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  Routine Oil sampling and analysis are crucial for a successful maintenance program. It provides important information to determine the condition of the equipment. Sampling is a vital procedure for collecting fluid from machinery for the purpose of oil analysis. The results and reports of oil analysis depend on the quality of the oil sample. Thus, oil sampling must be performed keeping some important goals in mind - To MAXIMIZE the Data Density. To MAXIMIZE Consistency. To MAXIMIZE Relevance. To MINIMIZE Data Disturbance. There can be three ways of extracting samples from a component - drain port, drop-tube (in a vacuum pump), and a dedicated sampling point. A common mistake is taking an oil sample from the reservoir in circulating and hydraulic systems. Taking samples from the tank is not a best practice. If the sample is taken from the drain lines before emptying the tank, the concentration of wear metal would be much higher. Let’s discuss the common mistakes of oil sampling which

  As Wendell Berry once said, "The Earth is what we all have in common." Earth Day is the only secular festival on the globe. This celebration aims to thank mother earth for nurturing us and giving us all it has. People swear to plant trees, restore the earth, and not exploit the environment. Every year we see many initiatives taken to save the earth on this day but do we really achieve it? Now we need to measure the changes after taking specific steps. From a recent survey, we can see that ten out of the 15 most polluted cities in the world are from India. It has not been six months since all the heads of 197 countries attended the COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. The primary concern of the billion-dollar event was to maintain the earth's temperature. As the theme of Earth day for this year suggests, ‘Invest in our Planet’, we need to invest instead of paying later for getting fresh air, pure water, organic food, etc. Do you know Contaminated oils are very harmful to the env