Last week a large paper mill ordered a second Drum Top Filter (DTF) system and Recirculation Adapter Kit to help with their Oil quality Improvement Program. They had so much success with the first Drum Top Filter System they ordered that you had to get another one....
ISO Cleanliness
High Velocity Flush of Hydraulic Power Units
PFP’s Flushing Skid hits ISO Cleanliness Code for HPUs reducing downtime and saving the customer money.
Chemical Company Conquers Contamination of Lube Oil Reservoir
I called on Brian one day, plant engineer at a chemical company on the east coast that manufactures adhesives for industrial manufacturers and end users. Unfortunately water and particulate had contaminated the lube oil system of multiple heavy machines that they...
Coal Company Commands Custom Mobile Filtration Cart
Ron called me and left a message on a Saturday afternoon. He was working for one of the world's largest producers and suppliers of coal, with coal mines and preparation facilities all over the mid-Atlantic and mid-West regions. His company supplies thermal coal to...
Green Filter Carts Help to Keep the Planet Green
Helping to clean up the environment, one filter cart at a time... In our line of work we are often called upon to solve on-going, costly problems that are associated with fluid contamination. Our job is to identify and analyze all of the available data, the fluid...
Purify Power Turbine Lube Oil with a Vacuum Dehydrator
Do you ever encounter particulate or water contamination at your power plant? A power facility in Canada had been renting a 50-GPM vacuum dehydrator from us to purify the oil lubrication system of one of their four power turbines. Our basic filtration rental system...
Tech Tip: New Hydraulic Oil Is Not Clean Hydraulic Oil
Did you ever wonder if new hydraulic oil was really clean?? The truth is... it's not! Straight from the drum, so-called "new" hydraulic oil has a typical ISO cleanliness level of ISO 4406 23/21/18 or worse. Now that number may not mean a lot to you, but it's four...
Success Story: Portable Filter Cart Saves Liquid Terminal Company
Have you ever needed to purify hydraulic oil to a specific cleanliness range? We were recently contacted by a liquids product terminal operating company that was looking for a portable filter cart for filtering gear oil with a viscosity of 1,824 SSU. The terminal...
Wind Turbine Adventure to Flush Gearbox Hydraulic Oil
Have you ever been to a wind farm? It's amazing! Recently, my filtration adventures brought me (and Matt) on a road trip to a wind farm in a rural area... A major wind turbine manufacturer had an emergency with some of their turbine power units, and they...
Tech Tip: Common Points of Reservoir Contamination
Have you ever had a contaminated reservoir but you just didn't know why? For today's article I'd like to share the most common ways reservoir fluid gets contaminated... 1. Plumbing - Contamination can enter anywhere fluid leaks out. If you minimize the amount of...
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