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Fluid Life Seminars for 2008

Summer session dates for 2008 announced. (New)

Drop Point for U.S. (New)

Easy overnight shipping of oil samples for customers in the U.S.A. now available.

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WinRoast® 2.2 Release

New product launch of the best analysis software available. Read about the latest features that can make your maintenance program even better.

WinRoast® 2.2 Features

WinROAST tm screen
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More than just an electronic filing cabinet for your oil analysis results, WinRoast is a toolbox designed to let you achieve your reliability goals by helping you to manage a successful oil analysis program. To advance from simply reacting to your oil analysis results you need to analyze and understand them, one result at a time and in aggregate.

"The WinRoast Program has offered me the ability to effectively manage and interpret the oil samples for a fleet of over 400 diesel engines."
Jim Brooks, Ensign Drilling

WinRoast Oil Analysis Management Software Brochure
WinRoast® Brochure.pdf

WinRoast Training Seminars

WinRoast 2.2 Now Available (New)


Day to Day Operations:
Your day to day operations need to be easy and fast. WinRoast tools streamline your day:
  • Review recent sample results at a glance.
  • Color coded problem highlights.
  • Compare results to new oil values.
  • Correlate oil analysis with maintenance records.
  • View and measure Ferrography, ISO, and sediment photographs.
  • Make your own notes on sample results.
  • Separate hard copy reports by area for easy delivery.
  • Email reports as PDF files easily.
Screen shot of day to day activity
  • Get daily or weekly reports on due samples.
  • View and setup all due samples.
  • Setup samples by equipment/route batch.
  • Complete sample information in one or two steps.
  • Optional sample point identification and handheld sample entry with ceRoast.
  • Compute full hrs/kms from just the meter reading.
  • Deal with meter change outs, rollovers, and in-between sample oil changes easily.
  • View which samples are at the lab.

Data Quality:
Ask yourself, do all my oil samples have the correct information needed for analysis?
  • Correct equipment identified.
  • No duplicate equipment in the system.
  • Equipment categorized by type, fuel, OEM, model, location, usage, etc.
  • Sample dates correct.
  • Oil type in use recorded on all samples.
  • No gaps in oil and equipment hrs/kms.
  • All oil changes recorded (including in-between samples).
  • Samples always taken at specified intervals.
  • Correct testing performed.
  • Do you know what the oil measures as when new?
Screen shot of features that help with data quality
Screen shot of features that help with data quality
WinRoast has the tools to help you get there:
  • Easy to manage equipment database.
  • Freely copy, rename, move, merge and delete equipment.
  • Use equipment templates to ensure consistent identification, categorization.
Screen shot of features that help with data quality
  • Popup lists of categories for easy aggregation.
  • Electronic sample information card.
  • Optional sample point identification and handheld sample entry with ceRoast.
  • Unique sample tracking numbers.
  • Oil type defaults by equipment and season.
  • Oil and equipment hrs/kms calculations.
  • Maintenance records for recording oil changes and other activity.
  • Advanced sample scheduling.
  • Sample jar labels.
  • Testing package rules by equipment and site wide.
  • Easy implementation of your oil analysis audit recommendations.
  • New oil reference management.

Screen shot of sample interpretation Sample Interpretation:
  • Site specific flagging levels can easily be set from your own data analysis.
  • Easy to see and understand flags are highlighted.
  • Compare lab flags with your applied flags.
  • Samples are displayed in spreadsheet format to make trends easy to see.
  • Instantly view all previous results, pictures, and comments.
  • Compare results from multiple equipment simultaneously.
  • View predefined and add hoc graphs.
  • Powerful graph engine teases out trends.
  • Trend different tests with normalization, log axis, and multiple x and y axes.
  • Trend by sample, date, oil and equipment hrs/kms.
  • Correlate trends on graphs with oil changes and maintenance.
  • Display your flag levels on graphs.

Data Analysis:
WinRoast can help you answer the tough questions:
  • Which samples weren't taken on schedule?
  • What’s your average iron reading for all diesel engines made by one OEM, how about compared to another?
  • How does that new oil you’re experimenting with compare on average?
  • Which equipment has water and fuel problems?
  • Can you safely extend your oil drains or do you need more information first?
  • What percentage of one equipment model runs with under 35 ppm of copper? Or, at what ppm of copper does 99% of these run under?
Screen shot of data analysis
  • What flags limits can I set with the data I’ve collected?
Good data quality answers those questions using:
  • Parametric sample search.
  • Easy export of highlighted or searched for samples to Excel or other spreadsheets.
  • View histograms of oil analysis data.
  • Oil drain profile let you view how results change with oil hrs/kms on average.
  • WinRoast’s unique Advanced reporting engine.
  • Custom reports that are graphed, or exported to PDF, Excel, and text.

Tighter Communication with the Lab:
The more you can get everyone on the same page, the smoother things go. WinRoast has an advanced replication system that ensures that:
Example communciations network
  • All changes to information that are common to the lab are automatically kept the same.
  • The lab always has the same equipment, and equipment information.
  • Changes made to sample information after analysis are transferred.
  • It’s easy to correct problems immediately.
  • You can count on the correctness of the information.
  • This system also allows you to:

    • Give multiple people, locations, and divisions access to information.
    • Have access to your data on a field laptop as well as the corporate network.
    • Combine data from multiple locations, divisions into one system for head office analysis and lube experts.
    • Give Oil companies access to samples for only their oils.
    • Give your OEM access to samples for only their equipment.
    See our "What WinRoast Data Replication can do for you" white paper for more information.


    Tailored to you:
    You have a specific way of doing things and special requirements. We understand you, that's why:

    • WinRoast includes a report customization and new report creation tool.
    • Our representatives will help you get the most out of WinRoast.
    • WinRoast is developed by the same in-house professionals we count on to develop the specialized software tools we use to run our labs.
    • We are open and incorporate changes from you in new versions.
    • Custom modifications are available.


    Want to find out more?
    Give us a call at (780) 462-2400, or contact us. We'll be more than happy to arrange a personal demonstration.


    System Requirements:

    • Pentium or better PC compatible
    • Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4.0, 2000, or XP
    • 32 Mb Ram
    • 30 Mb Free Hard Disk Space
    • Modem or Internet connection