A crossover test will allow quick, easy and inexpensive grease particle counts  An industry working group is nearing completion of a fast, sim ...

Sludge and varnish in turbines, such as those used for power generation, have been observed more frequently in recent years due to increased use of AP ...

The American Petroleum Institute invoked provisional licensing this month for most active North American industry heavy-duty diesel engine oil specifi ...

Mexico’s new engine oils standard launched in mid-June introduced test methods and technical requirements to help ensure the country’s engine oils ...

A key test for evaluating the lubricity of metal removal fluids has been retired and a new one screwed into place in January, reported Dennis Mahoney ...

The Fafnir fretting wear test, an important part of several grease performance specs, has produced unacceptable variability in results. An industry ta ...

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

The Australia Lubricant Association has begun a program aimed at identifying products that do not meet marketing claims and helping suppliers address ...

The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association issued a revision to its 2016 European oil sequences last week, ahead of the anticipated release of ...

The ROBO test brought significant savings as a stand-in for an engine test for low-temperature performance in aged oil, and it may not have reached it ...

Testing hydraulic fluids is pricy. Fortunately, a new bench test can help cut costs by weeding out inadequate fluids from the get-go.

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 ...

The American Petroleum Institute announced on May 15 that the Caterpillar Oil Aeration Test, or COAT, was again available for candidate oil testing an ...

When a unique application called for enhanced grease performance, a metalworking fluid test yielded the right results.

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 ...

The Japanese Society of Automotive Engineers has adopted a valve train wear test for diesel engine oils that ends reliance on a test motor no longer i ...