Welcome to "Lubrication and Oil Analysis I"
What is waiting for you?
Course Contents at a glance
Maintenance
Why machines fail
Failures and lubrication
Mechanism, severity level and detection
Maintenance strategies
Pro-active approach
Lubrication
How lubrication works
Base oils & additives
General selection rules
Oil or grease
Bearings, gears, engines…
Storage & handling
Clean principle
Lubricant application
Base oils & additives
General selection rules
Oil or grease
Bearings, gears, engines…
Storage & handling
Clean principle
Lubricant application
Oil Analysis
Strategy & Sampling
Oil condition monitoring
Wear debris control
Contamination control
Test scopes
Oil condition monitoring
Wear debris control
Contamination control
Test scopes
Media & Tools
Videos
More than 20 hours of video material in more than 70 video clips are waiting for you. Every video is specially produced for this course at the OilDoc Academy.
Downloads
All presentation slides are available for download as PDF.
Additionally we provide useful learning exercises, overview tables and graphs.
Video Calls for Questions & Answers
You can arrange flexible video appointments with your trainers to discuss open questions.
Just contact our OilDoc Backoffice team!
Just contact our OilDoc Backoffice team!
Knowledge Tests
After every of the 20 modules there's a knowledge test for self control to make sure you internalized the contents and that you are well prepared for the official ICML certification exam.
The final target:
PROOF YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND GET CERTIFIED BY ICML!
Machinery Lubricant Analyst (MLA I) or Machinery Lubrication Technician (MLT I)
The official online exams are conducted by the International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML) and can be taken in a private room in your residence or a private space where you are alone in the room. You apply and pay for the exam with ICML and then will be directed to the online testing platform to establish a customer profile and confirm a time/date for the exam session. At the scheduled time/date, the candidate will log back into the online platform to take the exam, which will be monitored by a live, remote proctor.
Machinery Lubricant Analyst
These individuals must demonstrate skills in the area of used lubricant analysis for machine condition monitoring. Level I certification is oriented toward the basics of lubrication and sampling.
Machinery Lubrication Technician (MLT)
These individuals must demonstrate skills in the day-to-day activities associated with proper lubrication of machinery. Level I is oriented toward lubrication basics and the proper application and storage of lubricant.
Video: What is waiting for you?
Your trainer
Rüdiger Krethe, Dipl.-Ing.
CLS | OMA I | MLE | MLA II – OilDoc GmbH
Rüdiger Krethe is managing director of the OilDoc GmbH. After his studies of mechanical engineering and tribotechnology he has been working in the industrial lubricant division of a mineral oil company. Until 2010 he was head of diagnostician team of OELCHECK laboratory.
As trainer IHK certified trainer he gives internal and external training courses about tribology, lubricants and oil analysis for more than 20 years. He is a “Certified Lubrication Specialist” (CLS) of STLE as well as “Machine Lubricant Analyst II” (MLA II) and "Machinery Lubrication Engineer" (MLE) of ICML.
Examples
As trainer IHK certified trainer he gives internal and external training courses about tribology, lubricants and oil analysis for more than 20 years. He is a “Certified Lubrication Specialist” (CLS) of STLE as well as “Machine Lubricant Analyst II” (MLA II) and "Machinery Lubrication Engineer" (MLE) of ICML.
Examples
