Test methods and equipment in our OELCHECK laboratory
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New IC device is now in use! – Increased capacity in coolant analysis
Year of publication: 2026
The coolant analysis department at the OELCHECK laboratory has further expanded its testing capacity: A fourth ion chromatography (IC 4) instrument has been in operation since April 2026.
- Air content and air-release properties
- All-inclusive analysis kits for fuels
- Analysis of residues
- Atomic emission spectroscopy with Rotrode method
- Automated microscopic particle counting
- Automated visual evaluation
- Brugger test - load capacity of lubricants
- CCD photometer - examination for diesel engine oils
- Chlorine determination
- Coke residue - criterion for heat transfer oils
- Coolants in the oil - Headspace gas chromatography detects glycol
- Copper stripe test
- Corrosion protection test
- Determination of acidic components in gas engine oils
- Dielectric dissipation factor
- Dielectric strength
- Dissolved Gas Analysis
- Drop point
- Filterability
- Flash point - Comparison of different analysis methods
- Flender foam test for gear oil analyses
- FT infrared spectroscopy - On the trail of oxidation
- Furan determination
- Gas chromatographs – The finest detection noses in the OELCHECK laboratory
- Gas chromatographs in use
- High-performance microscope for wear and particle analysis
- Infrared spectroscopy - key element of modern oil analysis
- Interfacial tension
- Karl Fischer Titrator - Not a chance for water
- Lubricating greases - OELCHECK optimises determination of wear and additive elements
- MPC-Test
- New IC device is now in use! – Increased capacity in coolant analysis
- Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) used in commercial lubricant analyses
- O.P.A. - Optical Particle Analysis
- Oil content analysis of lubricating greases using a Soxhlet extractor
- Oil separation
- Oxidation of gas engine oils
- Particle counter at the OELCHECK laboratory
- Particle counter with sample changer
- Particle counting & purity classes in the OELCHECK laboratory
- Particle counting in field application: procedure, benefits – and reproducibility
- Penetration for lubricating greases
- Precise, fast and objective – Automated visual assessment
- Rapid oil oxidation simulation – OELCHECK deploys new "TOPP Test" methodology
- Recommendation of an MPC test
- Relative humidity at defined temperature and water saturation curve
- REM-EDX
- RPVOT test - oxidation stability of lubricants
- RULER - Determination of the remaining service life of lubricants
- Saving resources and setting an example – How we recover solvents in the OELCHECK laboratory
- Series 8 Setaflash tester our flashpoint instrument
- Simulated distillation
- Supplementary devices, maximum safety of operation
- This is how precisely OELCHECK detects water
- TOST-Test
- Transformer oil investigations in the OELCHECK laboratory
- Ultra all-inclusive analysis kit for faults in the cooling system
- Visual evaluation of oil samples
- VKA-Test
- Water analysis - Fast and precise
- Water content in oils and fats
- Water determination, Karl Fischer titration
- Water separability
