This SAE Recommended Practice presents general nomenclature and glossary of terms for oil coolers.

Type of Applications

Oil coolers covered in this document are used for cooling of fluid power equipment, bearings, differentials, transmissions, engines, power steering, aircraft, and stationary systems.

Types of Unit

The basic types are oil to air and oil to water or other liquids. See Nomenclature (Figure 1 to Figure 8) for examples.