Oil Analysis
Trico’s The Journey of the Lubricant ® Oil Analysis Services
Think about The Journey of the Lubricant® in your facility – from arrival, to storage, to transfer, to application and life cycle – and all the ways contamination can get into your lubricant. Contamination threats and lubricant degradation are lurking at every stage. These undesirables get into your lubricant and can quickly compromise your equipment. Costly, stressful equipment downtime may follow. That’s why it pays to be vigilant against contamination and lubricant degradation. By following The Journey of the Lubricant® from arrival through its life cycle, you can see how every step offers an opportunity to implement preferred practices that mitigate risks. That’s where Trico can help.
Implementing Trico’s the Journey of the Lubricant Oil Analysis Services
Trico’s oil analysis services at this stage are essential from a forensic standpoint. Without a reference sample, diagnosing problems later in The Journey of the Lubricant becomes more difficult because there will be more variables to eliminate. It is also important upon arrival to do analysis as it provides an indication of the condition and care your supplier has taken to ensure lubricant is proper and contaminant free.
Trico’s Oil Analysis Services helps you see the condition of your lubricant at every stage throughout The Journey of the Lubricant® and helps prevent equipment failure. We have a customized approach that includes a discovery process where we gain an understanding your practices, your application, and your environment. The results gathered are used to pinpoint the source of problems and highlight opportunities for improvement. The outcome is a tailored program for you to succeed based on The Journey of the Lubricant. From there, on-going oil analysis is used for continuous improvements and monitoring. Our analysts can detect failures in progress and point you straight to the root cause, providing you with sufficient lead time to schedule corrective maintenance before catastrophic failure with minimal disruption of your operations.
Trico provides over 50 standardized laboratory tests for industrial lubricants, fuels, coolants and greases. Whether you are starting a fluid analysis program or improving an existing program, we will help you customize a test suite that will maximize the benefit of your predictive/preventive fluid analysis service.
Why Trico?
Trico has the highest number of dedicated staff with the best training and education in the business. Our experienced Lubrication Program Managers assist customers with oil analysis services to ensure an effective proactive maintenance monitoring program that includes:
- Experienced laboratory and analytical staff ensuring high quality and timely information
- State-of-the art laboratory instrumentation utilizing applicable ASTM and ISO standards for producing reliable test data
- Customized testing programs optimizing the value of individual fluid condition monitoring services
- On-site program set-up, support and oil analysis training seminars for maximum value of test and analysis information
- High quality supplies and hardware for consistent, repeatable sample collection
- A complete analysis report that includes all information relevant to the type of fluid tested. Each report contains ratings, recommendations, supporting text, tables, and/or an image providing a complete picture of a machine’s operating condition through Orbital
- Easy-to-read, plain language reports that are easily deciphered throughout the organization
- Easy-to-distribute PDF condition reports can be accessed from Trico’s password protected Orbital portal
- ISO 9001:2015 certified and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited to ensure proper quality control
- Intensive quality assurance checks in-house and with external resources such as ASTM’s PTP program
- MLT/MLA certified lubrication program managers assigned specifically to your account to assist you with your reliability program needs
- Follow-up activity driven by Trico when maintenance is warranted