Oil Analysis

Incorporating routine laboratory oil analysis into your preventative maintenance program is a crucial step. This process enables the oil laboratory to identify abnormal wear in your equipment's components. The laboratory conducts tests to detect contamination, including particulate contamination and water, while also ensuring the maintenance of the oil's chemical composition, viscosity, and additive levels. This proactive approach helps in identifying issues early on, contributing to the overall health and longevity of your equipment.

Why Perform Oil Analysis?

Oil analysis is carried out for a variety of reasons from monitoring the oils condition, finding the ideal oil change intervals, or looking at the condition and potential failures that could be developing on the equipment sampled. An effective oil analysis program can provide a great deal of benefits at low cost, allowing for both time and money to be saved. When sending lubrication oil for analysis at FA-ST's independent laboratory each sample will be assessed on three main categories:


  • The chemical make-up of the oil
  • Contamination
  • Wear Debris


As lube oil analysis is a broad term referring to various different oil types, it is important to ensure that the analysis being carried out is appropriate for the oil used. The FA-ST LUBEKIT1 is out generic lube oil analysis kit, suitable for all lubricating oils. Once the laboratory technicians receive an oil sample they will perform the relevant tests allowing you to follow what is happening in your equipment.

Engine Oil Analysis

Hydraulic Oil Analysis

Engine Analysis
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Analysing engine oils can offer extensive information about the engines' condition and the oil being utilised functioning similarly to a blood test for the engine. The process reveals a wealth of information about working conditions without the necessity for intensive maintenance procedures. By sending a 60ml sample to our laboratory, we can provide detailed insights into various factors, shedding light on the overall condition of your engine and the effectiveness of the oil in use. This proactive approach enables you to make informed decisions regarding maintenance and ensures optimal engine performance.

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In high-pressure environments, hydraulic oils play a crucial role in providing lubrication and heat transfer. Monitoring contamination levels is essential in such conditions, as abrasive wear can easily occur. Our hydraulic oil analysis service is designed to help you ensure that no contamination has entered your system, enabling proactive monitoring of components. This service provides valuable insights, allowing you to maintain the integrity of your hydraulic system and prevent potential issues associated with contamination and wear.

Wind Turbine Oil Analysis

Gas Engine Oil Analysis

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As the demand for green energy continues to rise, wind turbines are increasingly prominent on our skylines. To ensure optimal power generation and prevent failures, downtime, and unnecessary maintenance, we provide a specialised wind turbine oil analysis service. This service empowers our customers to proactively monitor the conditions within wind turbines, detecting potential failures and ensuring that no additional contamination has entered the system. By leveraging this analysis, our customers can enhance the reliability and efficiency of their wind turbine operations.

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Similar to petrol and diesel engines, monitoring the conditions in gas engines is crucial to ensure optimal performance. Our gas engine oil analysis service is tailored to guarantee that your engine is operating at its full potential. Just like our standard engine analysis, when testing gas engine oils, we assess wear levels, contamination, and confirm that the oil is delivering the necessary lubrication. This comprehensive analysis helps your maximise the performance of your gas engine and detect any potential issues early on, contributing to the longevity and efficiency of your equipment.

Gear Oil Analysis

Turbine Oil Analysis

Chiller Oil Analysis

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Operating under heavy loads, gears require the essential lubrications to ensure smooth functionality. Through our gear oil analysis service, we verify that your oil is meeting the necessary standards and simultaneously identify any heightened wear that could lead to potential system failures. This proactive approach aids in maintaining optimal gear performance, preventing issues, and extending the overall lifespan of the system.

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In the power generation industry, monitoring equipment is crucial to prevent unexpected breakdowns and minimise downtime. Our turbine oil testing service is designed to assess the conditions within your turbine, identifying increased levels of wear or inadequate lubrication. Through comprehensive analysis, we can detect these issues early on, assisting in the prevention of failures and ensuring the continued reliability of your equipment. This proactive approach to turbine oil testing helps maintain operational efficiency and reduces the risk of unexpected disruptions in power generation.

Chiller oil analysis
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Chillers play a critical role in numerous industries by facilitating heat removal and maintaining optimal temperatures in facilities or processes. Given the specific requirements that oils used in chillers must meet, ongoing monitoring becomes essential to ensure the correct oil is in use and is in good working condition. Regular analysis helps maintain the efficiency and reliability of chillers, ensuring they operate at their best to meet the temperature control needs of various industrial processes.

Having your oil tested in our laboratory will help you detect:

All samples will have elemental analysis for wear debris carried out. This will give you an ideal of the health of the components in your systems. The wear levels detected in oil samples can help to identify which components have abnormal wear occurring and could possibly need replacing.

Dirt, water or debris contamination in your system can damage components and reduce the overall life expectancy and increase unplanned down time. All oil samples sent to our lab will be assessed for potential contaminates that could have entered your system.

Being able to monitor an oils viscosity is vital to ensure an oil is providing its absolute optimum lubrication possible. Viscosity can change due to a number of reasions such as any contamination, the oil being topped up with incorrect grade of oil, as well as oxidation.

Oil additives allow for the oil to perform to a higher or more specialised level than they normally would without the additives. Under out analysis at the laboratory we are able to monitor a wide range of additives such as anti-wear, anti-foaming as well as anti-corrosion.

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