Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Measuring Lubricant

Is there something in today's society that are not measured? We measure the opinion of the quality of the water, temperature, the economy, growth, statistics, the speed, age…, this list can go on. The Americans love their cars measured. We measure the speed, energy, brightness, age, distance, fuel consumption, and the volume of their systems.

We can measure the energy of units, a unit that of James Watt, the creator of the steam engine. He came to the conclusion that the horse can average 550 pounds increase and, by one foot per second or 745.7 watts.

Our economy will fuel in miles per gallon or mpg. This is achieved through the removal of a car to move, on a gallons gasoline. In the countries of the metric system, which is measured in kilometers per litre. One factor that directly correlates with your mpg is your miles per hour or miles per hour. Wed / h is the measure of speed. This is done by calculating how many miles you scroll in an hour at a speed of movement. Following the model of the economy, the countries of the metric system, which is measured by KMH or kilometers per hour.

Another measure that in the automobile industry is the engine revolutions per minute. It is a very important measure in reality, because the engine of the car is designed to be at its height in a specific rpm's. This calculation is based on the change in fuel economy. If the speed of the engine get too high, there may be an engine malfunction. Why? Because the engine is not designed to operate with speed and also because of a shortage of oil for these parts, which explains why the performance of the cars need for the quality of oils. Indeed, we have measures for the oil so.

One of the measures, the fundamental values of the oils, the volume occupies. Normally, the oil to the consumer is sold in pints, which is a quart (32 oz.). But before the oil in storage, it is much larger quantities.

The crude oil is barrel. A barrel of crude oil is 42 gallons. The crude oil is then refined and in various products. The crude oil in the engine oil, then as drums, or 55 gallons. Most gas stations, automobile, especially the business of lubrication, you can buy and use of oil battery. But the average consumer that is not more than 55 liters of oil, mainly through the acquisition of oil district. But as I mentioned earlier, the performance of the vehicles require high-quality oil. How can we know how well the oil, we have in our cars? Well, we have one for the measure, too.

To help us better understand the analysis, in the quality of engine oil, we need to understand the most important features of this oil. At a glance, it seems clear that engine oil is lubricating and cooling of the engine. How is the oil on the fulfilment of this important task is more complicated than you may think. Your car of oil in a container called oilsump or pan. In this area there is a pump, where he absorbs the oil in the tank and expresses through your entire passages of the engine for forwarding to the lubrication of internal moving parts. Although these lubricating oil, it is also because of the heat, the temperature of the engine. The oil is then pédalé back to puisard, where it cools, the cycle begins again. In the early transporting motor, engine oil was, in fact, the by-products, after the crude oil processed was something else. The oil was dirty from the plateau, compared to today's standards. The filters are far from adequate, if they exist, and oil has been very, very frequently.

To the extent that the technology advances in the automotive industry, oils must adapt compatible. During the Vietnam War, jetfighter crew members came to the performance, by the synthetic oils. Synthetic throughput better in the service of the lubrication system and the fulfilment of their tasks better than the conventional Naftna olja. One of the members of the crew, a driver by the name of Albert J. Amatuzio LTC, the benefits of synthetic lubricant for the economy and AMSOIL developed the first synthetic motor oil that the Institute of American oil exceeded the requirements of the certification.

Compare classical synthetic oils

Take a pot and pour the milk, water and oil for frying in them. Resting leave for a few hours, and you will see that each type of liquid separated and formed his own layer. Your engine oil with a very advanced form of a process. The crude oil is refined, or a separation of impurities from the oil. The different molecular structures are determined by the mass production of products with different characteristics. Like a certain weight not only to a single type of molecular structure, there are a number of contaminants from molecular compounds with the desired, which is a hindrance to the performance.

The only way to remove impurities is the development and manufacture of chemically pure product. Yes, a pure product. The purity is in the use of chemicals and their reactions in the molecules, only the desired product. The uniformity of the molecular oil in this way significantly reduces the friction, which in turn increases the economic fuel economy and the life of the engine. Take the temperature. For example, when it is hot, synthetic oil is not thin, and the performance of your oil is not affected. If it is cold, because the mixture thickens oil classical impurities, the paraffin. Synthetics no impurities.

