Case Study

Ball on three disk tests for evaluation of rolling emulsions
Innovative use of a standard diesel lubricity test for the efficient evaluation of anti-wear properties of aqueous emulsions for rolling operations

Pin and Vee Block Tester: Why an electronic calibration?
The Pin and Vee Block Tester is a mechanical tribometer and as every mechanical test machine its loading mechanism undergoes some wear with time. Regular calibration of the loading mechanism is required. The ASTM procedures describe the ‘Brinell Copper Coupon Calibration’ but this is an indirect method to measure the actual load of your machine. Therefore Falex provides an accurate, electronic calibration were the actual load is measured directly in the contact.

Tapping Torque test for evaluation of metal removing fluids.
Study of lubricant properties of aqueous emulsions for cutting operations and the effect of the oil concentration in the emulsions.

ASTM Four-Ball Wear test with Falex Multi-Specimen machine.
The conformity with ASTM procedure checked.

Four Ball Wear tests: Can they be done with any machine?
ASTM D-2266 and D-4172 are designed to determine accurately the anti-wear properties of oils and greases through a four-ball geometry. The procedure states that the tests can not be executed with four ball EP machines, because these lack precision. Is this correct?