OMA Lubrication & Advanced Oil Analysis training from Lubrigard.

Lubrication & Advanced Oil Analysis (3-DAY)

COURSE OVERVIEW

Many companies have made oil analysis a successful tool within their maintenance program. For these companies creating a successful oil analysis program took years of experience to develop the knowledge to turn oil analysis data into appropriate maintenance actions. Developing proper oil analysis procedures, learning to properly interpret oil analysis data, and creating a corporate culture that embraced oil analysis was a long journey.

Develop the knowledge to kick-start your own Oil Analysis program. Undoubtedly if you have not taken that journey you are not sure how oil analysis fits within your maintenance program, and you require the knowledge to make oil analysis more successful within your organization. If you want to avoid making the mistakes these companies made, and if you want to learn the insights that these companies gained by trial and effort you need the training that Lubrigard offers.

Improve the way you do maintenance. The Lubrigard Oil Analysis and Advanced Oil Analysis courses will first teach you the fundamentals of oil analysis, then teach you the skills necessary to ensure the success of your own oil analysis program. This course goes beyond the basics and shows you the necessary strategies to improve your maintenance through the integration of oil analysis. In just three days you will gain the knowledge to significantly improve the way you do maintenance within your company.

COURSE OUTLINE

Lubricant Fundamentals
Lubricant Properties
Detecting Contamination
Program Management
Interpretaion of Contamination & Lube Degredation
Wear Particle Analysis
Interpretaion of Wear & Fatigue

DAY 1

Lubricant Fundamentals
Introduction
Functions of lubricating oil
Lubrication films
Mineral oil refining
Lubricant Properties
This module provides an understanding of oil properties by deconstructing technical data sheets for a number of common oil products
Viscosity classification (sae, iso, agma, nlgi)
Oxidation & thermal stability (an, bn, rpvot, ruler, tost, ft-ir)
Low temperature operation (pour point)
Base oil characteristics (specific / api gravity, flash point, ft-ir)
Air entrainment (foam characteristics)
Water shedding & rust and corrosion control (demulsibility / separability)
Detecting Contamination
Elemental analysis (icp, aa, xrf)
Wear particle screening (pq, dr-ferr)
Wear particle analysis (a-ferr, lnf, pdf, fda)

DAY 2

Program management
Maintenance strategies
The role of oil analysis
Setting program goals
Oil sampling
Completing sample information
Reading oil analysis sample reports
Interpretation of contamination and lube degradation
This module provides theory on oil analysis data interpretation through real-life case studies
Lubricant degradation
Determining tan/tbn/viscosity limits
Interpretation of tan/tbn/viscosity results
Additive depletion
Contamination
Setting iso targets and alarms
Interpretation of particle count data
Setting water, glycol, soot, fuel limits
Determining incorrect oil top-ups
Ferrography/ferrous debris
Wear particle analysis
Particle analysis techniques
Fundamentals of wear particle
Morphology
Wear regimes
Ferrous wear particles
Non-ferrous wear particles
Contaminants and lubricant degradation
Determining alloy composition of wear metals
Interpretation of wear & fatigue
This module provides theory on oil analysis data
Interpretation through real-life case studies
Understanding wear limits
Determining wear limits
Detailed wear case studies

PRESENTED BY

WearCheck is a group of independent laboratories, spanning the globe, dedicated to oil and wear particle analysis. Each member country belongs to the WearCheck International (WCI). WCI is a consortium of laboratories guided by the WCI charter. The WCI charter outlines the necessary requirements to be a member of WCI, and includes specifications for testing capability, quality, and service.

ABOUT THE TRAINER

Bill Quesnel is President of WearCheck Canada and has developed his experience over the last 25 years in the industry helping many large companies establish successful oil analysis programs. Having time and again witnessed the need for lubrication management programs. Bill founded Lubrigard to provide clients with the necessary services, training and products to manage their lubricants effectively. (OMA-2 certified)