In its white paper, "The Basics of Lubricating Grease and In-use Testing," Lubrication Engineers, Inc. provides background and insight on grease and grease testing to help end users improve their lubrication reliability program through condition monitoring.
The analysis of lubricants while in service can provide useful information about the condition of the lubricant and the equipment. Useful information can be gained from in-service sampling of greases — probably better than sampling solid lubricants — but not quite as much as can be gained from fluids.
Read The Basics of Lubricating Grease and In-use Testing in its entirety.
