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| LABCHECK : JCB Lubricant Testing & Analysis |
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| LABCHECK : JCB Lubricant Testing & Analysis Services |
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| JCB Labcheck is a progressive used oil monitoring programme that analyses through wear metals and contaminants, the condition of lubricated components as well as of oil.
JCB Labcheck aims to determine oil condition & thereby that of the machine being lubricated by the oil by comparing the trend of wear rates of various system's components. |
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| Objective |
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JCB Labcheck serves as
predictive and maintenance tool for JCB's valued customers as it can predict the
potential machine failure at an early stage so that preventive measures can be
taken before catastrophic failure takes place |
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| Benefits |
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A predictive
maintenance tool to improve the machine availability |
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Manages &
optimizes oil drain intervals |
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Reduces repair
costs |
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Highlights
serious problems |
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Can assess to
avoid descriptions & expensive failures |
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Improves
return on Investment & ultimately leads to increase in profits |
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| Methodology |
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Oil samples run through two
separate groups of tests. Physical & chemical conditions Inductively Coupled
Plasma Spectrophotometer test to measure wear metals in sample
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| Guidelines for Sample collection |
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Draw sample at
operating machine temperature |
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Draw sample
from the same point using same procedure |
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For machines
requiring frequent oil changes, draw sample at same time interval after
changeover |
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Do not draw
sample immediately after oil change or addition of top up fluid |