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MLA II – Machine monitoring through oil analyses (for advanced users)

MLA II – Machine monitoring through oil analyses (for advanced users) - 4 days

30.06.2025 09:00
03.07.2025 16:30
Brannenburg
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1,490.00 € plus VAT
23.02.2026 09:00
26.02.2026 16:30
Brannenburg
On-siteGerman
1,490.00 € plus VAT
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Optional: Certification exam at ICML exam platform Examity
MLA II exam (1/2 day)English
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Targeted exam preparation to become a ‘Certified Oil Analysis Specialist’ (MLA II)

This seminar prepares you specifically for the official examination to become a ‘Certified Oil Analysis Specialist’ (Machinery Lubrication Specialist – MLA) in accordance with ISO 18436-4. You will gain comprehensive knowledge of oil and grease analysis as a key tool for machine monitoring, maintenance and quality control.

Advantages of this seminar

  • Targeted exam preparation for MLA certification in accordance with ISO 18436-4
  • In-depth knowledge of lubricants – selection, use & environmental aspects
  • Oil & grease analysis methods for monitoring & quality control
  • Practice-orientated oil care & cleanliness requirements for maximum system reliability
  • Customised expert knowledge for beginners & practitioners

Use this seminar to optimally prepare for the MLA test and at the same time expand your skills in lubricant analysis and monitoring – for more safety, efficiency and cost savings in your company.

Target Group

  • Skilled employees, managers and executives working in the field of service and maintenance
  • Technical sales consultants from lubricant and filter manufacturers and their sales partners
  • Technical purchasers for lubricants and operating fluids
  • Specialists from the service and sales departments of machine and component manufacturers
  • Appraisors and surveyors for damage analysis and machine malfunction
  • Specialists and managers from oil maintenance, oil monitoring and other areas who want to expand or update their technical knowledge of oil analysis.

The certification test

Participation in the official MLA II examination is of course voluntary.

If you wish, you can take an online test under supervision directly after the seminar on the premises of the OilDoc Academy. The organisation and implementation takes place via the ICML-Plattforum examity.
Here you will find instructions for candidates for the online test with supervision.

4 days

Content

Maintenance – availability-orientated, condition-based, proactive

  • Maintenance and servicing
  • Condition-based maintenance strategies (CBM)
  • Availability-orientated maintenance strategies (RCM)

Fundamentals of Lubrication

  • Friction and lubricating film generation (hydrodynamics, hydrostatics, EHD)
  • Hydrodynamics, EHD and hydrostatics
  • Significance of viscosity and V-T behaviour

Fundamentals of Lubricants

  • Base oils: mineral oils and synthetic oils, base oil types and their areas of application
  • Additives: Types, working principle, application
  • Greases: Composition, Thickener types, selection criteria
  • Terms and typical characteristic values

Lubricating oils in use

  • Oil ageing as the sum of all operational changes
  • Ageing of the base oil: oxidation, nitration, hydrolysis, thermal decomposition
  • Additive degradation: antioxidants, wear protection, alkaline reserve, detergents/dispersant additives
  • Contaminants: Sources and types, e.g. particles, air, water, glycol, soot, fuel, oil ageing products
  • Practical problems due to cavitation, diesel effect, foaming

Contamination Control

  • Filtration as a system-specific concept
  • Oil filters and their areas of application
  • Main stream and by-pass filtration
  • Operational filtration and start-up filtration
  • Characteristics and selection criteria

Sample collection, transport and labelling

  • Optimal place and time
  • Methods and tools for static and dynamic sampling
  • Avoidance of typical errors during sampling
  • Application-specific requirements for sample containers
  • Sensible labelling and necessary information on the oil sample

Oil analyses – Basic measuring methods

  • Methods for monitoring oil condition, wear and contamination
  • Application and significance of the individual methods
  • Minimal and optimal scope of examination
  • Routine and special test procedures

Basics of the evaluation of oil analyses

  • General approach
  • Limit values and trend monitoring
  • Typical structure of a laboratory report

Oil analyses in practice

  • Application-specific consideration of typical areas of application
    • Most important selection criteria
    • Characteristic ageing scenarios
    • Scope of testing
    • Standard and special analyses, incoming goods inspection
    • Sampling and declaration
    • Typical limit values
    • Evaluation examples

application area

  • Bearing lubrication
  • Gear and circulating lubrication
  • Hydraulic systems
  • Turbines
  • Compressors
  • Combustion engines
  • Gas engines
  • Isolating oils
  • Greases

Storage, handling, transport and application

  • Oil storage: requirements, technical possibilities
  • Product identification, labeling, tracking
  • Tools and system solutions
  • Circulating oil lubrication, consumption or loss lubrication
  • Systems and solutions for decentralized and centralized supply of multiple lubrication points and complete system installations

 

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Services included in the seminar price:

  • Participation in the seminar
  • Hot lunch
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  • 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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