subject: Condition Monitoring: Guaranteeing Your Oil Is Suitable For Distribution [print this page] Condition monitoring is one of the most important means to ensure that machine wear does not take its toll on your oil quality. While there are many that think that by testing the vibration analysis they can determine wear, however oil monitoring can actually reveal more than vibration analysis as to the condition of machinery much sooner. As a professional, you know that time is currency and the sooner a problem is identified, the better.
One great way to do condition monitoring examinations frequently is through portable oil testing equipment. These testing centers have all of the features and tools of a small laboratory to test the water, BN, AN, insoluble and the viscosity of your oil, without the need to physically take it to a laboratory. Accuracy is never forfeited and the results are presented in less than two minutes, so that problems can be solved quickly, before serious damage is done to the consistency of oil and the quality of your machinery.
Military professionals all over the world are currently using on-site laboratory testing on ships, as well as miners within mines and in remote power plants to ensure that quality is always kept. The tools encompassed in the portable laboratory allow oil condition monitoring by finding lubricants and chemicals, or out-of-spec oils that should not be present in your oil, and can actually affect your final product. All of the testing tools in a portable laboratory is simple and easy to use, so even non-professionals can assist in testing daily.
All of the equipment and tools that are used for on-the-spot condition monitoring are safe within a durable metal or wheeled container for easy transport and protection. Even in the toughest of environments your equipment will remain safe and an open container permits you a perfect test space and working area for a non-technical employee on your team. The carrying case is needed to make it easy to transport long distances, whether you are going into a mine or across the deck of a ship it is no issue.
European navies and some of the biggest oil producing companies in the world are presently using on-site testing centers to help make production more efficient. Condition monitoring is seen as a necessity and the only want to be certain that oil produced is quality and machinery is operating at its best. Your company or organization can yield quality oil and increase revenues with on-site examination.