Monitor oil condition across tractors, harvesters and supporting farm equipment with Tan Delta. Continuous condition data helps operators investigate abnormal changes and assess servicing requirements alongside engine hours, field workloads and seasonal demands.
Farm machinery often combines intensive planting or harvest workloads with quieter periods between seasons. Equipment use, field loads and operating temperatures vary, so servicing decisions need to account for both accumulated hours and time out of use.
Tractors, harvesters and supporting machinery have different engine, transmission and hydraulic oil arrangements. Some machines share oil between transmission and hydraulic functions, so monitoring is assessed against the circuit arrangement and how each machine is used.
EQUIPMENT APPLICATIONS
Potential applications include tractors, harvesters, self-propelled sprayers and supporting farm equipment. Suitability depends on the individual oil circuit and available sensor installation points.
Engine, transmission and hydraulic oil systems across tractors used for cultivation, planting, towing and other field or farm transport tasks.
Engine, gearbox and hydraulic oil circuits serving combine harvesters and other harvesting machinery operating through intensive seasonal workloads.
Engine and hydraulic oil systems in self-propelled sprayers, where equipment design and installation access provide a suitable monitoring point.
Lubricating oil systems in irrigation pump engines, farm generators and other powered equipment supporting water supply and day-to-day farm operations.
MAINTENANCE DECISIONS
Use oil condition trends to investigate changes, review seasonal servicing and prioritise machinery for attention. Assess readings alongside engine hours, field workloads, laboratory results and manufacturer requirements.
Review abnormal trends alongside field loads, temperatures and recent top-ups. Inspection and targeted oil analysis help investigate contamination or deterioration in engine, transmission and hydraulic systems.
Assess oil-change timing against condition trends and hours accumulated during planting or harvest. Include calendar limits, laboratory results and manufacturer requirements for seasonally used machinery.
Prioritise machinery for inspection and coordinate servicing with weather interruptions or task changes. Timing depends on the findings, replacement equipment and the remaining seasonal workload.
FARM REQUIREMENTS
Oreflow can help assess suitable oil circuits and installation points across your machinery, together with how operators will access readings in the field or at the workshop.
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Identify the machine model, oil specification and engine, transmission or hydraulic circuit. Confirm whether systems share oil before selecting suitable monitoring points for each machine.
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Review sensor clearance and cable routing around moving components and service points. Consider dust, mud, crop debris and washdown, with installation planned around workshop access.
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Decide who needs readings in the cab, at the workshop or remotely. Check compatible displays, communications coverage in working areas and responsibility for responding to alerts.
AGRICULTURE CASE STUDY
A 1,000-hectare mixed-crop farm in California installed Tan Delta SENSE-3 kits across tractors, combine harvesters and other machinery. Oil condition data supported a move to condition-based maintenance.
LOCAL TAN DELTA SUPPORT
Tell us about the tractors, harvesters or supporting equipment you want to monitor. Oreflow can help assess installation conditions and options for accessing readings in the cab, at the workshop or remotely.