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Starting from 2020, TAN analysis will be performed according to the ASTM D8045, a more reliable and repeatable method. The continuous improvement strategy that Mecoil has undertaken since the very beginning, dedicating to oil analysis and predictive diagnosis, requires the

Recent developments of the international research project that promotes Artificial Intelligence for the purpose of Diagnostic Automation have just been published on MATEC. The article, titled The lubricants’ parameters monitoring and data collecting, summarizes the goals obtained in the field

Oil, in its numerous and sometimes complex formulations, is a lubricating fluid that performs endless tasks within the industrial assets. Its “mission” is sometimes heterogeneous, but still aimed to protect the surfaces from the aggression of chemical and physical agents;

On the 11th and 12th of October in Malpensa was held SIMa, the first Italian Maintenance Summit. The meeting, based on the sharing of maintenance issues on several levels, was created thanks to the authority of A.I.MAN., the Italian Association

In 2012, Noria Corporation launched a survey aimed at readers of Machinery Lubrication magazine about the significance of particulate matter in the lubricant in operation (“Particles: Friend or Foe?”). The survey asked if, in modern industrial maintenance procedures, the particulates

Mecoil Diagnosi Meccaniche has for some time been following with great attention the developments of processes related to the digital industry, in all its aspects. The still under development all-digital dialogue “MtM” or Machine to Machine is currently designed as

Mecoil Diagnosi Meccaniche has for some time been a sponsor of minor championships, as well as (and especially) a wear and lubrication consultant for some of the major motorcycle and automotive world-class companies, without neglecting the smaller aficionados, achieving prestigious

Strengths and weaknesses of current systems In last year’s April issue we started talking about the inherent problems of the “live” study of lubricants in operation within a certain machine system. Now let’s try to make a further contribution on

While a picture may be worth a thousand words, in the world of testing for regulations and validation data is worth a thousand words. The InfraCal Analyzers have been accepted worldwide as a standard for measuring the percent biodiesel in

The formation of varnishes in lubricated systems is a widespread problem in various industrial environments. Usually, “varnishes” are those reddish-brown carbon deposits (see picture), which originate from lubricant degradation byproducts and can cause a series of operational problems, which are