Industrial Oil Analysis

 One of the most important activities that should be performed on a regular basis at their respective plant location is oil analysis. 

Oil analysis is like visiting your primary care physician for a yearly blood test. The specialist can decide your general wellbeing and prosperity from a tiny example of your blood. The same can be performed with various industrial equipment such as motors, gearboxes, water power, air blowers, and turbines in order to avoid major breakdowns of the equipment.

Let’s explore this part more in detail. 

Oil analysis (OA) is the laboratory analysis of a lubricant's properties, suspended contaminants, and wear debris, performed during routine predictive maintenance to provide meaningful and accurate information on lubricant and machine conditions.

As shown in the graph below the condition of assets keeps decreasing as the time of its usage keeps increasing. This is a clear indication to monitor your Equipment and Oil's condition frequently and take preventive measures when necessary.


The cost spent on Lubrication holds a major share in the maintenance budget. This cost could be lessened by using preventive measures like Oil analysis and Contamination Control. OA & CC are very cost-efficient and save a lot of resources from wasteful activities.

We at Minimac provide customized and most efficient Lubrication Reliability solutions for your Plant.

Watch our exclusive webinar on “Oil Analysis to achieve Zero Mechanical Breakdown” where our speakers shared and discussed insightful facts for the correct practices for oil analysis.

Minimac  Offers equipment for on-location testing and observing of oil conditions. The need for lab foundation or specific lab faculty is for the most part not compulsory to work the offered gear and instruments. Customary upkeep experts can be prepared effectively to utilize the instruments and equipment, in this manner enabling them towards self-reliance.


The category of oil condition monitoring  can be further divided into 2 sub-categories of instruments:


Reach out to us in case you would like to know how the above-mentioned equipment can be beneficial at your plant location.

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