{"id":13595,"date":"2016-10-24T01:24:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T01:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/?page_id=13595"},"modified":"2016-11-30T06:14:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T06:14:20","slug":"analytical-services-and-laboratory-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/analytical-services-and-laboratory-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Analytical Services and Laboratory Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dt_row_1177727876535\" class=\"clearfix dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_2\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_row_3177727876538\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_4\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-6\"><div id=\"dt_row_5177727876593\" class=\"row dt_row title-blck\"><div id=\"dt_column_6\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt-section-head-7\" class=\"dt-section-head center  size-custom\">\r\n              <div><h2 style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:35px\" class=\"section-main-title\">Lubricant Analysis<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dt_column_8\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-6\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dt_row_9177727876588\" class=\"clearfix dt_row\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div id=\"dt_column_10\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_row_11177727876548\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_12\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_text13177727876561\" class=\"dt_text\">\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 40px; margin-bottom: 25px; color: #0093d5; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;\">Analytical Services and Laboratory Studies<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dt_row_14177727876555\" class=\"clearfix dt_row\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div id=\"dt_column_15\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_row_16177727876531\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_17\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_text18177727876561\" class=\"dt_text\">\n<p><span class=\"dropcap1\">N<\/span>oria\u2019s consultants have more than 30 years of experience in the analysis of new lubricants, in-service lubricants, used filters (and debris on filters), sludge\/sediment and grease (new and in-service).\u00a0 We have been the principal investigator for hundreds of studies utilizing standard ASTM\/ISO test methods and dozens of proprietary methods.<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of our failure investigations involve extensive laboratory studies. \u00a0\u00a0Laboratories are selected for each case based on the nature of the failure, lubricant type and required test protocol.\u00a0 Because of the hundreds of commercial contract laboratories offering services, a discriminating approach to selection can be made for the benefit of the client in achieving efficient and accurate case outcome.\u00a0 The following is a list of testing specializations offered by Noria-approved contract labs:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 2; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px -13px 0px -13px; padding: 0px; float: right;\">\n<li style=\"border-left: 1px solid #999; display: inline; margin: 0 2px 0 0; padding: 1px; float: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.1em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/contact-page-three\/\"><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Contact Us<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"border-left: 1px solid #999; display: inline; margin: 0 0px 0 0; padding: 1px; float: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dt_row_19177727876595\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_20\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_row_21177727876518\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_22\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-6\"><div id=\"dt_text23177727876578\" class=\"dt_text\">\n<ul class=\"list4 list_color_blue\">\n<ul class=\"list4 list_color_blue\">\n<li>Metallography and metallurgy<\/li>\n<li>Grease analysis<\/li>\n<li>Filter debris analysis<\/li>\n<li>Wear particle identification and characterization<\/li>\n<li>Particle contamination characterization<\/li>\n<li>Infrared and molecular spectroscopy<\/li>\n<li>Elemental spectroscopy (ICP, RDE, XRF, SEM-EDS, acid dissolution, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Gas chromatography\/mass spectrometry<\/li>\n<li>Radiological fluid testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"dt_column_24\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-6\"><div id=\"dt_text25177727876579\" class=\"dt_text\">\n<ul class=\"list4 list_color_blue\">\n<ul class=\"list4 list_color_blue\">\n<li>Chemical microscopy<\/li>\n<li>ASTM lubricant performance testing<\/li>\n<li>In-service oil analysis<\/li>\n<li>Tribometry and film-strength testing<\/li>\n<li>Microbial contamination testing<\/li>\n<li>Aviation and aerospace fluid analysis<\/li>\n<li>Fire-resistant fluids analysis<\/li>\n<li>Varnish and sludge analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dt_row_26177727876592\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_27\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_row_28177727876548\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_29\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_text30177727876562\" class=\"dt_text\">\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Below are examples of some of the laboratory studies we have conducted:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dt_row_31177727876582\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_32\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_row_33177727876562\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_34\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div class=\"dt_responsive_tab\"><ul id=\"tabid_35\" class=\"nav nav-tabs responsive\"><li class=\"active\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#tabid_35_0\"><\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\n<li>\r\n                        <a href=\"#tabid_35_1\">Lubricant Performance<\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\n<li>\r\n                        <a href=\"#tabid_35_2\">Wear Debris Analysis<\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\n<li>\r\n                        <a href=\"#tabid_35_3\">Filter Debris Analysis<\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\n<li>\r\n                        <a href=\"#tabid_35_4\">Filter Performance Testing<\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\n<li>\r\n                        <a href=\"#tabid_35_5\">Oxidation Stability Testing<\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\n<li>\r\n                        <a href=\"#tabid_35_6\">Sludge and Varnish Testing<\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\n<li>\r\n                        <a href=\"#tabid_35_7\">Lubricant Water-Handling Ability<\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\n<li>\r\n                        <a href=\"#tabid_35_8\">Air Handling Ability<\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\n<li>\r\n                        <a href=\"#tabid_35_9\">Corrosion Suppression Tests<\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\n<li>\r\n                        <a href=\"#tabid_35_10\">Lubricant Physical Properties Analysis<\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\n<li>\r\n                        <a href=\"#tabid_35_11\">Grease Physical Properties Analysis<\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\n<li>\r\n                        <a href=\"#tabid_35_12\">Lubricant Compatibility Analysis<\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\n<li>\r\n                        <a href=\"#tabid_35_13\">Contamination Analysis<\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\n<li>\r\n                        <a href=\"#tabid_35_14\">Film-Strength Studies<\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\n<li>\r\n                        <a href=\"#tabid_35_15\">Metallography and Wear Surface Topography Analysis<\/a>\r\n                  <\/li>\r\n          <\/ul>\n<div class=\"tab-content responsive\">\r\n                    <div id=\"tabid_35_0\" class=\"tab-pane in active\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"tabid_35_1\" class=\"tab-pane\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13607 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/lubricant-performance.