A small power generation company in the Midwest contracted us to perform lube oil flushes on two Pratt & Whitney gas turbines. After some discussions with their team, and determining a timetable to perform the on-site lube flushing service, we decided upon the...
Filtration Blogs
Power-Gen Purges Particulate from Turbine Oil
We recently found out about a power generation company on the East Coast that needed a temporary filtration system to remove water and particulate contamination from turbine oil. They were actually planning an outage 1 month later, so we were able to meet their needs...
Crane Company Curtails Contamination with Vacuum Dehydrator
A local crane company had a loss of functionality due to water freezing in hydraulic lines; they called us in a panic. The only 200-ton crane in their fleet was unable to lift anything. We loaded up on a service truck a VDOPS-004, one of our 20-GPM vacuum dehydrators,...
Packing a Punch at the Plastic Container Manufacturing Plant
I was approached by a maintenance manager at a plastic container manufacturing plant regarding oil quality. This specific company produces plastic containers and has several plants across the U.S. Each plant is responsible for the maintenance and operation of multiple...
Notes From the Field: Matt Reports Another Flushing Success Story
One of our utility suppliers called us with the need to transfer oil from one holding tank to another holding tank. Tank “A” was filled with approximately 2,200 gallons of contaminated oil. The customer wanted to transfer the oil to tank “B” which was located 400 feet...
New Product: Bulk-Storage Platform Filter Cart
On behalf of the engineering department at PFP, I would like to share with you one of our latest fabrications, the BSPC, or Bulk Storage Platform Cart. As you can appreciate from the photo, this unit is a platform-mounted filter cart with a built-in reservoir. The...
Success Story: Dredger Ship Gearbox Oil Saved
A ship company based in New Jersey contacted us. They provide restoration dredging services, i.e. deepening ports for large ship access, maintaining such water channels, as well as creating barrier islands and land reclamations. They were in the middle of performing...
Major Water Contamination in Turbine Lube Oil…
One of our utility customers called in Friday afternoon with an emergency. They dumped a large amount of water into their 5000 gallon turbine lube oil reservoir and the turbine was down. We responded on-site within 24 hours with our crew and one of our rental 50 GPM...
How did installing a Duplex Filter System save a customer time and money?
A recent upgrade supplied by Precision Filtration Products to our newly installed centrifugal compressors, has greatly simplified our operation and eliminated unplanned shutdowns of these critical machines. Four very large multi stage, integrally geared Atlas Copco...
Contaminated Glycol Tank…
We received a call from a Unit Supervisor at an East Coast Refinery asking if we had a rental unit available to help clean up a 5000 gallon glycol tank located at the CCR unit. The glyol tank became contaminated with corrosion products as well as some bacterial...
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