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Chiller Oil Analysis

Chillers find applications across various industries to eliminate heat from facilities or from processes. Chiller oil analysis is necessary to reduce wear in chiller systems.

From Spectro Scientific 6 Sep 2018

Engine Oil Analysis

Initially, engine oil analysis was used as a predictive maintenance tool. To date, it is a method widely used for ensuring the reliability of engine systems.

From Spectro Scientific 6 Sep 2018

Turbine Oil Analysis

Monitoring turbines through turbine oil analysis is well established and popular. All turbines, steam as well as gas, have a huge oil reservoir for lubricating the turbine bearings.

From Spectro Scientific 6 Sep 2018

Oil analysis is a highly advantageous tool for gear systems used in both industrial and mobile equipment. Despite being designed to be highly reliable, they bring about disruption and incurred costs when they wear or break due to contamination of the gearbox oil or poor operation.

From Spectro Scientific 6 Sep 2018

Ask the Expert: Transmission Oil Analysis

Transmissions are highly complicated systems for converting and directing power from an engine to a drive train or other end application. Transmission oil analysis is necessary to reduce wear in transmissions.

From Spectro Scientific 6 Sep 2018

Multi-Gas Instruments in the Mining Industry

This article talks about multi-gas instruments in the mining industry.

From Industrial Scientific 21 Aug 2018

How Cobalt is Used in Lithium-Ion Batteries

This article contains information on how cobalt is used within Lithium-ion batteries and how the future looks in terms of using cobalt alternatives.

By Brett Smith 6 Aug 2018

Quantifying Trace Elements in Coal Applications with XRF

Since its introduction around 4,000 years ago, coal – a naturally occurring combustible solid – has been utilized as a fuel source for heating and cooking and, in more recent times, for the generation of electricity.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific – Handheld Elemental & Radiation Detection 1 Aug 2018

What Happens When a Mine Closes?

All mining operations are temporary, regardless of their size and complexity. Eventually, when all the accessible and valuable materials have been extracted the mine must be closed and the site it is based within must be returned to its original state.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific – Handheld Elemental & Radiation Detection 1 Aug 2018