LUBRICANT HEALTH AND SERVICE DETERMINATION

摘要

A method is disclosed that includes determining a current level of a plurality of lubricant parameters present in a portion of lubricant, comparing the current level of each of the plurality of lubricant parameters to a threshold value corresponding to each of the plurality of lubricant parameters, analyzing a priority of each of the lubricant parameters, and determining a health status of the lubricant in response to the comparing and the analyzing.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
categorizing lubricant parameters into a plurality of priority groups, wherein the priority groups are determined in response to a criticality of the lubricant parameters on at least one of a lubricant performance and a component life; analyzing a sample of lubricant; assigning an indicator value to each of the lubricant parameters in response to the analyzing; comparing the indicator values to predetermined threshold values; and determining a health status in response to the comparing and the priority groups corresponding to the lubricant parameters.