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Lubrication and condition monitoring for combustion engines

Lubrication and condition monitoring for combustion engines - Basis-Training (2 days)

21.05.2025 09:00
22.05.2025 16:30
Brannenburg
On-siteGerman
850.00 € plus VAT
21.05.2025 09:00
22.05.2025 16:30
Live video stream
OnlineGerman
790.00 € plus VAT
28.04.2026 09:00
29.04.2026 16:30
Brannenburg
On-siteGerman
850.00 € plus VAT
28.04.2026 09:00
29.04.2026 16:30
Live video stream
OnlineGerman
790.00 € plus VAT
Appointment on request
Location as desired
In-HouseGerman
5,400.00 € plus VAT

Target Group

  • Skilled employees and executives working in operation and maintenance of car fleets, construction machines, agricultural equipment and other with combustion engines operated vehicles, plants or facilities
  • Engineers, technicians, foremans working in construction or service of engine, components or vehicle producers and their service partners
  • Skilled employees of repair, engine reconditioning or service companies
  • Distribution engineers and sales people of mineral oil companies and their trading partners
  • Authorized experts for combustion engines
  • Technically interested employees who want to extend their knowledge in the areas lubrication techniques and tribology

Aims

  • Correct selection of the optimal engine oil for an economic and reliable operation of your engines
  • Influence of the type and quality of fuel on the lifetime of the oil filling and the engine
  • Extraction of meaningful oil samples
  • Extension of oil changing intervals
  • Early recognition of unusual wear and failures
  • Investigation of causes of faliure after breakdowns
  • Oil analysis in pro-active maintenance
  • Interpretation of lab reports
  • Warning values for evaluation of machine damages and oil condition
Basis-Training (2 days)

Lubrication, Friction and Wear

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

Fundamentals of 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

Lubricants for combustion engines

  • Requirements for engine oils and their charactersitics
  • Differences of engine oils in comparison to other lubricants
  • Oil requirements for diesel- and Otto engines
  • Specialties for the operation with biodiesel, plant oils or propane gas
  • Types of engine oils and their areas of application
  • Low-SAPS, additives, soot content and alkalinity
  • Suitability for systems for after-systems of exhaust gases
  • ACEA, API, Jasum-specifications

Operational alterations of lubricating oils

  • 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
  • Ashes and their consequences
  • Mixture of different engine oils
  • Influence of glycol (cooling water), biogenous fuels on oils
  • Visible changes: cloudiness, contamination and phase separation

Characteristics of biogenous fuels

  • Pilot injection engines
  • RME/Biodiesel, plant oils: cpecial characteristics
  • Bioethanol
  • Consequences for engine operation and the engine oil in comparison to conventional fuels
  • Reduction and optimization of oil changing intervals

Oil analysis for engine oils

  • Oil Analysis
    Why, when, how, how often, how many?
    Methods and devices for sampling
    Required data, grease sampling datasheet
    Online portal: lab report, data entry, enquiries
    Data migration into a maintenance program
  • Analysis techniques
    Analysis sets, areas of application and explanatory power
    Identification of wear characteristic values: element analysis, PQ-Index
    Characteristic values for oil condition: viscosity, oxidation, FTIR analysis, acid, AN, i-pH, SAN
    Reduction of additives: antioxidants, FTIR and RULER, BN and AN
    Contamination: water, antifreeze agent, pilot-injection fuel, soot, sludge, acids, intermixtures
    Interpretation of lab report results
  • Interpretation of lab report results
    Define warning and Limit values
    Interpretation of real lab reports
    Interpretation of real lab reports

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

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