Lubricating greases – What is the advantage of determining wear and additive elements using the ICP-OES method?
Year of publication: 2025
Our conveyors operate in dusty and often moist environments. They are also subjected to shocks and vibrations. We have the bearing greases examined regularly by you. In addition to any impurities, we are also particularly interested in the wear and additive elements.
In the 2023 summer edition of OELCHECKER, you informed us that you are using a new method for determining these elements. In the laboratory reports, the wear and additive elements are still shown in mg/kg. What advantage does the new method offer us?
Bio hydraulic fluids stress tested
Year of publication: 2025
We are constantly confronted with questions from our customers that we cannot answer right away. OELCHECK's tribologists and laboratory staff were truly challenged when it came to the behaviour of commercially available, rapidly biodegradable hydraulic fluids in a moist environment. In particular, we were asked whether there are any differences in the resistance of these fluids in combination with moisture and how these can be determined in the laboratory.
