The managing director, Sakari Häyrynen, in the Finnish company Kytola, explains that the one of the company´s task today is to prevent excess consumption of energy and water and at the same time to secure the efficiency of customers’ processes and systems.
The key applications are, according to managing director, found in pulp and paper, energy, chemical, mining, steel and agricultural industries. Häyrynen describes his company as a global player.
Kytola Instruments, with headquarter is located in Muurame, is also a private family owned company founded by Mr. Olli Kytölä in 1945.
– This facility also houses our corporate, testing and research and development center. Having these departments within one location allows us to quickly react to specific customer product requirements and ever changing market needs and conditions, underlined Häyrynen.
His collague, the quality manager,Heikki Heiskanen, marked earlier in a company research study that is a fact that different chemical and physical factors affect the quality of oil and thus its performance in various uses.
“The number of factors contributing to the deterioration of quality increases over time and with use, and at times the quality of oil can drop quite suddenly. The first sign of quality change is often a change in the oil colour”, stressed Heiskanen.
Although oil colour alone is not necessarily a direct indication of the oil being damaged, the colour change is nevertheless a good indicator that the properties have changed and a more detailed analysis of the situation is required. Online colour measurement can be used to immediately detect changes in quality and take corrective measures before any damage occurs.
– Our oil moisture analyzer OILAN A4 is precision manufactured to help make your processes and systems more efficient. The oil moisture analyzer is manufactured at our facility, tells Kytolas Sales Manager, Jari Auvinen.
Oilan A4 measures the absolute water content in oil (ppm). It suites well for mineral oils as well as some synthetic oils. It ranges up to 5 000 or 20 000 ppm with an accuracy ±30 ppm. According to Auvinen it is easy to install by quick connect couplings.
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– Our new model OILCOL Oil Color Analyzer is specifically designed for fast, accurate and real time measurement of the ASTM D1500 color value of oil. It is the perfect maintenance free solution for quality control and to help prevent machine failure, said Jari Auvinen.
The OILCOL works according to him, by using the ASTM D1500 color scale, which is used in a wide variety of petroleum products such as lubricating, hydraulic, heating, and insulating and diesel fuel oils.
The color value is used as a grade and quality measure in the refining process, as a means of confirming that the correct oil or fuel is being used in the particular application and also as a quality indicator of the oil contamination, oxidation, aging and degradation.
The OILCOL’s continuous and fast on-line indication of the oil color changes is the perfect instrument in this process as it allows for quick reaction to sudden changes in product quality and to perform preventative actions before any failures of the oil-using equipment occur. Also using the OILCOL eliminates the need for traditional time consuming and costly laboratory samplings and analyzes.
The compact and robust OILCOL displays the ASTM D1500 color value 0,5 – 8 in steps of 0,1 when the standard is in steps of 0,5. The OILCOL has a local display, 4 – 20 mA output and uses Modbus (RTU) communication. Maximum pressure rating is 20 bars and the temperature range is from -20°C to +70°C. Installation is easy and each OILCOL is individually calibrated to ensure the best possible accuracy for their customer.
