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Recommended Oil Cleanliness Level: Application Oil Cleanliness Required in Accordance With ISO 4406

This document provides reference charts for evaluating oil cleanliness using gravimetric patch testing. It includes: 1) A chart comparing common contamination levels found in hydraulic fluids to the associated ISO and NAS codes, with levels above 2mg/100ml requiring cleaning. 2) Examples of contamination levels for conventional and servo valve hydraulic systems, with levels above 2mg/100ml for servo valves requiring immediate cleaning. 3) Recommended cleanliness levels for different hydraulic system applications, with the most sensitive systems requiring cleanliness of below 18/13/10 ISO code.

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Recommended Oil Cleanliness Level: Application Oil Cleanliness Required in Accordance With ISO 4406

This document provides reference charts for evaluating oil cleanliness using gravimetric patch testing. It includes: 1) A chart comparing common contamination levels found in hydraulic fluids to the associated ISO and NAS codes, with levels above 2mg/100ml requiring cleaning. 2) Examples of contamination levels for conventional and servo valve hydraulic systems, with levels above 2mg/100ml for servo valves requiring immediate cleaning. 3) Recommended cleanliness levels for different hydraulic system applications, with the most sensitive systems requiring cleanliness of below 18/13/10 ISO code.

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Gravimetric patch test examples using 0.8µ x 25mm diameter membrane patches.

This involves drawing a quantity of oil through a 0.8µm membrane. This detects more contaminants than the ISO 4406 or
NAS 1638 methods, including oil oxidation products which are responsible for varnish formation.
This reference chart provides a simple comparison test for field checks of the condition of hydraulic fluids.
Conventional Hydraulics Patch Test Examples

>10mg /100ml of oil contamination


An example of high contamination level that is critical to hydraulic equipment.
Warning Level- Extreme

>4mg /100ml of oil contamination


An example of high contamination level that requires immediate cleaning or filtering.
Warning Level- Bad

>2mg /100ml of oil contamination


An example of contamination level that could benefit from cleaning or filtering.
Warning Level- Marginal

<1mg /100ml of oil contamination


An example of oil contamination level to which the oil has to be cleaned or filtered.
Warning Level- Good
Servo Valve Controls

>2mg /100ml of oil contamination


An example of high contamination level that requires immediate cleaning or filtering.
Warning Level- Bad

0.5mg /100ml of oil contamination


An example of oil contamination level to which the oil has to be cleaned or filtered.
Warning Level- Good

For reference, the grid lines in the membrane patches are approx. 100µ wide

Recommended Oil Cleanliness Level NAS


ISO Code
Application Oil Cleanliness Grade Condition
4 15/13/10 Good
required in accordance
5 16/14/11 Good
with ISO 4406
6 17/15/12 Good
Systems with high dirt sensitivity < 18/13/10
7 18/16/13 Acceptable
and high availability requirements
8 19/17/14 Marginal
such as servo valve technology
9 20/18/15 Bad
Systems with proportional valves < 19/14/11 10 21/19/16 Bad
and pressure >160 bar
Vane pumps, piston pumps, < 18/16/13 11 22/20/17 Extreme
piston engines 12 23/21/18 Extreme
Modern industrial hydraulic < 20/16/13 Contamination levels Condition
systems, directional valves, mg / 100 ml oil
pressure valves <1.5 mg / 100 ml oil Good
Industrial hydraulic systems with < 21/17/14 >2- <4 mg /100 ml oil Warning
large tolerances and low dirt
>4-<6 mg / 100 ml oil Bad
sensitivity
>6 mg / 100 ml oil Extreme

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Reference Comparison Charts ISO / NAS Grades & Particle Identification guides. 100 x magnification.
Use these guides to estimate the ISO / NAS contamination grades of the oil samples.

ISO 23/21/18 NAS 12 ISO 22/20/17 NAS 11 ISO 21/19/16 NAS 10 ISO 20/18/15 NAS 9

ISO 19/17/14 NAS 8 ISO 18/16/13 NAS 7 ISO 17/15/12 NAS 6 ISO 16/14/11 NAS 5

Gel residue Coloured particles Rust &white particles Metal Swarf

Silicates Fibres Oil ageing Products Bronze, brass & copper

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