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Testing commercial candidate lubricants for target client applications (gear oils, hydraulic fluids, turbine oils, compressor fluids and many others). Tests include\u00a0film strength, oxidation stability, air-handling ability, corrosion suppression, viscometry, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"tabid_35_2\" class=\"tab-pane\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13613 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/wear-debris-analysis.jpg\" alt=\"wear-debris-analysis\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wear particle identification and characterization (gearboxes, turbines\/generators, hydraulic systems, etc.). Tests include particle count, analytical ferrography, elemental spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, optical microscopy, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"tabid_35_3\" class=\"tab-pane\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13618 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/filter-debris-analysis.jpg\" alt=\"filter-debris-analysis\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Used filter debris analysis using analytical ferrography, elemental spectroscopy, optical microscopy, chemical microscopy, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"tabid_35_4\" class=\"tab-pane\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13620 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/filter-performance-testing.jpg\" alt=\"filter-performance-testing\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ISO and SAE standardized filter performance testing (capture efficiency, dirt-holding capacity, application compatibility, fabrication integrity, etc.) using multi-pass test stands, single-pass test stands and others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"tabid_35_5\" class=\"tab-pane\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13621 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/oxidation-stability-testing.jpg\" alt=\"oxidation-stability-testing\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thermal and oxidation stability testing (turbine oils, hydraulic fluids, gear oils, grease, etc.). Test methods include HP calorimetry, rotating pressure vessel oxidation test, turbine oil oxidation stability test, TFOUT, linear sweep voltametry, panel coker, sludge tendency and others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"tabid_35_6\" class=\"tab-pane\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13622 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sludge-varnish.jpg\" alt=\"sludge-varnish\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sludge, sediment, surface deposit and varnish analysis (combustion turbines, steam turbines, compressors, hydraulics, diesel engines, etc.) using membrane patch colorimetry, spectrophotometry, infrared spectroscopy, ultracentrifuge, solvent extraction methods, GC\/MS and total insoluble.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"tabid_35_7\" class=\"tab-pane\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13623 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/lubricant-water-handling-ability.jpg\" alt=\"lubricant-water-handling-ability\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tests for demulsibility, hydrolytic stability and water-shedding ability for both oil and grease.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"tabid_35_8\" class=\"tab-pane\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13624 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/air-handling-ability.jpg\" alt=\"air-handling-ability\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tests for air content, air release, foam tendency, and foam stability. Typical applications are turbine oil, compressor fluids and hydraulic fluids.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"tabid_35_9\" class=\"tab-pane\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13625 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/corrosion-suppression.jpg\" alt=\"corrosion-suppression\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tests are offered for both lube oils and grease to assess the protection provided by the lubricant and additives to resist rust and corrosion of working machine surfaces. Tests include rust, copper strip, EMCOR, water spray and others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"tabid_35_10\" class=\"tab-pane\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13626 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/lubricant-properties.jpg\" alt=\"lubricant-properties\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tests include viscometry, density, flash point, vapor pressure, volatility, bulk modulus, shear stability and many others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"tabid_35_11\" class=\"tab-pane\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13629 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/grease-analysis.jpg\" alt=\"grease-analysis\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These include mechanical stability, oil retention, shear stability, consistency (penetration), dropping point, pumpability, channel point and many others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"tabid_35_12\" class=\"tab-pane\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13630 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/lubricant-compatibility.jpg\" alt=\"lubricant-compatibility\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tests evaluate various binary mixtures of lubricants to determine negative performance consequences from clashing additives, base oils and grease thickeners. ASTM test methods are used to assess compatibility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"tabid_35_13\" class=\"tab-pane\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13631 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/contamination-analysis.jpg\" alt=\"contamination-analysis\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tests assess the presence of glycol, fuel, bacteria, water, particulates and others. Methods include elemental spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, particle counting, titration, flash point, GC\/MS, optical microscopy, paper chromatography, ultracentrifuge, gravimetric analysis, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, pentane insoluble and chemical microscopy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"tabid_35_14\" class=\"tab-pane\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13632 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/film-strength.jpg\" alt=\"film-strength\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tests utilize tribometers to assess friction and wear resistance of lubricants and mating surfaces. Common methods include four-ball, Timken, gamma Falex, pin-on-disc, FZG gear, vane pump, gear pump and numerous others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"tabid_35_15\" class=\"tab-pane\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13633 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/metallography-wear.jpg\" alt=\"metallography-wear\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Damage to machine surfaces can be interpreted to help reveal the root cause. 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