If you find yourself wanting to bring the valuable benefits of on-site fluid testing to your workplace, Oil Analysis II will equip you with everything you need.

Training Main Topics:

• Maintenance Strategies, Oil Analysis & Reliability
• Tribology Fundamentals & Lubrication Theory
• Oil Analysis Program Best Practice
• OA CAT I – Lubrication Failure & Health Monitoring
• OA CAT II – Contamination Monitoring & Control
• OA CAT III – Wear Particle Analysis
• Oil Analysis Report Interpretation.
• Oil Field Inspection & Tests

• The Oil Analysis II course is most beneficial for maintenance, reliability and operations professionals who are involved in oil sampling or analysis activities.
• Planners, supervisors and managers and others can also gain valuable insights into lubrication program gaps, cost-saving opportunities and data-driven decision-making from this course.

Day1:

• Lubrication / Oil Analysis Fundamentals
• Optimizing Oil Analysis and Lubrication
• Oil formulation
• Functions of lubricating oils
• Lubrication regimes
• Base oils and additives
• Use of synthetic oils
• Antioxidant additives
• Dispersants and detergents
• Controlling wear with additives

Day 2

• Oil Sampling – The Very Best Practices
• Successful oil analysis program
• Sample bottles
• Best sampling locations
• Sampling valves and hardware recommendations
• Optimizing sampling intervals
• Primary and secondary sampling points
• Sample circulating systems
• Safe, effective high-pressure sampling from hydraulic systems
• Best practices for sampling
• Oil Analysis CAT 1: Fluid Properties Analysis
• Causes of oil degradation
• Recognizing and controlling oil oxidation
• Monitoring lubricant degradation using acid number
• Monitoring lubricant health using FTIR
• Determining oil life using RPVOT
• Recognizing and controlling thermal failure
• Recognizing additive depletion or degradation
• Using (blotter spot test) detecting additive and base oil degradation

Day 3

• Oil Analysis CAT 2: Contamination Control and Proactive Maintenance

• Common contaminants
• Oil cleanliness and oil life extension
• ISO Solid Contamination Code
• Oil filter and breather
• Portable filtration carts
• Setting targets for oil cleanliness
• Detecting and controlling moisture contamination
• Selecting moisture removal/filtration methods
• Heat effects on lubricants
• Controlling air entrainment and foam
• Dealing with soot
• Fuel contamination

Day 4

• Oil Analysis CAT 3: Fault Detection and Wear Particle Analysis

• Measuring wear metals using RDE and ICP spectrometers
• Measuring larger particles with Rotrode Filter Spectroscopy
• Using ferrous density determining the severity of a wear problem
• Using analytical ferrography for advanced fault detection
• Using ferrography for root cause analysis
• Four primary sources of friction in lubricated machinery
• Wear mechanisms that reduce machine life

• Wear modes in plain, rolling element, and thrust bearings
• Gear wear
• Wear in hydraulic systems
• Instrument Free On-site Tests

Day5

• Session of reviewing
• Bank of Questions for ICML examination preparation.

Accredit certification according to ISO 18436-4 is issued from ICML – International Council for Machinery Lubrication after passing the ICML examination