This document outlines a two-day training program on lubricants and lubrication. Day one will cover basics of lubricants including types, properties, additives, and tests. It will also cover product data sheets, material safety data sheets, sampling, and oil analysis. Day two focuses on typical lubricant tests, hydraulic and gear oils, troubleshooting, and sampling techniques. The trainer, M. Hussam Adeni, is a certified tribologist and lubrication specialist with over 10 years of experience in the lubricants industry.

1. Lubricants &
Lubrication
A 2 day training
programme
Training programme – Lubricants & Lubrication
M Hussam Adeni – Tribologist
Chemical Engineer and ICML certified Machinery Lubricant Specialist
Certified Level I Machinery Lubricant Analyst, equivalent to category I of ISO 18436-4.
ExCastrol India

2. Lubricants and Lubrication – Training programme
M Hussam Adeni – Tribologist
Chemical Engineer and ICML certified Machinery Lubricant Specialist
Day – 1 –
9:00 AM to 12:30 - Lunch break till 1;15 PM – 5;00 PM close – 15 min Tea break at 11 AM and 3 PM
Introduction
Trainer
Participants
Training objective
Basic of Lubricants
Brief on Base oil manufacture, capacities in India & Lube Market
PDS
MSDS
Typical tests for lubricants
Lube equivalents – How to find equivalents
Trouble shooting
Sampling
Oil analysis labs
Lubrication Survey
Basic Test – Lube knowledge prior to start of Training programme
To repeat same test after completion of training
Basics of Lubricants and Lubrication
o What is a lubricants
o Types of lubricants
o Properties of lubricants
o Lubricant by application
o Brief on Lab tests
o What are Additives
o Types of additives
o Function of additives
o ISO VG classification
o Brief on API service levels
o NLGI numbers
Notes on PDS and MSDS
o What is PDS
 Typical TDS
 Detailed study of PDS
o What is MSDS
 Typical MSDS
 Detailed study of MSDS

3. Day – 2 –
9:00 AM to 12:30 - Lunch break till 1;15 PM – 5;00 PM close – 15 min Tea break at 11 AM and 3 PM
Typical tests for Lubricants
o Types of lubricants
o Physio chemical properties of lubricants
o Routine Lube tests
o Common Lube tests
o ASTM or IP Test method
o Significance of tests
o Special Lube tests and equipment
o Special Analytical Tests - Spectroscopy
o ICP and AAS
o Special tests for Base Oils – DSC
Trainer - Hydraulic Oils
Hydraulic Oils
o PDS Hydraulic Oils
o MSDS Hydraulic Oils
Trainer - Gear Oils
Gear Oils
o PDS Gear Oils
o MSDS Gear Oil
Trouble shooting Lubricants
- Trouble shooting lubricants
o Three to Four Case studies – for discussion
o Sampling
o Collecting Data – prior to sampling
o How to sample,
o Where to sample
o When to sample
o Couriering of sampling
o Following up for sample/sample reports
o Typical sample report
o Reputed Lab for Lube Oil analysis
o International labs in India
o Other Labs for Lube analysis
o Layman tests – Lubricants

4. Trainer
M Hussam Adeni - B.Tech Chemical, MLA I
Hussam Adeni hussam57 Blog URL: http://lubricantspecialist.wordpress.com/
www.stle.org
www.lubecouncil.com
Society of Tribologists & Lubrication Engineer: Member – Individual
Membership number - 49912 M Certification: MLA 1
Section - International (99). Certified Level 1 Machinery
Lubricant Analyst, equivalent to
Category I of ISO 18436-4
For details of my prowess on the net, please feel free to browse the web links.
http://www.slideshare.net/hussam57/testing-of-lubes-and-its-significance-nov-2011
http://www.slideshare.net/hussam57/basic-of-lubricants-amp-lubrication
http://lubricantspecialist.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/6/
http://twitter.com/#!/hussamadeni
Invite you to Google search for "Hussam Adeni" for blogs & posts of my web activity.