How Do Hydraulic Tanks Eliminate Air Contamination?

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Your reservoir is more than just a holding space for hydraulic fluid. “If the reservoir isn’t leaking, all is well, right?” Actually, the hydraulic tank assembly plays a critical role in removing damaging air contamination from your fluid! Despite being the central pillar of controlling air contamination, many reservoirs aren’t well-optimized for the job. Even […]

Filter Ratings Made Simple: What Nominal vs Absolute Mean

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What’s the difference between a nominal rating and an absolute rating? Nominal Ratings Explained When a buyer is looking for a replacement filter element, the first thing they usually look for is the micron rating of an element. A selection of elements for a given micron rating don’t look obviously different from each other. So, […]

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Can Better Water Control Protect Your Hydraulic Oil?

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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. Water contamination in hydraulic oil occurs when dissolved, emulsified, or free water enters the fluid and reduces lubrication, promotes corrosion, and accelerates component wear. The risk is constant […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Invasive Mussel Control for Process Water Systems

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When invasive species appear, ecosystems aren’t the only thing that suffers. Invasive mussel control is becoming increasingly important for industrial facilities that rely on rivers, lakes, and other surface water sources for process operations. An invasive species is a non-native organism (plant, animal, etc) that is introduced to an environment where it does not naturally […]

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! […]