Oil Testing Laboratory 

A very exciting portion of our online course �Pollution Prevention for Automotive Facilities� is an oil-testing lab.  Students will be using this lab to demonstrate the ability to extend of the useful life of lubricants used in modern vehicles.  Through oil analysis students can observe the properties of the various lubricants and predict when the real need to change that lubricant occurs.  After training students on the use of this equipment, we hope to expand the oil analysis to other interested parties throughout the community.

Here is a table stating the essential issues for industrial oil analysis as well as the direct manner in which the 5200 mini-lab addresses these issues.

Furthermore the software has these important features:

• A475100 Mini-lab Module -- operates all CSI oil analysis instruments, includes statistical alarm setting based on histogram for alarm limit sets, includes sample reports with patented Trivector, customized trend reports with patented Trivector, includes viscosity plot showing viscosity at all temperatures from 0 to 100 C, includes NAS 1638 plot showing particle size distribution in selected size ranges, includes ISO 4402/4406 plot showing cumulative particle count size distribution, includes software expert which determines logical observations and suggested actions based on measured data.
• A475101 Lab Information Management System Module -- manage oil analysis actions by batch of oil samples based on batch tested or batch imported, includes customer address book with reporting preferences for each report recipient, includes automatic report generation using pre-configured report templates, includes assignment of customers as owners of equipment and areas within the user database, includes manual data entry for non-CSI manufactured instruments, and when used in conjunction with A475104 allows operation of non-CSI manufactured oil analysis instruments via RS232.
• A475103 Wear Debris Analysis Module -- documents analysis of wear debris and solid contaminants, includes multiple images per sample, captures images from Twain-compatible devices, documents characteristics of up to five groups of particles observed in each sample, assists the user with automatic notes generated based on characteristics identified, includes automatic report generation with one to six images per page.
• A475104 Instrument Communications module -- enables LIMS to communicate with a non-CSI instrument via RS232.