Predictive Maintenance Services, Inc.

Oil Analysis

Suggested Test Packages

Contact us for test packages customized to your needs

 

Fleets, Construction, Agricultural, Transportation, Standby Emergency Generators

  • Basic Test Package
  • Spectrometal analysis of 24 wear, additive and contaminant metals (ASTM D6595M)
  • Viscosity (ASTM D445M)
  • Percent Water (Crackle, Karl Fischer (ASTM D6304) if positive)
  • Oxidation (ASTM D7414 – Engines and Transmissions)
  • Nitration (ASTM D7624 – Engines and Transmissions)
  • Antifreeze (FTIR, ASTM D2982 – Engines and Transmissions)
  • Soot (ASTM D7844 – Engines)

 

 

  • Advanced Test Package Testing Available
    • Basic Package Plus:
    • (T)BN – Engines (WI-038, ASTM D4739M – New Oils ASTM D2896*)
    • (T)AN – Non-Engine (ASTM D974 or ASTM D664)
    • (T)BN + (T)AN – Natural Gas, LP and Propane Engines
    • Particle Count – Hydraulics (ISO 4406 ASTM D7647)
    • Water by Karl Fischer (ASTM D6304, Volumetric or Coulometric)
    • RICE testing for Standby Emergency Generators

 

Industrial – Plastics, Compressors, Paper Mills, Steel Mills, Manufacturing, Chemical Processing, Power Generation & Turbines

  • Basic Test Package
    • Spectrometal analysis of 24 wear, additive and contaminant metals (ASTM D6595M)
    • Viscosity (ASTM D445M)
    • Percent Water (Crackle, Karl Fischer (ASTM D6304) if positive)

 

  • Advanced Test Package
  • (T)AN (ASTM D974 or ASTM D664)
  • Particle Count (ISO 4406 ASTM D7647)
  • Water by Karl Fischer (ASTM D6304)

 

  • Optional Tests
  • Oxidation (ASTM D7414)
  • Nitration (ASTM D7624)
  • Ferrography (ASTM D7690*)
  • Varnish Potential (MPC ASTM D7843*)

 

Other Testing Available

  • pH (ASTM E70*)
  • Density – specific gravity, pounds per gallon, API Gravity (ASTM D1298, ASTM D287, ASTM D4052)
  • Reserve Alkalinity (ASTM D1121*)
  • NAS pore blockage particle count (NAS 1938*)
  • Gravimetric (Proprietary*)
  • Foam Sequence (ASTM D892#)
  • Rust Test (ASTM D665#)
  • Water Separability (ASTM D1401#)
  • Copper Corrosion (ASTM D130*)
  • ASTM Color (ASTM D1500*)
  • Lithium (ASTM D6595M)
  • Sulfur Content (ASTM D2622)
  • Chlorine (X-Ray#)
  • Conductivity (TDS Meter*)
  • Total Dissolved Solids (TDS Meter*)
  • Dielectric Breakdown (ASTM D877#)
  • Dissolved Gas (ASTM D3612#)
  • Flash Point (ASTM D92*, ASTM D93*, ASTM D7094, ASTM D6450*)
  • Fire Point (ASTM D92*)
  • RPVOT (ASTM D2272#)
  • Ash (ASTM D482#)
  • Fuel Dilution by GC (ASTM D3524M*, ASTM D3525M*)

 

*Not in the scope of accreditation.

# Not in the scope of accreditation and testing outsourced to an approved laboratory.