Hydraulic and Process Filtration Solutions for Automotive Manufacturing Applications
Automobiles are the heart of personal transportation, as well as providing a huge role in commerce. Automotive manufacturing encompasses a massive network of manufacturing, machining, and assembly environments.
Filtration helps maintain the quality and efficiency of the equipment used in the automotive manufacturing process!
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Spotlight: Roll-Off Cleanliness
Operations that product automobile components or assemble and ship vehicles have to watch out for built-in contamination.
If components are not properly cleaned, safely stored, and checked for contaminants before assembly, damaging solid contamination can be literally built in to the finished product! This can have disastrous consequences for end users, as built-in contamination can damage their vehicle the moment it leaves the assembly line, resulting in costly repairs.
Leftover machining debris, ambient dust and grit that settles on stored components, and insufficiently clean assembly conditions can all lead to built-in contaminants. If vehicles experience issues due to built-in contamination, warranty claims, negative brand reputation, and even legal challenges can ensue.
Ensuring a high standard of Roll-Off Cleanliness can help protect your business and ensure customer satisfaction!
Interested in component cleanliness testing, but unsure where to begin? Our cleanliness experts can help.
Featured solutions for your fluid conditioning and filtration needs!
Component Cleanliness
For automotive manufacturers and part suppliers, ensuring component cleanliness is vital for a quality finished product!
Schroeder Industries has solutions to help assess component cleanliness and prevent issues before they impact your customer and reputation.
Product Highlights:
CTU 1000 Cleanliness Test Unit
Self-contained unit ideal for space-conscious operations.
Determines the type, size and quantity of the contamination. Quality standards can be checked and documented, and necessary steps towards optimization can be taken.
Component Testing Service
A turnkey service that provides deep analysis of part cleanliness!
Is a testing cabinet out of your budget? Schroeder Industries offers expert component testing in our certified Class 7 clean room.
Hydraulic and Lubrication
A comprehensive range of hydraulic filter housing technologies, equipped with high-quality filter element materials ensure high operating safety and long maintenance intervals.
Product Highlights:
Hydraulic Filters
Up to 150 gpm (567 L/min)
100-3,000 psi (6.9-206.8 bar)
A range of hydraulic filters designed to meet HF2, HF3 and HF4 automotive standards.
Base-Ported Bulk Polishing Hydraulic Filters
900 psi (62 bar), 100 gpm (380 L/min)
Base-ported filtration designed to meet Hf4 automotive standards and polish bulk fluids at transfer.
Filter Systems & Diagnostics
Schroeder Industries offers a variety of offline filter carts, dehydrating units, diagnostic tools, and data-recording sensors. Solutions from our Filter Systems & Diagnostics group are a vital supplement to any filtration regimen.
Product Highlights:
Offline Filtration X-Skid
oils up to 5,400 cST (25,000 SUS)
Excels in filtering large quantities of high-viscosity oils; highly customizable with varied component combinations and starter options.
HY-Trax Contamination Module
with Remote Controlled Sampling System
Provides remote visibility into fluid condition for oils up to 700 cST (3,500 SUS)
Fuel Filtration
Maintaining fuel quality is extremely important for fuel economy and equipment efficiency. Schroeder Industries offers solutions for bulk diesel storage and transfer at every stage of the supply line, as well as onboard filtration and solutions for compressed gas.
Product Highlights
CGF8 Compressed Gas Filter
Filtration Optimized for Compressed Air & Gases
The CGF8 is an 800psi compressed gas filter powered by high-efficiency pleated microglass media.
In automotive manufacturing processes using pneumatics, the CGF8 effectively removes common contaminants like particulate and aerosols.
Element Technology
Filter elements are at the core of every filtration system. Schroeder Industries engineers and manufactures a broad range of highly efficient, effective filter elements offering exceptional dirt-holding capacity, superior particle capture, excellent beta stability, minimum pressure drop, high flow rate and low operating cost. Our element family includes:
Product Highlights:
Schroeder BestFit® Elements
Discover crossovers for over 42,000 OEM brand part numbers!
The quality and service you can expect from Schroeder filter elements, compatible with a massive range of filters.
Anti-Stat Media & Anti-Stat Premium
Protection from damaging electrostatic discharge (ESD)!
Purpose-engineered elements for virtually any ESD scenario, dispersing static buildup and protecting equipment.
Process Filtration
Our Process Filtration division offers a broad selection of solutions for process fluids, from coarse to ultra-fine filtration, as well as specially engineered filters for compressed hydrogen.
Product Highlights:
AutoFilt® RF4
32 gpm (120 L/min)
Automatic backflushing function cleans filter elements with minimal interruption.
AutoFilt® RF9
1000 m3/h (4400 GPM), 16.0 bar (232 PSI)
Backflushing water filtration ideal for protecting hydroforming setups for automotive manufacturing & more.
Automotive Industry Case Studies
Anti-Stat Media Eliminates ESD, Saves 30K+ Gallons Oil Annually
When an automotive plant noticed their oil lifespan dropping by 80%, they contacted Schroeder Industries.
The culprit was quickly identified: Electrostatic discharge, also called ESD.
ESD can cause damage to filter elements, slashing their efficiency and even causing the element to fail completely. This not only allows contamination to flow freely, but can actually contribute to solid contamination as the element degrades!
By deploying a purpose-engineered anti-static filter element, called Anti-Stat Media, Schroeder Industries was able to bring new life to the customer’s oil!
Here’s how Anti-Stat Media benefited this customer:
Oil Service Life Increased +4 Years
+31.7K Gallons of Hydraulic Oil Saved Annually
Nearly 750K Pounds of CO₂ Emissions Saved Annually
TDSA Dehydrator Addresses Water Contamination Without Additional Downtime
A customer operating in the automotive manufacturing space discovered high levels of water contamination in the operating fluid of their hydraulic press.
While the customer needed to address the water contamination to prevent damage and downtime, they couldn’t afford to delay the delivery of critical vehicle components. So, they needed a dehydrating solution that could operate quickly and with minimal interference to the hydraulic press.
Schroder Industries first deployed a TDS-E unit through the equipment rental program to immediately address the customer’s needs. Afterwards, the customer purchased a TDS-A unit to address water contamination moving forward.
Here’s how the Triton Dehydration Station® technology benefited this customer:
Equipment Downtime Reduced
40% Reduction in New Oil Consumption
Machine Integrity/Parts Quality Maintained
AutoFilt® RF4 Increases Uptime, Reduces Expenses for Automotive Manufacturer
An automotive manufacturer struggled with wear and tear in their equipment during the cutting and grinding of machine components, causing excessive element and fluid replacements.
Time is money in the automotive manufacturing business, so reducing any possible downtime is paramount for efficient, profitable operation.
An AutoFilt® RF4’s automatic backflushing automatically clears the element with minimal interruption to filtration. By implementing an RF4 as a secondary protective filter to the screw pumps feeding fluid to the machine tools, Schroeder Industries was able to minimize contamination-related issues.
Here’s how the AutoFilt® RF4 benefited this customer:
Element & Machine Component Expenses Reduced
Savings up to 50K Per Minute of Reduced Downtime
Automotive Plant Productivity Increased
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