Consider Filter Analysis This Year
Oil Filter Analysis can find wear debris particles that do not flow to the sample port location
Please see the image of a filter from an industrial lubricant circulating system at a client location. A tight plastic wrap of the filter for shipping is quick to prepare for our clients, and easy to unwrap for getting to work at MRT. Thank you, Breaux Petroleum, in Lake Charles, LA, for neatly preparing this package for us (breauxpetroleum.com).
Do not forget the usefulness of filter analysis, in addition to or instead of traditional oil analysis. A used filter in a properly engineered and installed lube oil filtration systems can be the crystal ball of early-equipment wear issues. Varnish also coats filter media. Excessive additive build-up and incompatible contaminants are typically captured in filter media. On you most critical lubricant circulating systems, include semi-annual or annual filter analysis along with the lube oil sampling analysis. Call us with questions!