Base Oils, Lubricants | Quality Control of Base Oils with SVM 1001
Base oils are used for blending into finished products, from engine and gear oils to hydraulic and metalworking fluids. Ensuring their quality is essential for final product performance. SVM 1001 enables fast, precise, and cost‑effective kinematic viscosity measurements for reliable quality control.
Base oils are paraffin-based oils of various types, grades, viscosities, and qualities for blending into finished lubricants. Quality and performance of the finished product (“blend”) are determined by the choice of base oil and additives. As base oils are the main component of a lubricant, quality control is crucial. API (American Petroleum Industry) classifies base oils according to their quality, which is defined by the content of saturates and sulfur, thermal stability, homogeneity, and water content. The API base oil guidelines were developed to ensure base oils comply with the required specifications.
All raw materials need to be tested before blending. It is essential to check the properties of the base oil to meet the required operating conditions. The most important testing parameter for quality control of base and lubricating oils is the kinematic viscosity. It provides information about the oil’s properties and governs the sealing effect of the oil as well as the rate of consumption or loss. Kinematic viscosity measurements can verify key lubricating oil properties such as temperature‑viscosity behavior, wear, and corrosion protection.
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