Foam in Lubricating Oils

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Lubricating oils that foam don’t lubricate your components well. Excessive foam can lead to pump cavitation and abnormal wear.

Foam Testing Package

Elementals (Metals and Additives)

• Monitoring your oil for excessive contamination and additives helps you understand a foam issue.

Viscosity at 40C

• Monitoring your oils ability to flow is crucial. As the oil oxidizes it makes it harder to pump and can lead to poor thermal transfer if left go long enough.

Water Content

• Monitoring your oils water content helps reduce variables in a foaming scenario

Foam

• Monitoring your oils foaming tendency helps you assure that your oil is lubricating properly. It can also help you troubleshoot contamination and component issues.

By monitoring these key parameters we can help make sure your system is operating safely and transfer heat the best it can.