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The Wear Debris Analysis Handbook by Trevor Hunt + Brian Roylance
Publisher January 1999

Chapter Two

BASIC CONCEPTS AND THEORY

2.1 Quantity and size
2.1.1 Trend analysis
2.1.2 Absolute levels
2.2 Visual identification &endash Shape
2.2.1 Systematic particle analysis
2.2.2 Wear and wear particles
2.2.3 Wear particle atlas (WPA)
2.2.4 Computer-Aided Systematic Particle Analysis (CASPA)
2.2.5 Computer-Aided Vision Engineering (CAVE)
2.3 Composition
2.3.1 Origins
2.3.2 Spectrometric identification

Chapter Three

PRACTICAL ISSUES

3.1 Sampling
3.1.1 Position
3.1.2 Preparation
3.1.3 Time
3.1.4 Grease
3.2 Analysis
3.2.1 In-line and on-line analysis
3.2.2 Off-line analysis
3.3 Reporting

Chapter Four

EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION

4.1 Sample points and probes
4.1.1 Sample points
4.2 Samplers
4.3 Patch making
4.3.1 On-line Conpar
4.3.2 Off-line Millipore
4.4 Patch analysers, including image analysis
4.4.1 Comparative analysis
4.4.2 Automatic analysis
4.4.3 Image analysis
4.5 Wear debris atlases
4.6 Off-line debris detectors, including Ferrography
4.6.1 Ferrous debris
4.6.2 All metal debris
4.6.3 All debris
4.7 Off-line particle analysers, including counters
4.7.1 Optical
4.7.2 Acoustic spectroscopy
4.8 In-line debris detectors
4.8.1 Magnetic/conductance
4.8.2 Magnetic/inductance
4.8.3 Thin film wear and radioactivation
4.8.4 Mesh/conductance
4.9 In-line particle analysers, including counters
4.9.1 Inductance
4.9.2 Ultrasonics
4.10 On-line debris detectors
4.10.1 Electrical conductance
4.10.2 Magnetic attraction
4.10.3 Optical time of transition
4.10.4 Thin film wear
4.11 On-line particle analysers, including counters
4.11.1 Filter blockage
4.11.2 Inductance
4.11.3 Optical obscuration
4.11.4 Ultrasonics
4.12 Spectrometry
4.13 Kits