CLS Certification Course "Lubrication for experts" (English)

Considerably more relevant content and coverage than classical “Lubrication Training”

• Intense preparation for the certification exam “Certified Lubrication Specialist (CLS)” of the American Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE).
• Optimal exam training with realistic exam questions and guidance by CLS-certified engineers.
• Comprehensive presentation of the field from technical application through lubricants, lubrication technology, to monitoring and oil maintenance.
• Long-standing experienced, internationally recognized, and certified instructors who, through their daily practice, are at home in both the world of mechanical engineering and lubricants.
• Especially suitable for updating or deepening knowledge for lubricant experts.
• Ideal seminar preparation and time-efficient learning through our special precourse material.

Optional: 99,00 € for precourse documents for optimal course preparation (please contact us!)

Fundamentals of Lubrication

• Friction and lubricating film generation (hydrodynamics, hydrostatics, EHD)
• Wear, wear mechanism and wear mode
• Viscosity and Viscosity-Temperature behavior

Fundamentals of Lubricants

• Base oils: mineral oils and synthetic base stocks and theirapplication area
• Additives: Types, working principle, application
• Greases: Composition, Thickener types, selection criteria
• Key properties, compatibility

Lubrication of rolling and sliding bearings

• Oil and grease lubrication
• Hydrodynamics and hydrostatics, elastohydrodynamics
• Basic criteria for oil and grease selection, standards, specifications
• Re-lubrication

Industrial gearboxes

• Gearbox types and the specific lubrication requirements
• Standardized oil types, selection criteria OEM specifications
• Typical wear modes in gears

Hydraulics

• Principle: Pascal’s law, hydrostatic pressure
• Components of a hydraulic system and their lubrication requirements
• Types of hydraulic oils, standards, specifications, and other criteria for hydraulic oil selection
• Environmentally friendly and fire-resistant hydraulic fluids

Turbines

• Steam, gas, and water turbines: Types and lubrication requirements
• Bearing lubrication, hydraulic systems, gear lubrication
• Properties and requirements of turbine oils
• Specifications, standards, oil selection

Compressors

• Types of compressors and their application areas
• Roles and properties of compressor oils
• Lubricating oils for air, gas, and refrigerant compressors
• Standards, specifications, and criteria for oil selection

Combustion engines

• Gasoline, Diesel- and gas engines
• Functions and key properties of engine oils
• Neutral classification systems and OEM specifications
• Oil selection and oil change intervals

Gear boxes for transportation

• Types, application area, lubrication requirements
• Manual and automatic transmissions, axle and final drives
• Special driveline designs for earthmoving and agriculture machines
• Neutral and OEM specifications

Lubricants and fluid in the production area

• Water based and water-free metal working fluids: key properties, monitoring
• Cleaner: Types and application areas
• Corrosion protection: Types, selection criteria

Other lubricants and specialties

• Slide and bedway oils, tacky oils: Features, selection criteria
• Insulating oils: Requirements, properties, selection criteria
• Heat transfer oils: Types, selection criteria
• Engine coolant/antifreeze: Types, applications

Contamination Control

• Types of oil filters and their applications
• Characteristics and selection criteria
• Main stream and by-pass filtration
• Operational filtration and start-up filtration

Seals

• Types of seals, designs, and their application areas
• Static and dynamic seals
• Oil and sealing material: Compatibility
• Maintenance tasks

Oil Analysis

• Applications of oil analysis
• Analysis methods: Application and significance
• Sampling and sample identification
• Lab reports, online tools

Storage and Handling

• Oil storage: Requirements, organization
• Product identification, labeling, tracking
• Tools and system solutions
• Waste disposal

Lubrication devices and systems

• Lubrication devices for supplying individual grease- or oil-lubricatedComponents
• Circulating oil lubrication, consumption or loss lubrication
• Systems and solutions for decentralized and centralized supply of multiple lubrication points and complete system installations

Lubrication schedules and lubricant programs

• Lubrication schedules and variety reduction: Approach
• Options for reducing lubricant consumption
• Oil change, oil conversion guidelines
• Approach to solving lubrication-related issues

• Skilled employees, managers and executives working in the field of service and maintenance
• Technical and sales consultants of lubricant producers and their distribution partners
• Technical purchasers for lubricants and operating fluids
• Skilled employees working in construction, service and distribution of machine and component producers
• Appraisors and surveyors for damage analysis and machine malfunction
• Skilled employees, managers and executives from oil maintenance, oil condition monitoring and other areas of application who want to extent or update their knowledge about the usage and application of lubricants

Participation in the official CLS exam is optional. If you wish to take the CLS exam following the course, you must register yourself for the exam directly with the STLE in good time before the desired exam date.

Since 2021, STLE has offered the opportunity to take the CLS exam anywhere you have a laptop with webcam and headset or a tablet, secure internet connection and a quiet room – at a time that suits you best.Through “Webassessor,” STLE’s exam platform, you will be connected to a certified examiner via a secure browser on your preferred date and time. This examiner monitors your exam via webcam.Immediately after the multiple-choice exam, you will receive your result.

We recommend that you book the date for the CLS exam as soon as possible after the CLS certification course.You are also welcome to use a room at our OilDoc Academy for this purpose. Just get in touch with us!

CLS exam fee* (not included in the seminar price):

$450 USD for STLE members$625 USD for non-STLE members

* Fees are set directly by the STLE and may differ.

Included in the seminar price

• Participation in the seminar
• Hot lunch on all days
• Coffee/tea and snacks
• Water and juices
• Detailed seminar documents (digital)
• Certificate of participation

Note: Printed seminar documents are available for an additional charge (€40.00 plus VAT).