Nominal Ratings vs Absolute Ratings, Explained

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What’s the difference between a nominal rating and an absolute rating? When it comes to selecting the right replacement filter element for your hydraulic system, knowing the difference between nominal and absolute ratings is critical. Without an effective filter element, solid contamination will rapidly damage internal components. The filter element is the very heart of […]

Is Water Contamination Drowning your Hydraulic Oil Supply?

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Water contamination can sink your productivity and drown your budget. Solid contamination is the most common type of contaminant, but water contamination can be just as damaging. The risk is constant in applications that utilize large quantities of water or are exposed to weather and ambient humidity. Uncontrolled water contamination damages equipment and productivity for […]

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Roll-Off Cleanliness: The Proven Way to Prevent Equipment Failure

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When equipment fails prematurely, contamination is often to blame. For OEMs, premature failures may mean paying out for a costly warranty claim—and, in some cases, exposure to legal liability. Not only do these failures cost the OEM, but they massively inconvenience the end user, and can undermine the manufacturer’s brand reputation. To reduce the chances […]

Ballast Water Filtration: The Proven Way to Protect Vessels

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Filtration is Critical for Marine Applications Contamination is a serious hazard for heavy industry, and that includes marine applications. We have written extensively about the risks of contamination in the diesel fuel that powers many vessels, and these risks extend to other critical systems and operating fluids. The nature of marine environments mean that water […]

Data Center Filtration: The Proven Way to Protect Uptime

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Data centers impact our lives more than we realize. Currently, the buzz regarding data centers focuses on the artificial intelligence boom, but these operations are already quite integrated in our day-to-day. Data centers range from simple server rooms managed by individual enterprises to massive, standalone operations. At their core, the function of every data center […]

Invasive Mussel Control for Process Water Systems

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When invasive species appear, ecosystems aren’t the only thing that suffers. An invasive species is a non-native organism (plant, animal, etc) that is introduced to an environment where it does not naturally occur, and negatively impacts that environment through proliferating and out-competing native lifeforms. One infamous plant, kudzu, is a prime example of an invasive […]

The 4 Definitive Qualities of a Good Filter Element

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What Makes a Good Filter Element? Selecting the right hydraulic filter element is one of the most important decisions for maintaining fluid cleanliness, protecting equipment, and maximizing system performance. Filter elements are at the heart of every hydraulic system. While elements are often treated as a disposable afterthought, their contamination-busting role makes elements absolutely critical […]

What the Worldwide Fuel Charter Means for Your Bulk Fuel

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Considering the cost of replacing diesel injectors, it pays to ensure your fuel is clean. Just one diesel injector can cost hundreds to thousands of dollars to replace. Multiply that by the number of injectors in a 6 or 8-cylinder engine, and the repair costs can take a considerable bite out of a company’s profits! […]

How to Set ISO Cleanliness Targets for Hydraulic Systems

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When it comes to contamination, what you don’t know could be costing you. In hydraulic systems, up to 70%-90% of wear and failure is contamination related! To keep your equipment functioning properly, slash repair costs, and operate as efficiently as possible, contamination control is essential. The effects of contamination costs tens of thousands, even hundreds […]