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11:00-11:50am
A Field Guide for Controlling Oil Aeration and Foam
Marianne Duncanson, ExxonMobil
Foam and air entrainment problems are quite common, but are traditionally hard to treat. Air entrainment can cause problems such as oil oxidation, pump cavitation, component wear and more. In this session you'll learn how to identify foam and aeration problems and how to evaluate and treat a problematic system.
11:00-11:50am
The Power of Particle Counting: Integration
for Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Brian Ramatally, CASL
In this session you'll learn how to incorporate particle
counting into your maintenance program as part of
a proactive maintenance strategy. You'll learn how to
thrust your maintenance programs and reap tremendous
benefits; both short-term and long-term. The
basics, advantages and disadvantages of particle
counting will also be reviewed.
1:30-2:20pm
Practical Strategies for Successful
Karl Fischer Analysis of Water in Oil
Michael Stern and Larry Girdler,
EMD Chemicals, Inc.
In this session, you’ll learn a systematic approach to
selecting the most appropriate reagent types, cosolvents,
titration aides, oil-based water standards and
auxiliary instrumentation that ensures success in analyzing
lubricating oils and other petroleum products for
water content using Karl Fischer titration. You’ll also
learn about a novel technique that combines both Karl
Fischer and a miniature Dean and Stark distillation.
1:30-2:20pm
Oil Analysis Interpretation:
A Systematic Approach
Jose Paramo, Noria Latin America
Even if you do everything else right, the success of
an oil analysis program always comes down to correct
interpretation of test data. In this session, you'll learn a
new systematic approach to translating your oil analysis
data into actionable information. The SACODE technique
lets you get the most from your oil analysis program
and keeps you from jumping to conclusions too
early in the process, reducing errors in interpretation.
2:30-3:20pm
What a Good On-site Oil Analysis
Lab Should Look Like
Ashley Mayer, Noria Corporation
On-site oil analysis laboratories are becoming ever
more popular as reliability professionals realize the profit-enhancing benefits that a well-designed and managed
lab can reap. Designing and commissioning a lab is an
exciting task and if done correctly can result in a slick,
competitive addition to the organization. Careful planning
will go a long way to ensuring success. In this session
you’ll learn the important design factors of an onsite
lab, including sample reception, analysis and storage
and personnel requirements.
2:30-3:20pm
Multiple Technologies Help Find Imminent Failure
Matt Spurlock, Noria Corporation; Mark Kingkade, Allied Reliability and Gregg Wegner, Cargill Oilseeds
Utilizing predictive technologies is a common maintenance practice in this day and age. Some technologies are more suited for a given application than others. Still, there are applications in which the criticality of a component may warrant the use of multiple technologies in order to maximize the ability to catch a potential adverse condition. This case study will show how the collaboration and understanding of multiple technologies helped to identify an imminent failure in highly critical piece of machinery. Presenters include two of the analysts directly involved with the identification of the failure in this case study.
4:30-5:20pm
On-site Oil Analysis Basics
Aaron Black, Noria Corporation
In this session you’ll learn the most common ways of
performing on-site oil analysis, what information you get
with those tests and how and when to get further analysis
using a commercial laboratory. You’ll learn strategies
for using on-site testing and ways to integrate laboratory
testing to get cost-effective and useful information.
4:30-5:20 pm
Direct Reading and Analytical Ferrography: An Overview of the Technique
Jon Sowers, Staveley Services
This is a comprehensive look at the Wear Debris Analysis technology of Ferrography. Topics covered include systemic development of dynamic equilibrium. Direct Reading Ferrography technique and how to use the data produced is presented. Also Analytical Ferrography techniques and procedures are explained. Details of the analytical steps and tools used in examination of particulates are covered.
11:00-11:50am
The Lubricant’s Nemesis - Oxidation
Dave Wooton, Wooton Consulting
During use, the lubricant sees many different
destructive pathways. The most common of these and
one of the most difficult to prevent is oxidation. In this
session, you’ll get a basic understanding of oxidation.
You’ll learn the chemical mechanisms - how it is started
and what happens. You’ll also discover the indications
to look for when oxidation is controlling the lubricant
and many of the tests that are used to follow or measure
this destructive pathway.
1:30-2:20pm
How to Effectively Monitor Large
Particles in Gear Oils
Matt Spurlock, Noria Corporation
Limitations in atomic emission spectroscopy can hinder
the ability to monitor large wear particle in gearboxes.
