Power Generators,Pumps and Compressors Need Clean Air,Clean Oil
Despite the best efforts to house equipment in a dirt and dust-free location, the nature of their task inevitably exposes air intakes, lubrication and fuel access points to the risk of ingesting abrasive airborne contaminants.
“In the case of oil, even sub-micron particles will cause wear to engine components that ultimately causes loss of engine efficiency and costly parts and downtime if allowed to continue,” said Laurie Hyland of Enginecare Systems.
“High performance sub micron filtration systems; particularly the use of oil conditioning centrifuges, will deliver huge savings in terms of wear reduction, full flow filter life , reduction of emissions and dramatically cut the environmental impact of disposable waste emissions.
“Similarly, millions of sub micron abrasive particles that can prematurely block or find their way through an engine’s air filter will cause significant engine wear, when often ending up in the engine oil.
“Contaminated air will reduce combustion efficiency which increases lube oil contamination, increasing wear to turbos, rockers, rings, pistons, cylinder walls and crankshaft bearings. These wear factors will also reduce the economic life of an engine.
“Even small volumes of particles which can pass through the Air Filtration system cause premature wear that translates to excessive oil consumption and loss of engine efficiency.
“Airborne dirt particles from 10 to 100 microns cause the most engine damage. Many of these aggressive particles are composed of silicates that crystallize to extreme hardness under engine temperature”.
“Maintenance engineers need to ensure that fitting these filtration systems to diesel or gas power generators, oil line pumps and diesel and gas-powered pump engines, compressors, crushers, drive boxes and other machinery can substantially reduce costs, extend machinery life and always give a great return on investment,” Laurie said.