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...
oil quality & purification
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...
Manufacturer Revives Battery Molding Machine with Vacuum Dehydrator
I received a call from the manager of the molding department at a car battery manufacturer. His team had a major issue with one of their plastic molding machines. Water had contaminated its lubricating oil and caused the equipment to unexpectedly break down....
One-Two Combo Packs a Punch for Natural Gas Pipeline
I received a call from Brett at a natural gas provider in the mid-west. Last year I started working with some of his colleagues on various other industrial filtration projects. Due to our good relationship, he came to me this time to request that we put together a...
Offshore Oil Drilling Company Goes Onshore to Filter Crude Oil
On Wednesday my boss forwarded me an email inquiry from Ricky at an offshore drilling company. His team was working on a deepwater oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. He asked us if we could help him build a portable filtration unit that could remove particulate down to 20...
Success Story: The Ultimate Solution for Industrial Machinery Lube Oil
Another busy Friday afternoon! I received a request for quote from Mike, a manager at an electrical connector manufacturer in Virginia. His company was producing electrical connectors for various customers in telecommunications, industrial automation, medical...
How Dirty Diesel Fuel Can Endanger Lives at a Hospital
How can dirty fuel endanger lives at a hospital? Well, if there is a power outage, how does the hospital keep its equipment running in case of an emergency? Like any other critical operation, they use emergency power systems such as back-up generators in conjunction...
Sean Saves the Coast Guard… wait, what?
On 8:00 AM one Friday morning I got a call from the owner of a company (let's call him Joe) that works mainly with environmental clean-ups on the east coast. He was looking to rent a filter cart to service 1,500 gallons of lubricating oil on a Coast Guard vessel. Joe...
How to Filter 75,000 barrels of Jet-A Fuel
Have you ever had a contaminated jet fuel tank? One of my recent customers, a jet fuel storage facility (liquid terminal) had a fuel tank that contained 75,000 barrels of contaminated jet-A fuel. Our initial testing showed high amounts of particulate and significant...
Tech Tip: Why You Shouldn’t Use Teflon Tape
Do you use Teflon tape in the piping of your hydraulic applications? Teflon tape has been a fixture in many tool boxes for years. And for years it has had the potential to inject debris into oil systems, which has caused numerous problems. Scenario: Imagine a mechanic...
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