Oil Condition Monitoring is a practical course focused on using oil analysis to understand lubricant health, contamination, and machine wear. The course explains the major oil analysis tests, what they measure, how to interpret the results, and how to turn data into maintenance decisions. Participants will learn how oil analysis fits into a condition monitoring program and how to avoid common mistakes in sampling, test selection, alarm setting, and report interpretation. This course is ideal for personnel who receive oil analysis reports but want to extract more value from the data. Content provider: Lubrication Experts.
• The role of oil analysis in condition monitoring • Lubricant health, contamination, and wear monitoring • Correct oil sampling practices • Sampling points, sampling frequency, and sample handling • Viscosity testing • FTIR analysis for oxidation, nitration, sulfation, soot, water, and fuel dilution • TAN and TBN • Karl Fischer water testing • Particle counting and ISO cleanliness codes • Elemental spectroscopy
• PQ Index and ferrous debris monitoring • Analytical ferrography and wear debris interpretation • RULER, RPVOT, MPC, and varnish-related testing • Setting alarms and limits • Trending results over time • Common oil analysis interpretation errors • Turning test results into maintenance actions
Michel Refaat is NATCOM's Laboratory and Customer Support Manager for Lubrication Care Solutions, running the company's oil-analysis lab and leading its lubrication and oil condition-monitoring training. A Cairo University engineer, he spent over eleven years as a Quality Engineer with LafargeHolcim — validating test methods and training lab staff to EN and ASTM standards. His courses are grounded in hands-on laboratory practice, not theory.
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