The Human Body is a marvelous device! Just think of the body as a machine and you can readily understand filtration as a necessary element in the body’s design. Take for instance the heart, the most important component, much like an engine in any other piece of engineering. The lungs, two of the most efficient air filters on earth, kidneys, again a spare, due to the importance of the body’s need for water and its role in regulating temperature. And lastly, the body’s very own micronic filtration device, the liver. And I might add, each should keep the body running for 100 years with little or no outside help.
Most equipment require lubricants and filtration to sustain function and longevity. The body has blood. An Engine or Hydraulic system has oils for lubrication. Each has a pump, a water system and air intact filters. But what about the micronic filtration? The body has the liver. Its sole purpose can be argued, to filter the blood for the heart and keep the blood supply to the heart with virtually constant clean blood.
We all might say the body is a mechanical masterpiece! So where is the micronic filtration in the machine? It’s the most overlooked and readily available device for lubricated equipment. Micronic filtering, on-going, on-board without having to stop and plug into a dialysis machine for cleaning? Just like the body can exist on the same fluid, your equipment can operate less expensive and provide dependably longer service life with micronic filtration installed.
Your physician may advise a blood test annually to monitor your body’s functions. From those results you will be advised on diet and any Rx necessary to maintain or restore imbalances. So it goes with your equipment and fluid sampling. FACT, since the 1940’s, Industry has been aware oil and lubricants do not wear out, only the additives, about 15% by volume. Additives are the sacrificial portion of the oil and lubricants used up providing health to your equipment. Without a sampling program you are disposing of a black liquid without any report on the condition. Fluid sampling is an essential tool to provide monitoring of your equipment’s health and monitor any potential problems, losses and downtime about to occur. The same analogy would be providing a needle stick at the doctors and having the nurse drop your sample into the waste basket before any results are uncovered and adjustments can be determined. Foolish! You be the judge.
Micronic filtration will control contaminants, remove on-going produced carbon solids and trap (usually 1 micron and 3 absolute) the liquid sandpaper deposits produced and circulating at measureable levels far below that which the factory OEM full flow filter (starting at 25 micron) can trap. Removing that liquid sandpaper with Micronic filtration extends not only the lubricants life but also extends the equipment’s life several times over. This is a proven science with over 70 years of real life testimony to this fact.
Less expensive than a total fluid and OEM filter change, replacing additives can restore imbalances to your existing lubricant that might exist between scheduled samplings. These additives are replaced in ounces rather than the total 10-50 gallons of oil or other lubricant depending upon the size of the equipment in operation and thereby save a company tens of thousands per year on maintenance, labor and equipment replacement.
The bottom line in any operation is the balance sheet at the end of the year. A good year in business can be made more profitable by taking advantage of the ways your maintenance budget is currently being administered and making adjustments that include micronic filtration (to control contaminates) and fluid sampling analysis, to know the condition of your equipment and when additives need resupplied. So, how much money can you save by extending the usable life to any piece of your company’s equipment? What effect will that add to your bottom line? I know, $$$ GREEN!