The first pre-requisite for any in-service lubricant testing for condition monitoring or trouble shooting is that the lubricant sample must be representative and reflective of the prevailing conditions of the lubricant itself, contaminants and machine component wear.
The lubricant sample must be extracted from an appropriate location where it contains the requisite data in maximum density without interference from past data; and
in such manners that its integrity is not compromised by contamination during the sample extraction process and
conveyance
to
a laboratory.
To
meet
this
essential
requirement, METALUX supplies safe and user-friendly
sampling
valves
and fittings, sample extraction tools, sample bottles and mailer containers.
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The Sample Bottle is available in clear glass (125-ml and 250-ml) and clear plastic (125-ml). Mailer Tubes and Mailer Carton Boxes are available to pack and send Sample Bottles (containing oil samples) to a laboratory.
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Sample Extractor Assembly |
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The Sample Extractor Assembly threads onto the pre-installed Sampling Valve to open the check valve and direct the oil sample flow through the Disposable Sampling Tube into the Sample Bottle. For static locations, the vacuum Sampling Pump is used to create a vacuum to pull out oil samples through the Sample Extractor Assembly. |
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The Sampling Valves can be easily installed at the most appropriate locations on the equipment, usually through existing portings without the need to drill new holes (through a ‘tee’ to be installed at an existing porting that is fitted with a gauge, or directly at an existing unused porting that is plugged), to provide for representative, data-rich and repeatable oil sample extraction during machine normal operating conditions. Ideal sampling ports deemed unsafe or inaccessible for the operator in oil sample taking can be connected to fixed remote sampling points so that oil sampling process remains safe and easy.
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