Do you ever encounter particulate or water contamination at your power plant? A power facility in Canada had been renting a 50-GPM vacuum dehydrator from us to purify the oil [ read more ]
Tech Tip: Why You Shouldn’t Use Teflon Tape
Do you use Teflon tape in the piping of your hydraulic applications? Teflon tape has been a fixture in many tool boxes for years. And for years it has had [ read more ]
Made in the USA: Wartsila Engine Lube Oil Filter
Are you making sure to buy your filter elements and systems from a domestic source? One of our recent customers was a power plant that was operating multiple Wartsila natural [ read more ]
Tech Tip: New Hydraulic Oil Is Not Clean Hydraulic Oil
Did you ever wonder if new hydraulic oil was really clean?? The truth is… it’s not! Straight from the drum, so-called “new” hydraulic oil has a typical ISO cleanliness level [ read more ]
Success Story: Portable Filter Cart Saves Liquid Terminal Company
Have you ever needed to purify hydraulic oil to a specific cleanliness range? We were recently contacted by a liquids product terminal operating company that was looking for a portable [ read more ]
3 Ways to Reduce Electrostatic Discharge in Hydraulic Systems
SNAP… crackle… POP! Are those sounds coming from your hydraulic filter housing? Watch out, it may be accumulating static electricity. That could be dangerous. So how can you fix it? [ read more ]
Wind Turbine Adventure to Flush Gearbox Hydraulic Oil
Have you ever been to a wind farm? It’s amazing! Recently, my filtration adventures brought me (and Matt) on a road trip to a wind farm in a rural area… [ read more ]
Tech Tip: Common Points of Reservoir Contamination
Have you ever had a contaminated reservoir but you just didn’t know why? For today’s article I’d like to share the most common ways reservoir fluid gets contaminated… 1. Plumbing [ read more ]
Success Story: Vacuum Dehydrator Rescues a Paper Machine!
Greetings! If you didn’t know already, one of our specialties is filtration equipment rentals. Recently, we rented a vacuum dehydration system to a paper mill. The mill was seeing extremely [ read more ]