Shell's Dan Arcy explains how oils protect against scuffing or adhesive wear in the cylinders and liners in an earlier engine teardown. (Photo: Deborah Lockridge) A proposed test for adhesive wear, or ...

Ships trials reportedly confirmed that CM Technologies’ new scuffing sensor can detect early onset cylinder wear in marine diesel engines. Trials onboard a number of large containerships and a ...

Cold-start wear happens in the short window after you turn the key, before oil pressure and oil flow fully stabilise ...

Wear metal analysis is the backbone of machine condition monitoring programs based on in-service oil analysis. It is effective in the sense that tests can be applied to determine that a system is ...