A quarter of a century ago, General Motors broke out with its new six-speed automatic transmission. It was a major technological step up that required ...

ASTM D445 for viscometricsDetermines the kinematic viscosity of lubricants, whether clear or opaque. A calibrated glass capillary viscometer is employ ...

Lubrizol explains why adhering to testing protocols—including laboratory tests, engine tests and field trials—is pivotal to developing winning lub ...

Equipment wear can be quite costly. How can routine testing and proper maintenance help to ease the burden?

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association on Sept. 12 announced it revised its ACEA Engine Oil Sequences for light-duty engines this year to a ...

The American Petroleum Institute, the United States-based hydrocarbons industry standards association, said there is an urgent need for standardized e ...

How do regulatory bodies ensure the continuity of licensing when an engine or bench test fails?

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

Lubricant analysis is vital for companies looking to keep expensive and vital equipment in the best shape possible. Eurofins TestOil outlines the attr ...

Malaysia will be revising its engine oil standards to include American Petroleum Institute performance specifications and bench tests requirements. Th ...

North America’s automotive and lubricant industries are continuing their steady march to lower viscosity grades for gasoline-powered light-duty vehi ...

Varnish can be a real headache for those tasked with managing equipment uptime. Fortunately, advanced testing can help to alleviate the pain.

A special committee of the American Petroleum Institute is drafting a recommended practice for calculating the environmental sustainability of finishe ...

A research institute has developed two real-time methods for measuring the homogeneity of lubricating greases. What do these new methods entail, and h ...

Modern lubricant performance specifications usually contain a number of bench and engine tests, but an official with a German firm suggested recently ...

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

Lubricant bench tests are small-scale tests examining a specific aspect of a lubricant’s performance. Faster and cheaper than full-scale tests, they ...

Electric motor failure in hybrid buses caused by copper corrosion leads to the development of more effective e-transmission fluids.   The tran ...

There are over 140,000 miles of freight and passenger railroad tracks in both the United States and Europe. As train wheels spin, move and grind to a ...