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OMA Suggested Reading Material

Neither STLE, nor its OMA Committee, approve or endorse any independent education or
training programs, or publications by individuals or organizations. These listed here are in
common usage. The list is not meant to be all-inclusive or exclusive, but rather to represent
a reasonable cross-sectional industry consensus.

OMA I

1. *Lukas, Malte and Daniel Anderson, "Laboratory Used Oil Analysis


Methods,"Tribology Data Handbook, CRC Press, 1997. Visit CRC website to purchase.

2. *Saba, Costandy S., "Wear Monitoring and Metal Analysis," Tribology Data
Handbook, CRC Press, 1997. Visit CRC website to purchase.

3. *Smolenski, Donald J. & Shirley E. Schwartz, "Automotive Engine-Oil Condition


Monitoring," Tribology Data Handbook, CRC Press, 1997. Visit CRC website to
purchase.

4. Standard Practice for In-Service Monitoring of Lubricating Oil for Auxiliary Power
Plant Equipment, ASTM D 6224-98. This standard is available from American Society
for Testing and Materials, www.astm.org

5. Standard Practice of In-Service Monitoring of Mineral Turbine Oils for Steam and Gas
Turbines, ASTM D 4378-92. This standard is available from American Society for
Testing and Materials, www.astm.org

6. Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum Fluids, ASTM D 4057. This standard is
available from American Society for Testing and Materials, www.astm.org

7. Basic Handbook of Lubrication, Third Edition, The STLE Alberta Section, 2011
Available for purchase through the STLE Store in both perfect-bound and spiral-
bound formats.

OMA II

Includes those references above plus:

1. American National Standard "Industrial Gear Lubrication" ANSI/AGMA 9005-D94


(Revision of AGMA 250.04 and AGMA 251.02) This standard is available from
American National Standards Institute, www.ansi.org

2. The Lubrication Engineers Manual, AIST, 3rd Ed, (2007), 186 Thorn Hill Road,
Warrendale, PA 15086. Available for purchase on the AIST website.

3. Lubrication Fundamentals, 2nd Ed, D.M. Pirro and A. A. Wessol.


4. Machinery Oil Analysis, Larry Toms, 3rd edition, (July 1, 1998) Coastal Training
Technologies; ISBN: 0966460405. Visit the STLE Store to purchase.

5. Life factors for Rolling Bearings, Zaretsky, Ed., 2nd edition, STLE SP-34 (February
1999) ISBN: 9993313599

6. NFPA 704 "Standard System for the Identification of the Fire Hazards of Materials"
This standard is available from National Fluid Power Association,www.nfpa.com

Additional useful sources of information and background for both exams are:
1. STLE Hydraulic Fluids Technology Education course
2. STLE's Basic Lubrication Course, especially Fundamentals of Lubrication and
related sections.
3. STLE Condition Monitoring Education Course
4. OEM Maintenance Manuals and Lubrication Related Bulletins and Industry
Publications

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