For companies operating in wind power, automotive, industrial hydraulics, off-highway, and heavy machinery, oil condition plays a crucial role in efficiency, reliability, and maintenance costs. The SBS enables manufacturers and operators to move away from reactive maintenance and adopt a predictive, data-driven lubrication strategy that optimizes performance and extends asset lifespan.
The ageing of oil is a major problem in various applications. Oxidation, temperature and contamination accelerate oil ageing and lead to a rapid change in viscosity, accelerated additive degradation and negative effects such as sludge formation and the clogging of filter systems.
The SBS provides operators with a real-time overview of the effects of oxidation, enabling them to extend oil change intervals, prevent premature degradation and optimize the use of additives.
Applications where lubrication directly impacts system efficiency suffer from friction losses and reduced power transmission efficiency when air bubbles disrupt lubrication
By detecting air bubble formation and foam build-up, the SBS provides real-time data on lubrication effectiveness, enabling operators to optimize viscosity, minimize slippage, and reduce power losses.
An unstable lubrication situation leads to performance losses and increased wear on gearboxes, bearings and hydraulic actuators. This has a negative impact on precision, power transmission and the service life of the systems.
The SBS ensures stable and consistent lubrication conditions, even when the load varies over time. All oil-lubricated components of a drive train are affected by the methodology and can be examined and optimized with the SBS. Both in large systems, robots and machine production.
In various industries and applications, premature wear of components due to unintentional air entrainment, cavitation and oxidation leads to higher failure rates and costly downtime.
The SBS provides continuous condition monitoring, enabling operators to predict wear patterns, extend oil change intervals, and optimize lubrication before failures occur.
In cost-intensive industries with long machine running times, unintended maintenance intervals and unexpected downtimes due to defects and wear and tear lead to enormous costs and high financial losses.
SBS provides real-time lubrication insights, allowing companies to move from interval-based maintenance to predictive maintenance strategies
In product development, it is important for a short time-to-market to be able to test reproducible and realistic requirements.
With the SBS-ME, real measurement data can be recorded directly, which can be used in a targeted and reproducible manner for testing purposes to validate your products with the help of the SBS-ST. This reduces iteration loops, avoids rework and eliminates complex test bench peripherals.
The SBS Scan & Detect feature delivers direct, real-time optical detection of air bubbles in oil and hydraulic fluids. Unlike traditional lab-based methods, SBS provides instant insights into air content, bubble morphology, and fluid stability. With machine vision-powered classification, this package allows for data-driven lubrication optimization, preventing oxidation and degradation before damage occurs. Ideal for hydraulic systems, gearboxes, and industrial lubrication monitoring.
Foaming in oil is a major challenge across industries, leading to fluid instability, lubrication inefficiencies, and accelerated wear. The SBS Foam Control package enables the setting of a real foaming that occurs during operation for testing purposes. Enabling optimized lubricant performance and preventive maintenance strategies. By detecting and measuring and initiating foam formation in real-time, SBS Foam Control helps industries extend oil life, reduce maintenance costs, and optimize fluid usage as well as improving their own products.
Data is only useful when it leads to measurable improvements. The SBS Insights package transforms oil condition monitoring data into actionable intelligence, enabling industries to implement predictive and preventive maintenance strategies. By providing detailed air bubble analysis, historical trend tracking, and condition monitoring, SBS Insights ensures long-term operational efficiency, reduced downtime, and extended equipment lifespan.
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Trust in real, validated data. Many industries rely on indirect measurement methods that lack precision, making accurate oil condition monitoring a challenge. The Smart Bubble System changes the game by delivering 100% validated, reproducible results that can be seamlessly integrated into existing monitoring systems, preventive maintenance platforms, and process optimization tools. Leverage real-time insights to enhance lubrication strategies, improve component performance, and eliminate inefficiencies.
