An East Coast Refinery contacted me recently regarding a contaminated steam turbine lube oil reservoir. The reservoir was 85 gallons in size and had both particulate and water contamination leading to unscheduled maintenance and downtime of the turbine…ultimately...
Filtration Blogs
Pneumatic Filter Panel (aka “the Panimal”)
A refinery contacted us recently that required a filter system to transfer 55 gallon drums of ISO 100 oil to their storage tanks (see attached picture). They wanted to filter the oil prior to it entering the tanks. After getting more information on the application, we...
Success Story: Vacuum Dehydrators and Paper Mills
We received a call from a large paper mill customer who had a high percentage of water in their oil reservoir. They were looking for an immediate solution to reduce their downtime and prevent equipment failures. Before we could offer them a solution to their...
Oil Quality and Our Drum Top Filter System
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....
High Velocity Flush of Hydraulic Power Units
PFP’s Flushing Skid hits ISO Cleanliness Code for HPUs reducing downtime and saving the customer money.
NGL Filtration – Pipeline Solutions
A customer of ours was commissioning a new NGL distribution line. After gaining an accurate understanding of the application and quality goals, I was able to specify and deliver the appropriate filter vessels and elements within a few days. The most difficult...
Heavy Equipment Service Center – Oil Cleanliness
Achieving target oil cleanliness levels when maintaining and repairing heavy equipment is critical to maximizing component life. Recently we developed a specific plan and provided the filtration components to allow a local company to achieve their oil quality goals...
Installation of Inlet Manifold Filtration System Fixes Fuel Quality Issues
A Mining customer could not keep their dump trucks and loaders running for more then 48 hours due to plugged fuel filters. They couldn't understand why and reached out to Charlie Dinan of PFP for help. The problem was in their 10,000 gallon diesel storage tank and the...
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...
Filter Vessel Delivers Success for De-Silting Operation on River Barge
Dave contacted me on a Wednesday morning. He was the purchasing manager at a marine services/underwater engineering company. They were awarded the contract for a de-silting operation in a large river in the northeast. They needed to pump silt in to a barge, and then...
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