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WearCheck specialises in a range of condition monitoring techniques, which includes the scientific analysis of used oil and other fluids from mechanical and electrical systems.

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Latest WearCheck Articles

Additive Depletion: When Oil Runs on Empty

By WearCheck 18 October 2026

Specialist condition monitoring company, WearCheck, continues the discussion around oil condition - the latest topic is additive depletion.

When maintenance systems replace reliability

By WearCheck 23 September 2026

Asset reliability and condition monitoring form a major part of WearCheck’s business. Through its Asset Reliability Care (ARC) division, WearCheck provides a broad range of special...

Electrostatic Spark Discharge: When Static Strikes Back

By WearCheck 23 September 2026

Electrostatic spark discharge plays a significant role in compromising oil condition. It is the focus of the next article in WearCheck’s “When Good Oils Go Bad” series.

Microdieseling: The Explosions You Never Hear

By WearCheck 3 September 2026

This edition of WearCheck’s “When Good Oils Go Bad” series gives insight into microdieseling. There’s a creature in the ocean that kills its prey without ever touching it.

Rise of Condition Monitoring in South African Aviation

By WearCheck 24 August 2026

WearCheck has been helping to safeguard aircraft engine reliability through advanced condition monitoring and oil analysis for more than five decades.

WearCheck to demonstrate at Electra Mining 2026

By WearCheck 24 August 2026

Electra Mining Africa 2026 delegates can explore how modern condition monitoring technologies are helping mining

Thermal Breakdown: When Oil Can’t Take the Heat

By WearCheck 24 August 2026

The fourth article in WearCheck’s “When Good Oils Go Bad” series takes an in-depth look at thermal breakdown.

Nitration: The Acid You Didn’t See Coming

By WearCheck 22 July 2026

Wearchecks “When Good Oils Go Bad” features a discussion around nitration.

Wearcheck: Oxidation: When Oil Gets Old

By WearCheck 30 June 2026

Oxidation is one of the most common chemical reactions we encounter in everyday life.

Wearcheck: When Good Oils Go Bad Part 1

By WearCheck 7 June 2026

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WearCheck strengthens onsite sampling capabilities

By WearCheck 2 May 2026

The precise accuracy of taking an oil sample from a machine component is one of the most critically important steps in the scientific analysis of oil as part of a condition monitor...

Technical Bulletin 95: Oil Analysis: corrective action

By WearCheck 4 April 2026

The majority of organisations implementing oil analysis face the challenge of maximising operational cost savings against the pressure to achieve full production and enhancing shar...

New WearCheck agent in East Africa

By WearCheck 4 April 2026

Condition monitoring specialist company, WearCheck, recently teamed up with Tanzania-based condition monitoring company, Technical and Engineering Solutions (TES), to bring an exte...

Grid-tied renewables still need old-school reliability

By WearCheck 29 March 2026

South Africa’s wind and solar build-out is accelerating, but the novel assets that quietly convert renewable energy into dispatched, grid-compliant power are still likely to fail f...