I dont know if any content of this has been explicitly posted before, but I was curious if there were some oil blenders on this site that might be willing to give some light on how they go about designing a blend.
I understand that there are criteria of upmost importance to any blending, such as cost, marketability, or flexibility between product groups, or just generally adding enough of this or that to meet a given specification. (I lump this more into the business end of the matter, although it is a significant matter of importance.)
However, is there any insight or comments with specific regards to the order of approach or how you approach an oil build when its application is a fairly technical engineering challenge? Do you try to incorporate service environment and parameters (i.e. surface roughness, surface speed, surface pressures, ect.) to try to apply components that best fit the overall environment at all?
Thank you in advance, those of you who are willing to respond.
I understand that there are criteria of upmost importance to any blending, such as cost, marketability, or flexibility between product groups, or just generally adding enough of this or that to meet a given specification. (I lump this more into the business end of the matter, although it is a significant matter of importance.)
However, is there any insight or comments with specific regards to the order of approach or how you approach an oil build when its application is a fairly technical engineering challenge? Do you try to incorporate service environment and parameters (i.e. surface roughness, surface speed, surface pressures, ect.) to try to apply components that best fit the overall environment at all?
Thank you in advance, those of you who are willing to respond.