As an equipment owner or manager, the last thing that you want to find in your system is contamination. After all, that means downtime, which ultimately costs you time and money. Contamination always somehow sneaks its way into our systems, which may leave you asking, how does it get in there and what are we supposed to do about it?
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4 Ways Outside Contaminants Enter Your System
Topics: contamination oil analysis breathers
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[Video] Your Lab Reports Are Probably Wrong -- Here's How To Save Them
When looking at a lab report, it is assumed the information on the report is accurate. A certified lab will not usually make an error in the report, but if so, it is obvious and easily fixed. Ever hear the saying "By the time the lab gets the report the error has already been made"? For the most part, this is true. Where people are led off course is believing the particle count on the lab report is the gospel. This is natural, but unfortunately not always the case with a bottle sample unless you already employ the techniques listed in the video below.
Topics: contamination ISO 16889 ISO 4406 samples video lab
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[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
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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
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Phosphate Ester Acid Remediation
Topics: hydraulic fluid water Phosphate Ester EHC contaminination ICB acid
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Real Solutions to Bringing Phosphate Ester Under Control
If controlling phosphate ester seems about as elusive as lassoing a bucking bronco, then you've come to the right place. Put on your cowboy hat and let's talk about real solutions to getting it under control.
Topics: water Water Contamination Phosphate Ester EHC contaminination acid
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What is a Vacuum Dehydrator?
If the hydraulic, lubricating, compressor or gear oil you use is not made of a water base in
There are three types of water in a typical system: free water
Using 100ppm for an upper water limit for most systems using mineral base oils, this means all free and emulsified water and a significant portion of dissolved water must be removed.
A vacuum dehydrator is one of the very few methods to remove dissolved water from oil. Let's take a look at these three types of water in your system. It will give you a solid foundation for how the vacuum dehydrator works in the end.
Topics: water Water Contamination vacuum dehydrator contaminination VUD
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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.)
