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- Mon Aug 31, 2020 1:57 pm
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Microscope for engine oil analysis
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Re: Microscope for engine oil analysis
I visited my father in law this weekend and turns out he had a microscope to borrow me: http://www.paralux.fr/donnees/documents/produits/60-6113-9/PDF-en-60-6113-9.pdf Very simple(mechanics feel really solid and precise) but it's good enough to see the amount of particles in the oil (40x objective 1...
- Fri Aug 28, 2020 6:33 am
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Microscope for engine oil analysis
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Re: Microscope for engine oil analysis
From my understanding you could just put a drop on a glass slide and put a coverglass on top to spread it. You are looking for particles in the size of roughly 5-15um (some larger, some smaller) which are suspended in the oil. See if you can take a picture where they are visible. The soot (which mak...
- Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:32 pm
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Microscope for engine oil analysis
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Re: Microscope for engine oil analysis
Wow, that is interesting.
Can you maybe pull some oil from a dip stick and see if it will work for my purpose?
Can you maybe pull some oil from a dip stick and see if it will work for my purpose?
- Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:39 pm
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Microscope for engine oil analysis
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Re: Microscope for engine oil analysis
Thanks for your help, I'm starting to grasp a few things. So, after some hunting online I found that the Olympus system have plenty of stuff available. I feel that if I'm looking for parts(in the future) this system would be the easiest to live with, correct? Two question about objectives. The 'S' i...
- Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:20 pm
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Microscope for engine oil analysis
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Re: Microscope for engine oil analysis
I live in France. For second hand I'm looking at ebay europe or the national leboncoin.fr. If you can point me to a good setup(or idea of that) in the sub 500€ it would be super. I kind of need a starting point what to look for(and what to avoid). I don't mind that stuff is old per se but I do mind ...
- Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:57 pm
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Microscope for engine oil analysis
- Replies: 43
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Re: Microscope for engine oil analysis
So, your saying the optics are not up for the job? Then I will continue looking for something else. Is there any information online which optics are good/bad or reviews etc? I'm new to microscope equipment so if you can point me in the right direction (like who produces good optics....or what indica...
- Thu Aug 27, 2020 7:50 am
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Microscope for engine oil analysis
- Replies: 43
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Re: Microscope for engine oil analysis
This is my idea right now.. There is an CX23 for sale not far from me. I like the fact that it's new in box, so it will likely give me very little issues. From a point of just finding and counting particles I think transmitted light would work best as this will give me black dots on a bright backgro...
- Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:01 pm
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Microscope for engine oil analysis
- Replies: 43
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Re: Microscope for engine oil analysis
In addition. I'm planning to have a good idea of the number of solid particles(and their size/shape) and see how reduction of this affects the oil analysis. Among other things I would like to see how clean new oil is and the result after filtering 1,2,3,4 etc times.....testing different filtering t...
- Wed Aug 26, 2020 3:06 pm
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Microscope for engine oil analysis
- Replies: 43
- Views: 14494
Re: Microscope for engine oil analysis
In addition. I'm planning to have a good idea of the number of solid particles(and their size/shape) and see how reduction of this affects the oil analysis. Among other things I would like to see how clean new oil is and the result after filtering 1,2,3,4 etc times.....testing different filtering te...
- Wed Aug 26, 2020 2:39 pm
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Microscope for engine oil analysis
- Replies: 43
- Views: 14494
Re: Microscope for engine oil analysis
Could this fit my needs? It's a BH2 with what I believe is a reflective light source.
https://www.leboncoin.fr/equipements_in ... 56878.htm/
https://www.leboncoin.fr/equipements_in ... 56878.htm/
- Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:15 pm
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Microscope for engine oil analysis
- Replies: 43
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Re: Microscope for engine oil analysis
Thanks.
Correct me if I'm wrong but all the microscopes I mentioned above are Transmitted Light Microscope?
Another question: To be able to see details of a 1um particle the optics need to have good resolution. Is the 1980's optics good enough or should I aim for newer?
Correct me if I'm wrong but all the microscopes I mentioned above are Transmitted Light Microscope?
Another question: To be able to see details of a 1um particle the optics need to have good resolution. Is the 1980's optics good enough or should I aim for newer?
- Wed Aug 26, 2020 11:20 am
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Microscope for engine oil analysis
- Replies: 43
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Microscope for engine oil analysis
Good day, I'm a complete beginner in microscopy and need some help. I'm embarking on a project to analyse engine oil for wear particles. The particles are suspended in engine oil in the size from 1um and up. I need to be able to see if they are round/flat and maybe color(copper/brass/steel etc). My ...