FILTRATION SOLUTIONS FOR TODAY'S EQUIPMENT

There is a tremendous amount of information about filters and filtration out there in today's marketplace.  You may hear people talking about Micron levels and Beta ratios of filters, for example.  Or Nominal vs Absolute ratings.  For many end users it can become so daunting that they just give up and hope for the best.

We operate under the motto that 'simple is better'.  In the case of filtration that means one basic, simple fact...NOTHING RUNS BETTER DIRTY. 

That's especially true of all oil lubricants, so the cleaner the oil stays the longer the life of the components and equipment. 

When you see a catastrophic breakdown in oil lubricated components & equipment you often find larger chunks of metal or plastic inside.  "Glitter" is the visual sign that your filtration hasn't done it's job.  But these large visible parts don't just appear out of thin air...or oil as it were.  No, they're created over time. 

It's the little stuff, that makes the bigger stuff, that makes the problem, that causes the failure! 

That's why getting the little stuff out before it builds up is so important. 

Think about it this way.  A ball bearing in perfectly clean oil should run almost infinitely.  Start adding small particles of contamination and soon one of those balls becomes jammed up.   We've now turned that ball into a cutting blade that creates larger and larger pieces of contamination.  

It's the little stuff, that makes the bigger stuff, that makes the problem, that causes the failure! 

So priority number one is get the small stuff!