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Koehler Instrument, or Koehler, is a US based company that provides petroleum, petrochemical testing equipment, and technical support services to testing laboratories worldwide. The company’s corporate headquarters is in Holtsville, NY and manufacturing headquarters is located in Bohemia, NY.
Koehler Instrument Company offers a full line of instruments for testing biofuels,
Other organizations that Koehler holds membership with include the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Koehler is also an active member of the National Association of Lubricating Grease Manufacturers, Inc. ( NLGI), with a representative on the Board of Directors.
Each year, Koehler Instrument Company attends conferences and expositions related to the petroleum testing industry. Some of the conferences that Koehler has exhibited at during recent years include the
Koehler Instrument Company manufactures over 150 different types of instruments, all of which conform to Koehler Instrument products news
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fuel
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s, lubes, and greases, as well as an extensive selection of tribology
Tribology is the science and engineering of interacting surfaces in relative motion. It includes the study and application of the principles of friction, lubrication and wear. Tribology is highly interdisciplinary, drawing on many academic fie ...
, or wear testing instruments. All Koehler products conform to the latest ASTM
ASTM International, formerly known as American Society for Testing and Materials, is an international standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems, a ...
, ISO
ISO is the most common abbreviation for the International Organization for Standardization.
ISO or Iso may also refer to: Business and finance
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, IP and related international specifications.
Industry involvement
Koehler Instrument Company has been an active member of the American Society for Testing Materials, orASTM
ASTM International, formerly known as American Society for Testing and Materials, is an international standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems, a ...
, since 1947.
Other organizations that Koehler holds membership with include the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Koehler is also an active member of the National Association of Lubricating Grease Manufacturers, Inc. ( NLGI), with a representative on the Board of Directors.
Each year, Koehler Instrument Company attends conferences and expositions related to the petroleum testing industry. Some of the conferences that Koehler has exhibited at during recent years include the Pittsburgh Conference
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
and Exposition, National Biodiesel Conference and Expo, and the Gulf Coast Conference
The Gulf Coast Conference (GCC) was a short-lived NCAA college athletic conference composed of universities in the U.S. state of Texas from 1949 until 1957. The charter members of the conference were University of Houston, Midwestern University ...
. Koehler also attends the STLE annual meeting and the European Lubricating Grease Institute (ELGI) meeting each year.
Testing laboratory
Koehler's petroleum-testing laboratory provides in-house testing services for the analysis ofpetroleum products
Petroleum products are materials derived from crude oil (petroleum) as it is processed in oil refineries. Unlike petrochemicals, which are a collection of well-defined usually pure organic compounds, petroleum products are complex mixtures. The m ...
, lubricants
A lubricant (sometimes shortened to lube) is a substance that helps to reduce friction between surfaces in mutual contact, which ultimately reduces the heat generated when the surfaces move. It may also have the function of transmitting forces, t ...
, petrochemicals
Petrochemicals (sometimes abbreviated as petchems) are the chemical products obtained from petroleum by refining. Some chemical compounds made from petroleum are also obtained from other fossil fuels, such as coal or natural gas, or renewable s ...
, asphalts
Asphalt, also known as bitumen (, ), is a sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum. It may be found in natural deposits or may be a refined product, and is classed as a pitch. Before the 20th century, the term a ...
, composites and other related products. The laboratory is also involved with research and development of test equipment. Some of the specific ASTM
ASTM International, formerly known as American Society for Testing and Materials, is an international standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems, a ...
tests run at the Koehler laboratory include oxidation stability, flash point
The flash point of a material is the "lowest liquid temperature at which, under certain standardized conditions, a liquid gives off vapours in a quantity such as to be capable of forming an ignitable vapour/air mixture". (EN 60079-10-1)
The fl ...
, distillation
Distillation, or classical distillation, is the process of separating the components or substances from a liquid mixture by using selective boiling and condensation, usually inside an apparatus known as a still. Dry distillation is the he ...
, and viscosity
The viscosity of a fluid is a measure of its resistance to deformation at a given rate. For liquids, it corresponds to the informal concept of "thickness": for example, syrup has a higher viscosity than water.
Viscosity quantifies the inte ...
.
Products
Koehler Instrument Company manufactures over 150 different types of instruments, all of which conform to ASTM
ASTM International, formerly known as American Society for Testing and Materials, is an international standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems, a ...
, IP, ISO
ISO is the most common abbreviation for the International Organization for Standardization.
ISO or Iso may also refer to: Business and finance
* Iso (supermarket), a chain of Danish supermarkets incorporated into the SuperBest chain in 2007
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or other international standards. Some of Koehler's major product lines are viscosity
The viscosity of a fluid is a measure of its resistance to deformation at a given rate. For liquids, it corresponds to the informal concept of "thickness": for example, syrup has a higher viscosity than water.
Viscosity quantifies the inte ...
, flash point
The flash point of a material is the "lowest liquid temperature at which, under certain standardized conditions, a liquid gives off vapours in a quantity such as to be capable of forming an ignitable vapour/air mixture". (EN 60079-10-1)
The fl ...
, tribology
Tribology is the science and engineering of interacting surfaces in relative motion. It includes the study and application of the principles of friction, lubrication and wear. Tribology is highly interdisciplinary, drawing on many academic fie ...
, penetration, distillation
Distillation, or classical distillation, is the process of separating the components or substances from a liquid mixture by using selective boiling and condensation, usually inside an apparatus known as a still. Dry distillation is the he ...
and biofuels
Biofuel is a fuel that is produced over a short time span from biomass, rather than by the very slow natural processes involved in the formation of fossil fuels, such as oil. According to the United States Energy Information Administration (E ...
test equipment.
Other products include colorimeters, centrifuge
A centrifuge is a device that uses centrifugal force to separate various components of a fluid. This is achieved by spinning the fluid at high speed within a container, thereby separating fluids of different densities (e.g. cream from milk) or ...
s, oxidation stability units, automatic titration units, and cloud point
In liquids, the cloud point is the temperature below which a transparent solution undergoes either a liquid-liquid phase separation to form an emulsion or a liquid-solid phase transition to form either a stable sol or a suspension that settles a ...
and pour point
The pour point of a liquid is the temperature below which the liquid loses its flow characteristics.
It is defined as the minimum temperature in which the oil has the ability to pour down from a beaker. In crude oil a high pour point is generally ...
testers./ref> Koehler offers full lines of instruments for testing biofuels,
fuel
A fuel is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as thermal energy or to be used for work. The concept was originally applied solely to those materials capable of releasing chemical energy bu ...
s, lubes and greases.
References
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