OIL ANALYSIS

FA-ST Filtration Analysis Services Technology Ltd www.fa-st.co.uk

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FA-ST Ltd can assist your company to reduce maintenance and service costs and protect your machinery investments.
FA-ST provide a comprehensive oil sampling and analysis programme for all oil using industries.Tests available for Engine, Hydraulic, Transmission, Gear, Fuel oil, Diesel, Bio-Diesel, Grease, Coolant, Glycol based, Emulsions etc.
Maintenance and service contracts can be tailored to suit individual company requirements.
Whether you require a single sample analysis or hundreds of samples, FA-ST can offer you excellent customer service.

With oil and fuel rising in price again, it is essential to look after your existing oils and help to extend the life of those oils and protect your machinery.The high price of oils & fuels is a fact we have learned to live with. Although taxes artificially inflate petrol prices in the UK, the underlying trend in recent years has been the global increase in crude oil prices. We have become accustomed to oil production offshore, but it is perhaps not widely recognised that shallow water production is in long term decline.

Oil production in the USA peaked in 1970 and has never recovered. Most easily accessible oil reserves, both onshore and offshore, will not be able to expand to meet the worlds growing thirst for energy. Over the past decade or so there has been a push to explore oil reserves in more hostile zones, from the high arctic tundra to the deep water zones on continental shelf margins. Such oil extraction is more demanding and costly, but the economics coupled with supply and demand realities speak for themselves. Oil supply is likely to follow an undulating plateau over the coming decades, an alarming conclusion considering future demand potential.

The biggest challenges on the horizon are the emerging industrial engines of China and India. These economies are expanding apace, pointing toward a huge future surge in demand. This surge in demand, coupled with predictions of a plateau in oil production, could result in massive increases in oil prices until alternatives are found

Oil analysis is an ideal preventative maintenance tool and can be used in conjunction with regular maintenance procedures or as part of a condition monitoring programme.This service is useful to owners and operators of all types of plant and machinery in all industries and can provide substantial cost savings in identifying contamination and predicting possible premature failure of components.

Our Oil Analysis Laboratory operates to ISO 9000:2001 standards and meets all manufacturer warranty requirements.The Laboratory can provide analysis for all types of synthetic and mineral oils,engine oils, gas engine oils,hydraulic oils,transmission oils, gear oils, coolants, grease, cutting fluids, water based oils,glycols emulsions,diesel fuel, bunker fuel and biodiesel etc.

Why is oil analysis so important to machine reliability and the maintenance organization?
Mechanical machinery literally rides on a 10 micrometer film of oil which is approximately equal to the diameter of a blood cell. Loss of this film means a failure. It is critical to ensure that this oil is kept healthy, clean and dry. Oil analysis accomplishes this goal. Additionally, like blood in the human body, the oil carries important clues about the health of the machine. Oil analysis turns these clues into valuable information which supports operations and maintenance decisions.

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Oil Filtration Solutions for all Industries

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SEND AN ENQUIRY,
TEL:Mobile +44 (0)777 9991506 (Andy)
TEL:Mobile +44 (0)774 8281950 (Stephen)
TEL:Office +44 (0)1246 268900
FAX:Office +44 (0)1246 200679
e-mail: sales@fa-st.co.uk

FA-ST Filtration Analysis Services Technology Ltd.
Reg Office: Ashford Villas
41 Heaton Street
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S40 3AQ
Works: Unit 4 Whitting Valley Road
Old Whittington
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S41 9EY

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