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MAINTAINING MACHINE OIL CLEANLINESS… IS A BALANCING ACT !
D oes your machine warranty demand an unachievable ISO Level? It is a challenge to achieve desired contamination control targets due to so many factors; • Tank / sump size, • Dirt ingression rates, • Oil flow rates, • Operational changes, • Temperatures, • Filtration changes, • Maintenance, • Repairs. This all-influences particle-capture efficiency so the initial solution is to balance how contamination and moisture are removed to a rate greater than
contamination ingress. It is simply impossible to adequately remove contaminants at a sufficient rate with full-flow filtration to maintain this balance. This is not a criticism; it’s just that most standard filtration has to work in ‘full flow’ and cannot allow itself to inhibit the pressures; so the media is just not fine enough to take particle capture down to smaller sizes, but enough to remove the visible pieces. Yet most machinery has pumps, or valves that have finer tolerances and will not cope with the next, finer level of contamination not captured in full flow. OEM often add ‘staged’ filtration to try and address this – so whilst the first level might remove down to 40 micron – the next may take it to 25 micron; but this is often still not enough – and with full flows
you will often still see ‘bigger’ pieces being pushed through. Where full filtration proves ineffective at maintaining balance, offline filtration— permanent or as routine cleanses—such as KLEENOIL is the solution. The goal of balanced filtration is to ensure that the oil remains at or below the target cleanliness and dryness level for optimum system reliability. Routine monitoring will allow for assessments to ensure the balance in cleanliness by tweaking filtration changes or pinpointing looming pump and cylinder wear that can avoid breakdowns. It’s no secret that maintaining good filtration alongside routine condition monitoring will ensure the best productivity and least downtime.
To learn more about Kleenoil, please visit: www.kleenoil.co.uk FOR FURTHER INFORMATION With full flows you will often still see ‘bigger’ pieces being pushed through, such as here, where the standard filtration has allowed these pieces through to before the cellulose depth filter.
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