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Fleet Assistance Plan:

OLIPES, based on the experience of their highly qualified technical staff,
accrued statistics and the support of the main lubricant analysis laboratories
with which the company works on a worldwide basis, will help you to implement
a Proactive Maintenance Plan and to define the necessary absolute and
statistical alerts.
The success of the Programme depends on both the appropriate choice of
the systems and components to be monitored and the correct definition of the
cleaning limits and goals.
Analysis Programme for Optimum

CONDITION TO Degree of wear in mechanisms Degree of contamination of lubricant
BE ANALYSED

TESTS ICP, Plasma (ASTM D 5185), PQ Index, ICP, Plasma (ASTM D 5185) ICP (ASTM D 5185), FTIR, KF, FTIR, Chromatography, Flash point (Seta Flash)
Crackle Test
Wear Index (PE-5024-AI)
Wear particles (ppm): Wear metals (ppm): Determination of Contamination with fuels (%),
CONTROL OF Al, Cu, Cr, Sn, Fe, Pb, etc. Fe, Cu, MO, Pb, Sn, Cr, Al, contamination through the glycol-water and carbonaceous matter
presence of water-glycol,
Bigger, ferrous wear particles Ni, B, Na, V. contamination concentration and nature (soot). Injection status, combustion
efficiency.
metals: Si.
thereof.
High concentrations indicate: wear in High concentrations Contamination with fresh / salt Associated symptoms: changes in
ENGINE casings, pistons, bearings. indicate the presence of water through condensation or viscosity, failure in fuel injection system
Associated symptoms: high oil IFO fuel in the oil. Possible coolant. and pump, high fuel consumption, poor
combustion, overheating, thickening of
consumption, possible changes in changes in engine oil Associated symptoms: failure of oil, cooling failure, inefficient engine.
viscosity.
engine oil viscosity. casings or cylinder head. Risk of
corrosion. Likely breakdown.
High concentrations indicate: Contamination with fresh / salt
GEARS wear in gears and bearings due water through condensation or
to contamination, overload, coolant. Risk of corrosion and
misalignment, etc... Likely breakdown. premature wear in bearings
and gears.
High concentrations indicate: wear In Contamination with fresh / salt
HYDRAULICS pumps, valves and other components water through condensation or
due to contamination, high pressure coolant. Risk of corrosion and
changes in bearings, etc... Associated premature wear in pumps.
symptom: loss of performance.

High concentrations indicate: wear In Contamination with fresh / salt
HORNS bearings, shafts, seals, etc... Associated water through condensation or
symptom: loss of tightness. coolant. Risk of corrosion and
premature wear in bearings
and gears.

Recommended engine sampling frequencies:
Main engines, thrusters: 300 hours / 3 months. Auxiliary engines, diesel generators: 500 hours / 6 months

REMEMBER: The management of the isolated parameter indications can be useful for the evaluation of the oil in use, however it is of little use with
regard to information on the state of the equipment, for which historical monitoring and an analysis of the results over time is required.
The creation of a database and graphs of the parameters over time enables us to achieve the strategic goal of proactive maintenance: shutting
down the equipment before the failure occurs and analysing the causes in question to prevent it from recurring.
The processing of the information from the oil analysis gives rise to a report on the condition of the oil, engine or machinery to be submitted to the
chief engineer, who will implement maintenance actions based on the laboratory’s recommendations as a valuable tool. The Laboratory receives
feedback with information from the maintenance personnel regarding corrective maintenance repairs, serious breakdowns and preventive
measures to be placed in the vessel’s file with the aim of drawing up a list of “symptoms” which will be detected in advance by the maintenance
team with greater ease in the future.