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In This Issue
| - A Crude Crackle Test
- Storing Grease to Avoid Bleed, Separation
- What Spectrometric Analysis Identifies
- How Sampling Intervals Alter Data Trending
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In a refinery, you can use a hot steam turbine case for a quick crackle test to assess the presence of water in oil. This works just as well as a hot plate. (Randy Hardin, Phillips Petroleum Co.)
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When storing grease and even during use, a certain amount of oil bleed will develop. Although it is common, the rate at which this bleeding occurs can be controlled through proper storage and usage techniques. Before looking at these strategies, it is important to understand the make-up of grease and the types of oil release that can take place.
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Question: Name five common elements that can be identified in spectrometric wear particle analysis.
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From “In-Service Lubricant and Machine Analysis, Diagnostics, and Prognostics”:
The effect of operation and maintenance activities must be “tuned out” for the most effective trending. Fluid sampling, component testing, maintenance, and filter and oil changes are rarely performed at precise intervals. These irregular, opportunistic intervals have a profound effect on measurement data and interfere with trending techniques. Effective data trending requires that these interferences be taken into account. |
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