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Oil analysis: Helping boost machine uptime?

If 80% of all hydraulic failures on machinery can be traced back to contaminated oil, why do maintenance engineers place their faith in component monitoring? Chris Gray, filtration product manager at Bosch Rexroth explains why oil sampling is the key to greater machine uptime

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Monitors changes in transformer oil

Vaisala’s Moisture, Hydrogen and Temperature Transmitter MHT410 continuously monitors changes in high-voltage transformer insulating oil and provides accurate real-time measurements and trend data which facilitates reliable decision-making.

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Service update

More than 20 years after Q8Oils first launched its Field Service Technician (FST) service, the company has introduced QCare – a major upgrade of the system that monitors the condition of Q8Oils’ metalworking fluids and lubricants in applications such as turning, cutting and grinding.

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Care package upgraded

Q8Oils will be using its stand at Subcon 2014 (3rd to 5th June, NEC) to launch QCare, an upgrade of its Field Service Technician (FST) service, which monitors the condition of Q8Oils metalworking fluids and lubricants in a wide range of applications such as turning, cutting and grinding.

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Oil particle sensor

ifm electronic has intrpduced its LDP sensor which is designed specifically for the analysis of particle concentration in oil for trend monitoring and display of the cleanliness levels according to ISO 4406:99 or SAE AS4059E.

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Oil health check

There are any number of sources of contamination in oil, but no matter where particles come from, their presence in hydraulic systems interferes with the ability of the hydraulic fluid to lubricate and causes wear to the components.

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