BETA Laboratory has the following lubricating and insulating oil and grease testing capabilities:

• Antifreeze analysis (pH, pour pt., sp.gr.)
• Cloud/pour point
• Color
• Crackle test moisture (no charge, included with other services)
• Dielectric strength
• Dissolved gases in insulating oil analysis (DGA)
• Emulsion test
• Ferrography - analytical
• Ferrography - direct reader
• Flash/fire point - open cup
• Flash/fire point - closed cup
• Foaming tendency
• Grease package - quality (cone pt, drop pt.)
• Grease - cone penetration
• Greast - dropping point
• Insulating oil screen (dielectric strength, moisture)
• Insulating oil quality (IFT, color, dielectric strength, moisture, neutralization number, specific gravity)
• Insulating oil quality - new oil (IFT,color,dieStr, moist,NN,PtCt,SpGr,Fl/Fr,pour)
• Interfacial tension
• Karl Fisher moisture
• Lube Package - mills, air htrs, delvac, gearbox, diesel engines (NN,WPC,metals,visc)
• Lube package - fans, pumps, turbines, compressors, hydraulic (metals,NN,PtCt,WPC, visc. moisture)
• Neutralization number (acid or base)
• Particle count
• PCB in cable compound - GC analysis
• PCB in cable (extraction) - GC analysis
• PCB in oil - GC analysis
• Pentane insolubles membrane filtration
• Pentane insolubles - percent by volume
• Pentane Insolubles (COAG) - percent by weight or percent by volume
• Rotary bomb
• Specific gravity
• Spectrographic analysis - oil
• Total particulate
• Viscosity - automatic and manual
• Water and bottom sediment

(04/15/08)