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WearCheck

WearCheck

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.

Latest WearCheck Articles

Microdieseling: The Explosions You Never Hear

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wearcheck: When Good Oils Go Bad Part 1

By WearCheck 7 June 2026

Bonsai trees mature into highly valued works of art and even acoustic guitars and violins are said to improve in tone as the wood ages and the instrument opens up.

WearCheck strengthens onsite sampling capabilities

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

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

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

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...

WearCheck lightens the fleets cost burden

WearCheck lightens the fleets cost burden

By WearCheck 5 March 2026

Specialist condition monitoring company WearCheck is driven by a clear purpose: to help engines, machinery and mechanical assets run at optimum performance while keeping maintenanc...