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Expanding the distribution of our Podcast; Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and PodBean
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Precious Metals Mining - Managing the Integrity of Fluids to Reduce Downtime
Managing the integrity of the fluids used in critical assets to reduce downtime
The risks related to Precious Metals mining can be quite daunting. Commodity price volatilities, Mineral Resources and Reserves estimates, Remote locations, Austere environments, Accidents, Labor, Environmental impacts are just a few of the many inherent risks mining companies must manage successfully.
Intimately tied into these risks are the formidable investment in the assets needed to mine Precious Metals! These assets are exposed to the harsh elements and contaminants found in the mining environment in which they must operate.
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Hy-Pro Filtration | Filters and Product Catalog 2021
Hy-Pro Corporation 2021 product catalog for filter elements and filtration equipment
The Hy-Pro Filtration Product Catalog is now available online and easier to use than ever before with interactive elements that are not possible in a print catalog - always available, simple to browse, and information is easy to share.
View the Hy-Pro 2021 Product Catalog
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When New Oil Turns Dark
When New Oil Turns Dark
Maintenance professionals who have implemented Oil Analysis Programs (OAP) into their Preventative Maintenance Program understand, at some point, it's going to happen, we don't know when, or where, but one day our new oil is going to start to turn...dark.
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Oil Vacuum Dehydrators: Managing Water in Rolling Mill Lubricating Oil
Managing Water in Rolling Mill Lubricating Oil
In our last post, Improving Rolling Mill Oil with Vacuum Dehydration, we discussed how the
Topics: hydraulic fluid contamination water Water Contamination rolling mill lubricating oil vacuum dehydrator VUD
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Improving Rolling Mill Lubricant Oil with Vacuum Dehydration
Benefits of Vacuum Dehydration for Rolling Mill Lubricant Oil
Steel mills typically use lubricants with high demulsibility for rolling mill back-up roller bearings and chocks since relatively high levels of water contaminate the oil from quenching and descaling processes. These rolling mill lubricant oils may be known as Morgoil as they are commonly used on Morgan rolling mill systems.
Topics: hydraulic fluid rolling mill lubricating oil vacuum dehydrator VUD
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Four Ways Outside Contaminants Enter Your System
Four Ways Outside Contaminants Enter your System
As an equipment owner or manager, the last thing we want to find in our system is contamination. After all, contamination means loss of efficiency or even downtime, which ultimately costs time and money. Contamination somehow always sneaks its way into our systems. So, how does contamination get in our systems and what are we supposed to do about it?
Topics: contamination oil analysis breathers
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The Dollars and Sense of Fluid Cleanliness
The Dollars and Sense of Fluid Cleanliness
The old phrase will always stand true, "A penny saved is a penny earned." When it comes to businesses and their pennies, every penny counts. When problems during the production and manufacturing process are fixed, people will say "pennies well spent." So, if pennies are so important, then what about dollars? What about thousands, or hundreds of thousands of dollars? What about millions of dollars? In today's production and manufacturing economy, these kinds of numbers are game-changing.
Topics: vacuum dehydrator fluid contamination bearings
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Hy-Pro's Product Spotlight: Compact Offline Filter (COF)
Hy-Pro's Compact Offline Filter
Our newest and smallest unit yet, the Compact Offline Filter is able
to fit where no other filtration equipment can. Ideal for smaller systems or where a larger offline system wouldn't fit, this solution can be permanently installed or made portable for ease of use.
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Getting to Know Demulsibility
Demulsibility
What is Demulsibility?
Demulsibility is the ability of oil to separate from water. Oil and water naturally separate because like molecules attract each other. Oil sticks with oil, water sticks with water. Oil is "hydrophobic", or "afraid of water," which is a benefit when it comes to fluids like turbine oil.
