In January 2014, at TAE’s 19th Tribology Colloquium, I presented th preliminary results of field evaluations that were being performed on LuminUltra Technologies dQGO-M test method. The new ATP test method provides a simple and reliable means of differentiating between fungal and bacterial contamination in metalworking fluids (MWF).
Four international MWF compounders participated in the field evaluation. All of their data were subitted in time for my STLE 2014 Annual Meeting Presentation:
Recent advances in the differentiation between fungal and bacterial contamination in metalworking fluids using modifications of the ASTM E2694 Standard Test Method. Read more…
