2019

ALS Environmental has made significant advances in sample size reduction, leading the industry towards safer and more sustainable practices. Lower water sample volume requirements can significantly reduce sampling times; and smaller, lighter coolers reduce the risk of strain injuries in the field. Read More

Vibration induced fatigue failures of pipework are a major concern for a range of asset owners due a number of risks. Read this issue of Asset Care Counts to find out more about new technologies combating this problem.  Read More

Track samples submitted for geochemical analysis using the new ALS App. Read More

Base number has historically been an indicator of used diesel engine service life. With the current engine oil formulations for categories API CK-4, base number has continued to take on less relevancy for monitoring diesel engine oil service life. This is due to the advent of lower sulfur fuels and engine oils, which has reduced the need for high base number oils. Today’s engine oil formulations are engineered to provide extended service life and because of this monitoring oil oxidation and degradation related extended service life has become an increasing focus. Read More

Recently I received a number of questions around test methodology on some of the analysis we perform and, in answering these questions, realized that two important properties of testing is not well understood by folks in general, which are Sensitivity and Specificity. Read More

Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) forms when sulfide-bearing materials are exposed to oxidizing conditions. Potential sulfide-bearing materials include waste rock overburden, processed ore (tailings) as well as exposed rock from either an open pit or underground mine. Sulfide minerals such as pyrite, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite in mine waste material can react with water and oxygen to produce sulfuric acid, which may in turn leach metals from the same material and introduce them into the environment at potentially high concentrations.  Read More

Raj Naran, Managing Director & CEO presents the 2019 Full Year results of ALS Limited. Read More

Take a look at what our sampling intelligence app ALS Compass can provide for you.  Read More

Over the past few years, the hot topic at many maintenance and reliability conferences has been the use of IoT also known as ‘the Internet of Things’. When thinking of equipment, we often draw comparisons of equipment to the human body. In the broadest sense, IoT is the nervous system of equipment. Our bodies can sense of touch, movement, balance, smell, taste, sight, pressure, temperature, and auditory vibrations. The information is received by various nerves and transmitted to our brains for processing. How we respond to this data is based on the judgement of how we perceive the information. Read More

It’s a win-win for ALS and one of our clients and proves the value of oil analysis. ALS was sent an excerpt in an Annual Report from one of our PLP’s (Private Label Programs) we do. The excerpt was about how the implementation of proactive maintenance practices (including oil analysis) as part of a reliability centered lubrication program, was used to maximize uptime and cost avoidance for one of their clients. The end user is a family owned construction company located in the state of Washington. Read More