Comprehensive Analytical Solutions for Lubricant Condition Monitoring

Lubricants serve critical functions within an engine or turbine beyond just lubrication, including cleaning, heat transfer, and corrosion prevention, among others. Changes in a lubricant’s chemistry can be indicative of mechanical problems or indicate loss of utility as it can no longer effectively perform the functions for which it was designed.

In the context of industry-standard test methods from ASTM, we will cover analytical topics including analysis of soot, moisture, oxidation, and breakdown of additives by using FTIR, analysis of wear metals in lubricants by ICP-OES, and lastly, fuel dilution into lubricants by GC-FID.

We will host a Q&A session after the presentation to address any questions or comments.

Presenter: Andrew Fornadel (Marketing Manager, Energy & Chemicals, Shimadzu)

Andrew Fornadel – Andrew is a marketing manager at Shimadzu focused on the energy and chemicals sectors. He has been with Shimadzu for five years and was previously in the academic realm. He has over 10 years of experience with a variety of analytical instrumentation. He earned his PhD from Iowa State University with a focus on analytical geochemistry.