Spectracare (Pty) Ltd. analyses used lubricants
to identify abnormal wear of oil-wetted components
(engines, gearboxes, hydraulic systems etc.) and
to monitor the oil condition. For nearly a decade,
Spectracare has worked with South African maintenance
professionals in developing effective condition
monitoring programmes, which can:
- Predict problems caused by excessive wear
well in advance of imminent failure.
- Reduce unscheduled downtime by allowing you
to plan corrective maintenance before damage
occurs.
- Allow you to monitor maintenance and operating
conditions to evaluate and compare oils and
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By using modern equipment and technology, Spectracare
(Pty) Ltd.'s professional staff is able to detect
and identify potential failures and recommend
action to prevent major failures and downtime.
Worldwide results show that oil analysis predicts
failures and eliminates 85% of on-the-road breakdowns
of transport trucks and industrial machinery.
ROUTINE OIL ANALYSIS
This test is for petrol/diesel engines, clutch
gearboxes, diffs, earthmoving/heavy-duty equipment
and off road equipment etc.
The tests carried out are:
- Wear Metals
- Contaminants
- Additives
- Viscosity
- Water
- Fuel Dilution
- Oxidation
- Dispersancy
- Insolubles
- Total Base Number (Where extended drain intervals
are being investigated)
ROUTINE OIL ANALYSIS PLUS PARTICLE COUNT
The above test is for industrial gearboxes, turbines,
compressors and hydraulic systems.
The tests carried out are:
- Wear Metals
- Contaminants
- Additives
- Viscosity
- Water
- Particle Count/Wear debris analysis
- Particle Quantifier
GREASE ANALYSIS
The tests carried out on greases include
the following:
- Wear Debris
- Contaminants
- Additives
- Water
- Dropping Point(On Request only)
- Penetration(On Request only)
DIESEL/PETROL ANALYSIS
Fuels are analysed to check for contamination,
the tests carried out by Spectracare (Pty) Ltd.
are:
- Flash Point
- Density
- Cleanliness for fuel/diesel
- Distillation
- Sulphur
- Viscosity
- Water
- Carbon Residue
- Cetane Index
- Presence of Micro Organisms
- Ash
- Copper Corrosion
- Insolubles
- Pour Point
TRANSFORMER OIL ANALYSIS
Transformer oils are tested to check the condition
of the oil to determine the need for purification
/ filtration and whether fit for further service.
The tests carried out are:
- Water content
- Di Electric strength
- Total Acid Number
FILTER ANALYSIS
The tests carried out are:
- Description
- De-oiling
- Solvent Extraction
- Carbon
- Ash and Analysis
REFRIGERANT OIL ANALYSIS
- Viscosity as recieved
- Viscosity after degassing
- Water and Sediment
- Total Acid Number and Strong Acid Number
- Wear metals/additives
SPECTRACARE IS ABLE TO OFFER
THEIR CUSTOMERS A WIDE RANGE OF PROFILES (SERIES
OF TEST) TO SUIT THEIR NEEDS
WEAR DEBRIS ANALYSIS/PARTICLE COUNT (BY PORE BLOCKING
METHOD)
Wear debris Analysis is a procedure that monitors
and trends machinery condition through an empirical
measurement of the relative amount of ferrous
and non-ferrous material present in the lubricant.
The underlying principal of Wear Debris Analysis
is that the wear debris founding a lubricant will
form part of size distrabution that changes progressively
as the surface deterioration increases. Wear Debris
Analysis is unique in it's capability to monitor
and trend the concentration of particles larger
than 10 microns that provide the earliest indication
of abnormal wear. In addition Wear Debris Analysis
is able to provide information on the mechanism
or wear which most other condition monitoring
technologies overlook.
TRAINING
Spectracare (Pty) Ltd. offers training in oil
analysis as well as the interpretation of test
results. Courses are held once a month on site
at Spectracare (Pty) Limited Laboratory.
REPORT DELIVERY
Reports can be delivered, faxed, downloaded via
in-house software or emailed to customers. A hard
copy of all results is sent via the mail but should
a critical result need to be communicated to a
customer it is faxed immediately after the diagnosis
of the sample.
COMPUTER SOFTWARE
We have available a uniquely designed windows
based computer software program to meet the specific
needs of Spectracare (Pty) Ltd. clients. It allows
customers to recieve their Spectracare (Pty) Ltd.
results by e-mail and to manage their oil analysis
program from their own computer.
The user friendly software can be used to view
results, print reports and create charts and graphs
in Microsoft Excel.
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