

When Changing Oil Doesn't Change Everything
Featured in COMPRESSORtech2, November 2017 A field demonstration of an online oil condition monitoring and auto-sampling IIoT device BY CHAS OGDEN Introduction It is common in the industry to use periodic analysis of lubricating oil with two fundamental objectives in mind. Firstly, this periodic analysis is used to gauge the suitability of the oil for continued use with the goal of performing condition-based oil changes. Secondly, best practices of oil analysis represe