August 2026
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Four Months On: How Events in the Middle East are Shaping Lubricant Supply Chains
▶ Video Feature By Rafe Britton Back in April I published a video arguing that the lubricants industry was...
In This Issue…
From Lubrication to Insulation: Expanding Oil Analysis Beyond Rotating Equipment
By Bryan Debshaw, POLARIS Laboratories® Most maintenance and reliability programs today recognize the value of oil...
Varnish: The Reliability Threat Hiding Between Samples (Part 1)
By William Gillette (LogiLube, LLC) A hydraulic or turbine-oil system does not need to suffer a dramatic failure to...
From Watts to Wear: Understanding Coolant Degradation in Modern Data Centers
By Jorge Alarcon From an economic perspective, the construction of new data centers responds to a structural need:...
Why Reliability Starts Before the Lubricant Ever Enters the Machine
By Bob Kendall When most people think about lubrication reliability, they picture what happens inside the machine....
Beyond Spectral Resolution – The Role of MIR Measurement Engines in Next-Generation Oil Condition Monitoring
The Role of MIR Measurement Engines in Next-Generation Oil Condition Monitoring For many years, laboratory Fourier...
Four Months On: How Events in the Middle East are Shaping Lubricant Supply Chains
▶ Video Feature By Rafe Britton Back in April I published a video arguing that the lubricants industry was...
From Lab Insight to Field Action: How Air-in-Oil Diagnostics Can Support Better Troubleshooting
By David Placzek and Dr. Lukas Hafner, Deepfluid Typically, oil condition monitoring is performed through standardized...