Located in the middle of the periodic table, cobalt is a transition metal long used in impure form as a pigment. Cobalt now appears in magnets, high-tech turbines and even in cancer treatments. It is similar to iron and nickel and can become magnetic.
By Brett Smith
16 Sep 2018
Pump oil analysis is necessary to reduce wear of the pumps. Pumps are used in fleet and industrial applications for moving gases and liquids. A majority of the pumps employed in industrial applications are either centrifugal or positive displacement.
Hydraulic systems are employed in aviation, mobile, and industrial applications for transmitting power to run equipment. Hydraulic oil analysis is essential to reduce wear of hydraulic systems.
Compressed air is regarded as the fourth utility after water, power and fuel (natural gas), and generally the one that all customers should generate and offer themselves. Compressor oil analysis is necessary to reduce wear in compressor systems.
Chillers find applications across various industries to eliminate heat from facilities or from processes. Chiller oil analysis is necessary to reduce wear in chiller systems.
Initially, engine oil analysis was used as a predictive maintenance tool. To date, it is a method widely used for ensuring the reliability of engine systems.
Monitoring turbines through turbine oil analysis is well established and popular. All turbines, steam as well as gas, have a huge oil reservoir for lubricating the turbine bearings.
Oil analysis is a highly advantageous tool for gear systems used in both industrial and mobile equipment. Despite being designed to be highly reliable, they bring about disruption and incurred costs when they wear or break due to contamination of the gearbox oil or poor operation.
Transmissions are highly complicated systems for converting and directing power from an engine to a drive train or other end application. Transmission oil analysis is necessary to reduce wear in transmissions.
This article contains information on how cobalt is used within Lithium-ion batteries and how the future looks in terms of using cobalt alternatives.
By Brett Smith
6 Aug 2018