high stress.

Ideal equipment execution starts with regular lube oil analysis. Accurate and reliable results can retain high levels of machine performance.

Lubricating Oil analysis service empowers you to:

Effectively assess equipment and lubricant condition
Eliminate breakdowns
Improve equipment reliability
Save spare and replacement cost
Boost productivity

Recommended tests for various type lubricating oil are:

Test Parameters	Testing Methods
Appearance	ASTM E2680
Water Content	ASTM D6304, ASTM D95 & ASTM D1533
ASTM Colour	ASTM D1500
Density	IS 1448 (Part-16)/ ASTM D1298 & ASTM D4052
Flash Point	IS 1448 (Part-69 & Part-21) / ASTM D92 & ASTM D93/ ISO 2592 & ISO 2719
Pour Point	IS 1448 (Part-10)/ ASTM D97/ ISO 3016
Sulphur Content	ASTM D4294 & ASTM D5453/ISO 8754
Total Chlorine	ASTM D4929, D6443 & IP 510
Glycol Content	ASTM D4291
PCB Content	ASTM D4059 & D6160
Kinematic Viscosity (KV)	IS 1448 (Part-25)/ ASTM D445/ ISO 3104
Viscosity Index	IS 1448 (Part-56)/ ASTM D2270
Acidity	IS 1448 (Part-2)
Total Acid Number (TAN)	IS 1448 (Part-1)/ ASTM D974, D664 & D3339/ IP 139
Total Base Number (TBN)	ASTM D2896 & D4739 & D5984/ IP139
Carbon residue Ramsbottom	IS 1448 (Part-8)/ IP 14
Conradson Carbon Residue	ASTM D189
Micro Carbon Residue	ASTM D4530
Ash	IS 1448 (Part-4)/ ASTM D482
Sulphated Ash	ASTM D874
Water separability (demulsibility),	ASTM D1401
Soot (FTIR)	ASTM E2412 & D7844
Foam Tendency/ Stability	IS 1448 (Part-67)
Oxidation Stability	IS 1448 (Part-106)/ IP 280
Sulphation (FTIR)	ASTM D7415 & E2412
Nitration (FTIR)	ASTM E2412
Nitrogen Content	ASTM D4629 & D5762
Copper Strip Corrosion	IS 1448 (Part-15)/ ASTM D130
Rust Preventing Characteristics	IS 1448 (Part-96)
Heptane/ Toluene Insoluble	ASTM D893
Wear metals and additive Elements (Mg, Na, Ba, Cu, B, Pb, Mn, Ni, Al, As, Cd, Ca, Fe, P, Zn, Cr, Sn, Si, V and other trace elements)	ASTM D5185
Particle Count (NAS Value)	ISO 4406/ NAS 1368
Analytical Ferrography	ASTM D7690

Optimal equipment performance starts with consistent machinery fluid testing and analysis. TUV India thus comes in picture to help you determine the Operating Efficiency of your Machines. Our State of art NABL accredited Petroleum Chemical & Gas testing laboratory at Jamnagar is well equipped to help with all lube oil testing requirements.