Oil Analysis Instruments for Mining

[Rolly]

Hello, I'm Rolly from the Philippines and I have convinced our people in our plant to adopt an oil analysis lab here. I would like to ask help from people in similar industry and provide me a feedback regarding my inquiry. I know that there are around 100-200 test on oil and this is what I think that is applicable and priority one when setting up an oil lab in mining, please advise if I am right or I miss something. We plan to purchase the equipment one at a time so I think we will be starting with a particle counter
1) NOACK Volatility Test - detect amount of oil lost due to evaporation
2) Particle test count - for fluid cleanliness
3) Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer for wear metal debri analysis
4) Karl Fisher Titration Test to detect moisture in ppm
5) Total Acid Number - determine acid content for change oil interval
6) Kinematic Viscosity
7) Off-line filtration - although not an oil lab instrument, this goes parallel with particle test count
8) Test for Soot and Sulfur

 

[Stinky Peterson]

Rolly

Your next instrument should be a PQ. It measures iron regardless of particle size, color or oil, and other contamination.

For more info go to www.butler-machinery.com/oil.html and click the link to the PQ presentation.

Also unless a source of argon is a problem I would go with ICP instead of Atomic Absorption. It is much faster since all elements are done a one time.

Stinky