In this session, we will explore the additional test
methods employed to monitor for large abnormal wear
of gearboxes. These test methods include direct reading
ferrography, the particle quantifier, particle counting and
analytical ferrography. AES is the cornerstone of laboratory
testing. Nearly all test slates employed to monitor
machinery condition will utilize some type of AES testing,
whether that is inductively coupled plasma (ICP) or
by rotating disc electrode (RTD). Both of these test
methods are limited as to the size of particle that each
can detect with 8μm particle being the upper most limit.
2:30-3:20pm
Effective Methods for Determining the
Root Causes of Fluid Degradation
Greg J. Livingstone and Brian T. Thompson,
Analysts Inc.; Dave Wooton, Wooton Consulting
Root Cause Analysis is an important reliability tool used to address chronic maintenance problems. It is a systematic methodology involving multifaceted disciplines designed to find and address the problem's most likely cause. This paper discusses the role of oil analysis in root cause analysis and in particular, how to use oil analysis to identify causes of accelerated oil degradation. Root Cause Analysis is a tool that is often improperly applied in lubrication related problems. The root causes of many lubrication problems are not solved because of one key reason: assumptions. This paper examines the fundamentals of performing a successful root cause analysis with respect to fluid degradation. Additionally, two root cause analysis case studies are presented in which the original root cause was wrong due to incorrect assumptions. Some specialized oil analysis tools are also discussed that are critical to correctly identifying oil degradation root causes.
4:30-5:20pm
How to Predict Electric Motor Bearing Failures
John Phelps, SPM Instrument
The concepts of machine condition monitoring and
plant reliability are quite simple. The types of mechanical
faults that occur on a given machine are well known
to most maintenance personnel. What they really need
is a straightforward message that a fault is developing
and an indication of its severity. In this session, you’ll
learn how using the Shock Pulse Method can accomplish
both of these objectives.
8:00-8:50am
MOV Grease Condition Monitoring Tests
Kevan Slater, Schematic Approach; Ken Brown,
Utility Service Associates; Wayne Mackwood,
Chemtura Co.
Testing grease samples from motor-operated valves
(MOVs) helps identify problems and schedule grease
changes. In most applications the grease can last for
years, but in nuclear power plants with safety related
valves and valves in areas that can be accessed only
during reactor outages, it is important to be able to
quantify the condition of the grease. ASTM penetration
tests are commonly used, but penetration requires a lot
of grease and not all greases necessarily stiffen at the
same rate. In this session you’ll learn about different
tests and methods for MOV grease analysis that use
very little grease, with improved accuracy.
9:00-9:50am
How to Inspect and Analyze New Oil Deliveries
Sabrin Gebarin, Noria Corp.
Inspecting and analyzing new oil deliveries should be
a key part of a lubrication program. Unfortunately, it is
often overlooked on the false assumption that new oil is
clean oil. This presentation goes over the importance of
inspecting and analyzing new oil deliveries and how to
select the tests to run on new oil samples.
10:00-10:50am
Demystifying and Understanding your
Lubricants Using FTIR Spectroscopic Analysis
David Pinchuk, E. Akochi-Koblé and R.A.
Cocciardi, Thermal-Lube Inc.; F.R. van de Voort,
McGill IR Group
Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR) spectroscopy is an
analytical tool used to provide an indication of the quality
of a particular fluid before, during and after its designated
functional service life. This paper will address the
unique features, comparisons and new, higher limits of
FTIR spectroscopic analysis.
1:30-2:20pm
Forms of Water in Oil and Their Control
William M. Needelman, Filtration Science
Solutions; Greg LaVallee, Donaldson Company
In this session you'll learn about the forms of water in
oil, how each form impacts key system properties and
the extent to which they can be detected and quantified
by standard measurements. Because specific applications
tend to be extremely vulnerable to certain forms of
water and insensitive to others, different strategies for
controlling water are needed. Optimal methods for controlling
water in a variety of applications are described,
emphasizing the need to economically minimize the
forms of water most harmful to a specific system.
2:30-3:20pm
Acid Number Tests Reproducibility
and Repeatability
Andy Coverdell, Noria Corporation
Acid number is commonly used to evaluate lubricant
life and each type of test has specific benefits. A major
aspect of using acid number to evaluate the life is being
able to trend the results. To achieve a good trend line,
the results of the acid number test generally need to
show good repeatability and reproducibility. In this session
you'll learn the advantages and disadvantages of
the various tests and understand which tests are most
applicable to your specific situation. Tests discussed
include ASTM D-664 (Potentiometric Titration), ASTM
974(Color-Indicator Titration) and other variants of acid
number tests.
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