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Category Archives: hydraulic oil

Techenomics correct hydraulic oil issues

Techenomics correct hydraulic oil issues Oil is the lifeblood of any hydraulic system and if it is not functioning correctly it results in reduced performance and loss of productivity, and can cause component failures or hydraulic system breakdown. Hydraulic oil issues are not easily identified but the state-of-the-art, super-accurate testing and analysis provided by Techenomics…
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Will I understand the Sample Report?

Recently I was asked on LinkedIn and Facebook this question. I frequently get asked by people, if they will be able to understand the sample report or oil analysis reports, how best to explain this? Yes! The sample report is easy to read, it has been split into different sections (Category's), each section contains relevant…
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Particle Counts

There are many types of Particle Counters available in today's market, each created for a sole purpose in detecting quality by counting particles sizes and number of particles obtained in a sample. Samples may consist of liquids, solids and aerosols. In this article we concentrate on Oil Particle Counters. What are the advantages of Particle…
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Oil Viscosity and it’s importance

An important quality of a lubricant is its Viscosity. Viscosity is a measurement of the internal cohesiveness of an oil, better known as its resistance to flow. Viscosity is defined as being equal to shear stress/ shear rate. High Viscosity oils have molecules with greater cohesion ability (Higher resistance to flow) were as low viscosity…
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