FluidScan® 1000 Series handheld lubricant condition monitor

FluidScan 1000from Spectro Scientific. is the outcome of extensive research and development of the company to provide an on-site lubricant analysis capability to its customers.

The FluidScan 1000is equipped with the sophisticated infrared technology for the rapid analysis of the condition of lubricants including engine oils, gear oils, turbine oils, and hydraulic fluids for degradation and the presence of contaminants. The handheld condition based maintenance monitor protects machinery by detecting the time to change oil that is degraded or contaminated.

Capabilities

With its advanced technology and design, the FluidScan 1000handheld lubricant condition monitor exhibits the following outstanding capabilities when compared to standard infrared analysis:

Ability to measure TBN and TAN with unprecedented correlation

Application of multivariate calibrations helps obtain quantitative readings even with complex contaminated samples

The use of Spectra matching software creates unprecedented correlation of the unknown sample with data of various lubricants stored in the memory of the FluidScan

The patent-pending flip-top cell design enables most reliable and fastest results easily and eliminates fringing effects observed in conventional cells

The flip-top cell can even analyze greases and eliminates the requirement for ATR cells with lower noise, better limits of detection and improved repeatability

Ability to detect water, FAME, TAN, and glycerin for biodiesel fuels

The built-in FluidScan Monitoring Manager database software synchronizes the FluidScan with a PC for archiving, trending and reporting results

Provides early warning of impending problems by setting default alarm limits for analytical results

Applications

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The applications of the FluidScan 1000are:

on-site detection of lubrication degradation, contamination, and cross-contamination by measuring major oil condition parameters

Determination of FAME, glycerin, soot, glycol, water, incorrect lubricant, additive depletion, sulfation, nitration, oxidation, TBN, and TAN in biodiesels