Due to their versatility, reduction gear units are essential in any type of production process for small and large companies.
Their efficiency and service life are closely linked to the characteristics and performance of the lubricants used to protect them against wear, corrosion, and possible sources of environmental pollution.
Predictive maintenance, with its periodic lubricant analysis, is the quickest and safest way for maintenance managers to check the efficiency and effectiveness of the oil charge, and to assess the incidence of wear by analyzing the quantity, type, and shape of metal particles. In this way, they can focus their interventions on the key problem while keeping the entire production chain under control.
Hydraulic systems are the most common components in small- and large-scale productions. Oil is an incompressible fluid making it indispensable for transferring movements or forces, even of considerable magnitude. The forces involved can be extreme and consequently so are the stresses on the circuit components, from hydraulic valves to pumps.
Lubricant analysis allows us to:
- Check for metal wear due to the high pressures on hydraulic systems.
- Monitor pollution from both solids (e.g. dust, sand, sludge) and liquids (mainly water but also from mixing incorrect oils), which can cause systems deposits and blockages, breakages, and consequent downtime.
- Monitor the overall lubricant efficiency, especially when exposed to higher than average operating temperatures.
Turbines are the beating hearts of energy production and industrial sites, using thousands of liters of oil and working for decades. They have a high “added value” but represent a risk of major losses in the event of downtime.
We annually monitor dozens and dozens of turbines for the major players in the energy market. We have specific sector expertise and experience, performing the most common analyses (presence of water, acidity, wear elements) to the most complex ones (tendency to foaming, residual content of anti-oxidant additives, potential sludge, and lacquer formation) offering maximum advice and reliability in the difficult management of these vital mechanical bodies.
