Wear Particle Analysis
Using Ferrographic technologies, Trico provides the world’s most effective wear and debris particle analysis programs. Highly skilled laboratory technicians extract, classify, and visually analyze wear particles and solid contaminants.
Wear particle analysis is a powerful technique for non-intrusive examination of oil-wetted parts of a machine. The particles contained in the lubricant carry detailed and important information about the condition of the machine.
This information may be deduced from particle shape, composition, size distribution, and concentration. The particle characteristics are sufficiently specific so that the operating wear modes within the machine may be determined, allowing prediction of the imminent behavior of the machine.
Ferrographic analysis prevents catastrophic equipment failure through timely and accurate prediction of abnormal or critical machine wear. Trico’s Ferrographic services, Direct Reading Ferrography, and Analytical Ferrography, saves you time and money by:
identify
Identifying lubricant contamination problems before costly damages occur
monitor
Helping maintenance personnel monitor component deterioration to get maximum use out of wearing component without risking secondary damage
predict
Predicting potential failure earlier, so maintenance personnel can schedule timely repairs without negatively impacting production schedules
reduce
Reducing parts inventory and routine preventative overhauls through early predictions of wear that accurately identifies wearing components
Direct Reading Ferrography magnetically separates wear particles and optically measures the quantity of large and small particles present in the oil sample. Results from Direct Reading Ferrography indicate the rate, intensity and severity of wear with these measurements, machine wear baselines can be established and trends in wear conditions can be monitored. If there is a significant increase in the wear trend levels, a detailed Analytical Ferrography should be performed.