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Engine oil and other operating fluids for motor vehicles

Engine oil and other operating fluids for motor vehicles - Seminar (2.5 days, seminar starts on the first day at 1.00 pm)

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Seminar starts on the first day at 1.00 pm

Whether cars or lorries – our vehicles are becoming ever more powerful, efficient and environmentally friendly. At the same time, complexity is also increasing due to cross-assembly control and automation. Higher power densities with reduced consumption require constantly evolving materials and manufacturing processes. This does not stop at the operating materials used. Oils and fuels, as well as radiator antifreeze, have developed from universal to speciality products that are specifically tailored to individual applications. Like mechanical components, lubricants and operating fluids are now also regarded as an important design element – but are not always treated as such.

In this seminar you will learn …

  • how to choose the right oil or fuel for your vehicle
  • How to monitor oils and radiator antifreeze effectively
  • what influence fuel type and fuel quality have on your engine service life
  • how to take meaningful operating fluid samples
  • how to recognise unusual wear and malfunctions at an early stage
  • how you can assess analysis results from the laboratory
  • how you can determine the causes of damage after failures
  • how to define warning values for assessing damage in the drivetrain and coolant circuit

Target Group

  • Engineers and technicians from the development and design departments of vehicle manufacturers and OEMs
  • Specialists from workshops, engine repair and service companies
  • Distribution engineers and sales people of mineral oil companies and their trading partners
  • Motor vehicle experts
  • Technically interested employees and private individuals who would like to expand their knowledge of lubrication technology and tribology
Seminar (2.5 days, seminar starts on the first day at 1.00 pm)

How lubricating oils and hydraulic fluids work in principle

  • Lubrication and Formation of lubricating film
  • Hydrodynamic and hydrostatic lubrication
  • Importance of viscosity and temperature
  • Mechanisms of wear and their causes

Focus on modern lubricants

  • Mineral oils, partially synthetic and synthetic oils in comparison
  • Charactersitics and areas of application of Mineral oils, hydrocrack, PAO, Ester oils and polyglycols, especially in the area of greases
  • Types, active principle and application of lubricants addtives
  • Grease thickener: Soap based and soap-free thickener, characteristic and important applications of particular thickener
  • Structure of lubricating greases

Lubricants in motor vehicles

Engine oils

  • Requirements and characteristics
  • Differences between the individual lubricant types
  • Diesel vs. petrol engines – what is the difference for the lubricant?
  • Special features of the use of biogenic fuels, including Gas
  • Types of engine oils and their areas of application
  • Stricter environmental requirements: Low-SAPS, additivation, ash content and alkalinity
  • Specifications and OEM approvals

Gear oils

  • Lubricating oils for manual, semi-automatic and fully automatic gearboxes, axle drives
  • Types, properties, specifications and OEM approvals

Other lubricants

  • Lubricating greases for drive shafts, cardan shafts and wheel bearings
  • Door hinges/ sunroofs
  • Electric actuators

Operational ageing processes in lubricants

  • Application-specific strain and oil aeging
  • Oil oxidation, hydrolysis and cracking
  • Reduction of alkalic reserves, antioxidants and other additives
  • Contamination through water, dust, soot, sludge, fuel
  • Combustion residues and their effects
  • Mixture of different engine oils
  • Oil affected by glycol (cooling water), biogenic fuels
  • Visible changes: cloudiness, contamination and phase separation

Lubricant analyses

  • Operating material analyses: Why, when, how often?
  • Methods and devices for sampling
  • Necessary information, sample accompanying document, customer portal
  • Analysis methods: Areas of application and significance
  • Determination of wear parameters
  • Characteristic values for the oil condition
  • Impurities
  • Evaluation of laboratory analyses
  • Typical warning and limit values
  • Characteristic values of classic oil types
  • Evaluation of laboratory reports from practice

Influence of biogenic fuels

  • Characteristics of biogenous fuels
  • RME/Biodiesel, plant oils: cpecial characteristics
  • Bioethanol
  • Effects on engine operation and engine oil compared to conventional fuels

Basics of radiator antifreeze (KFSM)

  • Different KFSM types and their structure
  • Mechanisms of action
  • Mixing of different KFSM
  • Damage to the cooling system

Radiator antifreeze analyses

  • Ageing of KFSM in operation
  • Recognising mixtures
  • Detect changeover times

 

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Services included in the seminar price:

  • Participation in the seminar
  • Hot lunch
    on all days *
  • Coffee/tea and snacks
    during breaks *
  • Non-alcoholic
    beverages during
    seminar *
  • Detailed print documents
    + digital as PDF
  • Certificate of participation
    (*if present in Brannenburg)

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