LUBRICANTS
PARTICULATELY INTERESTING....
(particle) counting your BleSSingS! .... No one knows better than my next guest Geoff Grant, Company Product Manager, (a master in this field) at MP Filtri UK, one of the world’s leading manufacturers in contamination control.
The importance of utmost cleanliness in hydraulic fluid power systems is paramount to maintain optimum performance and reliability of a system and I was fortunate to catch him to find out more, before he flew off to an overseas conference.
LIFE BLOOD
In hydraulic fluid power systems the power is transmitted and controlled through the ‘life blood’ under pressure within an enclosed circuit, being both a lubricant and also a transmitting medium.
Systems can be contaminated with solid, liquid and gaseous particles, generated through a number of sources, be it through leaking seals, moisture ingress, even fresh new fluids and a host of other sources.
Contaminants in the liquid interferes with the fluid and efficiency of the lubrication of components is compromised, which ultimately can lead to wear and damage, resulting in costly repairs and downtime.
It is a well known fact that contamination is the cause of 70 – 90% of faults occurring in equipment and that is why Geoff goes on to say “It is imperative that we constantly and consistently educate companies within the sectors the importance of prevention and training of product awareness.”
WORLD LEADING SPECIALISTS MP Filtri is a world leading manufacturer of hydraulic filtration products having been established for over 50 years with offices in the UK, Italy, France, Germany, USA and Canada, China, Russia and India.
The group of companies has the facility to design, develop and manufacture, as well as distribute, hydraulic filters and Contamination Monitoring Products. They can also boast laboratory facilities supplying specifically wind, wave and tidal energy applications.
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A large part of Geoff’s’ remit is to travel the globe and bestow the virtues of how prevention is better than cure when it comes to cost effectiveness and increasing the component life and increasing maintenance and more efficiency.
That quotable quote “can I afford contamination monitoring products? .... “can you afford not to?” says it all really.
DETECTION OF CONTAMINANTS & TECHNIQUES The human eye can only see a particle size 40 µm and greater (micron or micrometer) therefore detection and a quantitative determination of contamination requires precise analysis and samples need to be acquired.
In detection of the particles, various techniques may be used based on: light scattering, light obscuration or direct imaging (high energy light source to illuminate through the detection channels via laser or LED.)
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