Recent posts by Scott Howard
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Is New Oil Clean? The Truth About Oil Contamination and How to Handle It
Topics: contamination new oil cleanoil oil handling best practices hydraulic oil cleanliness
4 min read
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
3 min read
[Video] Water Contamination and Removal Methods
Do you know what the 3 different types of water contamination are? What about the 4 methods to remove water from your fluid? Watch our short video for a thorough explanation of each.
Topics: hydraulic fluid water vacuum dehydrator coalesce technology headspace dryer video contaminination filter elements
3 min read
Why You Need to Care About Micro-Dieseling
Most people are familiar with diesel engines and how they work, which includes a rapid compression of air. When you inject a fuel source, it creates an explosion. Did you know that micro-dieseling is similar? A front-end loader that runs a diesel engine is a macro-level (or big picture) of what it does on the micro (or smaller) level in a hydraulic pump.
Topics: diesel thermal event fuel hydraulic oil contaminination
4 min read
What is a Vacuum Dehydrator?
If the hydraulic, lubricating, compressor or gear oil you use is not made of a water base in
Topics: water Water Contamination vacuum dehydrator contaminination VUD
2 min read
Why You Need Proper Filtration in Front of Your Control Valves
Proper filtration keeps control valves from becoming faulty and failing.
Most people have at least heard the term control valve, even if they don't know exactly what it does. For those of you caring for hydraulic systems, you likely work intimately with these parts. Did you know that if you're not using proper filtration in front of said control valves that you're likely doing your operation a disservice? (It's true.)
