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Applications of Oil Centrifuge

Marine Mining Industry Railway T

Centrifugal Filter (Cross Sectional View)

BENEFITS
• Remove SOOT and all wear metallic contaminant particles Reduce critical component wear
• Lowering the cost of ownership, extend time for overhaul
• Reduce service costs using an off-line system with high capacity
• Reduce down-time Control increased oil contaminant effectively Controlling TBN, TAN, Oil viscosity.
• Effective oil life management Proactive critical component maintenance schedule management.
• Maintain oil cleanliness for longer periods of time
• Extend oil drain intervals beyond expectations
• Reduce oil consumption and top-ups.
• Extend existing filtration system life.
• Have a cleanable, environmentally friendly waste disposal system.

• Reducing oil and filter consumption cuts waste disposal costs.

Preferred Centrifuge Oil Supply Route

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Max 10% lube oil pump output • Supply oil pressure min. 2 bar • Supply oil pressure max. 7 bar • Operating oil temperature > 50 ° C •
Large diameter unrestricted gravity oil return pipe (min 10 ° draft ) • Filtration Efficiency is related to the maximum number of sump
passes per hour in the centrifuge.

Soot Agglomerations – OEM views

Cummins Particles smaller than 10 micron generated 3.5 times more wear than particles >10 microns.

Piston rings and bearings.

Caterpillar Particles in the range of 1-8 micron cause most piston ring and bearing wear.

GM Engine wear reduced by 50% when a 25 micron filter was used instead of 40 micron.

Wear was reduced by 75% when a 10 micron filter system was used.

Oil is said to be the 'life-blood' of the engine.

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