November 21, 2008
Emerson's Minilab Listed Among ASTM Standard Practices
American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTMI) has issued the first ever standard covering an integrated test oil analyzer. ASTM D7416-08 , “Standard Practice for Particular Five-Part-Integrated Tester”, describes the best practices for using Emerson’s comprehensive minilab including Emerson’s CSI 5200 Machinery Health® Oil Analyzer, CSI 52DV Digital Viscometer, AMS® Suite: Machinery Health Manager software and wear debris analysis system.
This practice is intended for testing in-service lubricant samples collected from pumps, electric motors, compressors, turbines, engines, transmissions, gearboxes, crushers, pulverizers, presses, hydraulics and similar machinery applications while addressing operation and standardization to ensure repeatable results.
