| Background |
Spectro Incorporated is a high technology company with almost 30 years experience in the development of instruments for machine condition monitoring based on oil and fuel analysis. Their sole focus has been to design and market instruments optimized for one application, rather than general-purpose instruments that can be used for a variety of applications. All Spectroils are easy to use, reliable and the workhorses of commercial and military oil analysis laboratories that require the rapid analysis of wear metals, contaminants and additives in lubricants. |
It measures trace quantities of elements dissolved or suspended as fine particles in natural or synthetic petroleum based products using the time-tested and reliable rotating disc electrode (RDE) technique. Spectro continually innovates both by inventing new products and by enhancing existing ones in response to customers’ needs for more capabilities or automation. The new Spectroil Q100 maintains this tradition and was designed from the ground up with the user, the application, and the in-service oil analysis laboratory in mind. |
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| The optics |
The heart of the new Spectroil Q100 is an innovative and state-of-the art charge coupled device (CCD) optical system. The Paschen-Runge design of the optical system provides the necessary resolution and light throughput to process the spectra of all configured elements in less than 30 seconds. The Spectroil Q100 optisc contain a dual layer of CCD detectors making it a compact, yet extremely capable system. The design eliminates the need for photomultiplier tubes with their inherent instability and limited analytical expansion capabilities. |
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| Advantages |
The Q100 standard configuration is equipped with and calibrated for 22 wear metals, contaminants and additives. Additional elements can be added at any time, even in the field and if your application suddenly calls for unusual elements such as niobium, lithium or rhodium. An external computer with current Windows software controls the system. The additional capability to analyze engine coolants is available as an option.
- Provides an early warning of abnormal wear.
- Conforms to ASTM Standard Test Method D6595 requirements
- No sample preparation
- 30 second analysis time
- Bench-top and transportable
- Analyzes all elements simultaneously
- Always ready to analyze samples
- Very low costs on consumables compared to other methods such as ICP
- Simple to operate without special training or background
- Standard and readily available consumables
- Requires no special utilities or gases, only AC power
- Meets stringent Department of Defense requirements (JOAP)
- Optional large particle analysis capability
- Optional sulfur analysis capability
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| Downloads |
 Q100 Brochure
Many application papers are available. Please contact us for further info.
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| Specifications |
- The Spectroil Q100 has a standard configuration that includes 22 elements (see list below) plus it has the option to add up to 13 additional elements like Sb, Bi, As, In, Co, Zr, W, Sr, Li, Ce, Nb and Rh anytime anywhere, without the need for any hardware upgrade.
- Wear Metals: Al, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, Mg, Mn, Mo, Ni, Ag, Sn, Ti, V, Zn
- Contaminants: B, Ca, K, Si, Na
- Additives: Ba, B, Ca, Cr, Cu, Mg, Mo, P, Si, Zn
- Smallest rotating disc spectrometer in the world
- The Spectroil Q100 has capability for the easy addition of a coolant program which means that you can have it without the need of any attachment / modification of the existing spectrometers
- The Spectroil Q100 is customized for laboratory environment.
- The latest Spectroil Q100 instrument uses a unique double layer optic with Multiple CCD detectors. A total of 15 CCD detectors is mounted on the Rowland circle in order to cover the wave¬length range from 200 to 800 nm of the elements of interest.
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