FluidScan Q1100

Fluidscan Q1100 Snapshot

“Handheld Infrared Oil Analyzer that helps

confirm that new oil is of the proper type
and free of water, and verifies that in-
service oil is fit for use, by measuring the
degradation of the oil chemistry, and
contamination by other liquids such as
water.

It’s Ideal for Machinery Condition

Monitoring of in-service machinery oil and
extending oil change intervals for
engines/back-up generators”
• One drop of oil to test
• One minute for results
• Wipe clean w/o solvents
• Immediate & actionable information

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 Where does Fluidscan fit in?

Oil Analysis program goals include…

Root Cause Analysis Fluidscan helps addresses

these Areas critical to an Oil
Trending and Screening Analysis program

It provides data to guide

Ensure Cleanliness
decision to Filter out liquid
contamination or to Change
Avoid Mix-up the Oil.

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 Challenges of Oil Analysis in Predictive Maintenance

Outsourcing Oil Analysis On Site Oil Analysis

• Timeliness of oil analysis report for • Possible lack of on site oil expertise
maintenance actions can be an issue • Perceived difficulty of oil analysis
– Loss of ‘mindshare’
• Logistics management of waste
– Outdated information
disposal, solvent handling and
• Hard to integrate into other modern training
PdM techniques such as Vibration
and Thermography

FluidScan eliminates the

difficulties of on -site Oil Analysis!

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Addressing the challenges of on-site oil Analysis

Possible lack of on site oil expertise

• Built in lubricant reference library w/ preset, adjustable Alarm Limit set
• Fine-tuned algorithms by oil type correlates to lab FT/IR and Water/TAN/TBN
titration
• Simple to use, it’s all on the DVD!

Perceived difficulty of oil analysis

• One drop of oil to test
• One minute for results
• Immediate & actionable information

Logistics management of waste disposal, solvent handling

and training
• Wipe clean w/o solvents
• Easy to use flip top cell
• Intuitive user interface

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 A versatile instrument

FTIR
New Oil Identification
Used Oil Degradation

KF TAN/TBN
Titrator Titrator
Water
Contamination TAN or TBN

Oil Reference
Fluidscan Lab Equipment Library
<$30K capital investment $60 - 70K capital investment Limits for used oil

Annual maintenance cost <$500 $5-7K Annual maintenance cost

< $0.5 Per sample (consumables)
No special skills required
~$7 per sample (consumables)
Requires trained chemist
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 Compares oil condition to reference library

Hydraulic Synthetic Gas Compressor/ Gear/Turbine

Turbine transmission

Water (ppm)
Range 100-50,000 ppm

Oxidation
(abs/mm2)
TAN (mg KOH/g)
Range 0.25-6

Anti-Oxidant
Depletion (%)

Validate Fluid
• function
>180 Industrial Oils included
• Comprehensive oil match algorithm to expand new oil library in the field
• Spectro will add customer supplied oils to library periodically
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 High correlations to Lab measurements

TAN correlation to titration method Water correlation to KF titration method

Chemical Titration vs. FluidScan
In-Service MIL-23699 Oils

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R2 = 0.99
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TAN (mgKOH/g) by Titration

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
TAN (mgKOH/g) - FluidScan

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 Route based oil monitoring

• Create route in Oilview LIMS module

(need Oilview 5.51 plus sw patch)

• Export route to flash drive

(route data includes Alarm Limits for each
Area/Equipment/Point )

• Import route to Fluidscan

from flash drive

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 Routes and Alarm Limits

• Run route
(flash drive not needed to run/store data)

• Results highlighted:
– Green /Yellow/Red per Oilview AL
set
– Quantitative measurements water ppm,
TAN, oxidation

• Export route (completed or

partial) data onto flash, import into
Oilview

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 Record Observations and Notes

Observations selected in Fluidscan will Notes feature allows free-form notes

populate the Oilview screen when route to be typed in
data is imported

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 Fluidscan Q1000 or Q1100?

Q1000 Q1100

External software: Fluidscan Manager AMS Machinery Manager

(optional use) OilView™

Route enabled no Yes, with Oilview LIMS

Oil Library Marine,Military,Rail, Industrial

(1 included with purchase) Automotive,Fuel, or
Industrial
Target markets Fleet, Automotive ,Military Industrial

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 Fluidscan complements 5200 Trivector minilab

• Indication of changes in
Chemistry and Liquid
Contamination, but dielectric is
non-specific

• Fluidscan “Expands the

Trivector” for Chemistry and
Liquid Contamination

Contamination Chemistry

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 Companion product: Q3000 viscometer

Viscosity completes Fluid Condition

Measurement:

Q3000
• Battery operated
• Solvent free
• 40C Kinematic measurement
• Can enter viscosity measurement
into Fluidscan and export to
Oilview

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 Summary

Illustration courtesy of Emerson

• Oil condition monitoring is part of a
comprehensive Predictive Maintenance
program.
• Fluidscan identifies lubricant degradation due to
chemistry or liquid contamination
• Used with OilView, in route mode, it
complements the use of vibration routes.

“Handheld Infrared Oil Analyzer that

helps confirm that new oil is of the
proper type and free of water, and
verifies that in-service oil is fit for use,
by measuring the degradation of the
oil chemistry, and contamination by
other liquids such as water.

It’s Ideal for Machinery Condition

Monitoring of in-service machinery oil
and extending oil change intervals for
engines/back-up generators” 15
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