Test Development Organizations

ILSAC GF-8 engine oil development teams are continuing work on the next passenger car engine oil category for North America, with a target market intr ...

The American Petroleum Institute announced that an engine sequence test included in most active North American passenger car motor oil specifications ...

With electric cars becoming the focus for most vehicle manufacturers, can the lubricants industry continue to sustain the various engine oil approval ...

Automotive

December 1, 2021

How About Another Engine Test? As you all know, I think we may overdo the engine test requirements for engine oils. I’ve long advocated for conso ...

The Road to Standardization

December 1, 2021

Quantifying Tackiness and Adhesion in Greases Standardization of test methods in the lubricants industry is neither a quick nor an easy process.&nb ...

The long-awaited 2021 ACEA light-duty engine oil specifications are finally in the hands of lubricant blenders, marketers and original equipment manuf ...

People from many organizations must come together to advance lubricant specifications, ensuring that engines old and new continue to be protected. The ...

Automotive I’ve been in this business for a long time. For many years, the introduction of a new oil category was based on needs expressed by ori ...

It’s not just because stakeholders want better performance from engine oils in more demanding conditions—external factors add more pieces to an al ...

ILSAC GF-6 makes its debut this month, but trouble is already brewing around LPSI prevention as engine oils age. A new test is in the works to cover p ...

The next heavy-duty engine oil category in North America is not expected for seven years, and industry insiders worry that test hardware for existing ...

Adding its weight to recent efforts to rid the tractor lubricant market of poor quality products, ASTM International announced last week that it will ...

A new ASTM International guide developed to help the marine industry determine whether a lubricant is environmentally acceptable will begin the first ...

With its ability to save time and money, can the Single Technology Matrix carve out a larger place in engine oil approvals?

ASTM International approved as a standard a new small scale oxidation test that provides more accurate results for biobased greases. The approval culm ...

A proposed engine test that is key to the ILSAC GF-6 engine oil specification is failing to discriminate between reference oils, an API official repor ...

ROBO Is Ready to Roll

July 22, 2009

ASTM International has published RohMaxs ROBO, a bench test designed to replace the more expensive Sequence IIIGA engine test in the new ILSAC GF-5 en ...