So, how can one measure the quality of our oils?

There are standards in the oil industry by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), which must be fulfilled in order to obtain an authorisation. The ASTM was founded in 1898 and is a non-profit organization in the world. They currently have more than 130 committees, the technical areas such as the manufacture of fabricated metal products, oils, and the environment. They have in the development of standards, the oil companies for the performance in certain areas or lubrication. The use of oils, by the ASTM standards is important because 20% of the consumption of olive oil under the performance standard, for which they claim they met.

For example, the standard ASTM D-5293 Cold Crank apparent viscosity test simulator tests the performance of the machine capacity at low temperatures. At low temperature, viscosity to start the engine cold easier to maintain because of its liquid. Cold viscosity-temperature affected the start in cold weather because the battery is already lower than they should be, because of the freezing temperatures.

Another criterion is the standard ASTM D-97. This test measures the place for the sale of oil. The number for the sale of oil is the cold, the temperature at which the oil will flow again.

The standard ASTM D-4683 is the High Temperature, High-Shear viscosity measure. Whether this measure is the ability to maintain the viscosity of the oil at higher temperatures, when a strong shear. A higher score on this test means that the engine so stressed out and heated parties remain protected, even under strict conditions.

ASTM D-4172B Four-Ball Wear Test consists of three fixed balls to plunge into a lubricant, in the fourth ball to roll on the three with a certain pressure. The performance of oil is determined by the scars on the surface of the balls. Obviously, the less difficult of the scar, is the best protection of the lubricant.

If the oil is sloshed around and jiggled, the air trapped in the fields of oil, is at the foam. The air is then transported through the lubrication and can cause damage because the air is not over lubrication. The standard ASTM D-892 standard is the measure of the essential oil from the ability to join the foam, or air in excess oil.

One thing that many consumers as oil is the flashpoint. The flashpoint is the temperature at which the oil in the flame ignited. This is achieved by the standard ASTM D-92, Point flashpoint testing and the prevention of forest fires. The fire, which is a little like flashpoint, with the exception of the inflammation must burn at least five seconds. Synthetic lubricants are much higher than the conventional Naftna olja Because of its high flash and fire points.

The Joint SAEJ1321 TMC / SAE testing on the fuel consumption - Type II is the test for the measurement of fuel consumption. In an attempt to help with the truck cargo, the supply of cross-country, it was decided that the change from the conventional system AMSOIL synthetic lubricant for the economy improves fuel consumption of 8.2%, when a truck typically consume 100 gallons per day , which is about a $ 24-a-day savings.

Finally, there are the standard ASTM D-5800 Noack volatility attempt. This tests the resistance in boiling oil at high temperatures. At high temperatures, cooking oil that resulted in a loss of oil and in the mud left behind. The D-5800 Noack volatility test measures the resistance in boiling oil start to the loss of engine oil and the creation of sewage sludge.

Synthetic get better results in all tests, their conventional counterparts. One might think that with all the advantages that the performance of synthetic oil, which they have already replaced the traditional oils. The only obstacle, is the price. If you have the price of an oil change with conventional oil, the difference may not be so high that $ 50.00. The first impact of oil prices has caused synthetic people in general with their sticky oil cheaper classic, and not the attainment of the long-term savings of synthetic fibers. Long term, the use of synthetic oils actually saves consumers money, especially if the fuel consumption, the repairs to the machine and especially of oil life. Most people know that they need their oil every 3000 miles or three months after the first. With a synthetic oil, it is not true. Synthetics hold much longer, because of how they are conceived and produced. They do not have the impurities that are breaking the traditional oil and power loss.

If you look at the long-term effects of oil prices, with a reasonable synthesis is the only available option. Select the best engine oil for your application is very important. Some oils better performance in hot weather, the others too cold. Synthetic oil is the only solution, the performance of conventional oil in every situation.

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