Grease Analysis

Grease analysis helps improve the reliability of your equipment that cannot be easily monitored through traditional oil analysis. Testing your grease allows you to monitor consistency and identify contamination, oxidation, and wear concentration.

Get the most out of your grease before it causes failure or unplanned repairs. Grease analysis can:

  1. Decrease downtime.
  2. Observe conditions.
  3. Optimize your intervals.
  4. Identify wear and contamination.
  5. Improve reliability by testing all your lubricants.

Grease Laboratory Tests:

  • Appearance - Visual
  • Consistency at 60 strokes @ RT - ASTM D217
  • Cone Penetration - ASTM D217
  • Drop Point - ASTM D566
  • Water Content - ASTM D95
  • Water by KF - Coulometric - ASTM D6304C
  • Metal content - ASTM D5185
  • Four ball weld loads - ASTM D2783
  • Four ball weld Load (weld point) - ASTM D2596
  • Wear scar diameter - ASTM D2266
  • Particle quantifier (PQ index) - ASTM D8184
  • Ferrography - ASTM D7690 
  • Rolling Stability* - ASTM D1831  
  • Base oil viscosity - ASTM D445