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wear particles during wear debris
analysis. Nevertheless, wear debris
analysis is quite useful for discovering
which degrading actions are occurring
within a machine or how a machine
failed.
Although analysis techniques such as
providing the elemental composition of
observations
heat
contaminants within an oil sample.
treatments or adding specific chemicals
Analytical ferrography remains the best
from
precise
can help in determining the elemental
composition of particles, spectrometric
analysis is generally more effective in
technique
for
determining
the
morphology and topography of wear
debris, which is essential in identifying
the root cause of the particles.
About the Author
Bennett Fitch is a technical consultant
with Noria Corporation. He is a
mechanical engineer who holds a
Machine Lubricant Analyst (MLA)
Level I certification and a Machine
Lubrication
Level
I
Technician
certification
(MLT)
through
the International Council for
Machinery Lubrication (ICML).
This illustration shows how the various types of wear particles are associated with the
different wear modes.
Contact Bennett at bfitch@noria.
com.
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