A large pharmaceutical company was having issues with the hydraulic system on a critical piece of testing equipment. The customer was experiencing stiction issues with bearings. Their oil analysis revealed that they had varnish present within the oil. The MPC showed a...
hydraulic & lubrication
Lube Oil Flush of Gas Turbine Back-up Generator
I recently had a local customer request our support on a gas turbine Service Project. In addition to standard scheduled maintenance, there was a requirement to flush the turbine lube oil piping and oil cooler. The turbine, manufactured by Solar Turbines, was installed...
Water Ingression in Gas Turbine… No Problem for PFPUSA
A power company contacted us several months ago for help with a major water ingression issue in their gas turbine lube oil. At some points, the customer was draining up to 30 gallons of free water from a 3,300 gallon reservoir. The water ingression issue was caused by...
Refinery rental of NEMA 7 vacuum dehydrator
Joe, a rotating equipment engineer, was working at an oil refinery on the East Coast whose primary products produced are gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. He contacted us about a lubrication contamination problem that had recently developed in their hydrocracking...
Flew On-Site to Flush Lube Oil in P&W Gas Turbines
A small power generation company in the Midwest contracted us to perform lube oil flushes on two Pratt & Whitney gas turbines. After some discussions with their team, and determining a timetable to perform the on-site lube flushing service, we decided upon the...
Crane Company Curtails Contamination with Vacuum Dehydrator
A local crane company had a loss of functionality due to water freezing in hydraulic lines; they called us in a panic. The only 200-ton crane in their fleet was unable to lift anything. We loaded up on a service truck a VDOPS-004, one of our 20-GPM vacuum dehydrators,...
Packing a Punch at the Plastic Container Manufacturing Plant
I was approached by a maintenance manager at a plastic container manufacturing plant regarding oil quality. This specific company produces plastic containers and has several plants across the U.S. Each plant is responsible for the maintenance and operation of multiple...
Success Story: Dredger Ship Gearbox Oil Saved
A ship company based in New Jersey contacted us. They provide restoration dredging services, i.e. deepening ports for large ship access, maintaining such water channels, as well as creating barrier islands and land reclamations. They were in the middle of performing...
Pneumatic Filter Panel (aka “the Panimal”)
A refinery contacted us recently that required a filter system to transfer 55 gallon drums of ISO 100 oil to their storage tanks (see attached picture). They wanted to filter the oil prior to it entering the tanks. After getting more information on the application, we...
Oil Quality and Our Drum Top Filter System
Last week a large paper mill ordered a second Drum Top Filter (DTF) system and Recirculation Adapter Kit to help with their Oil quality Improvement Program. They had so much success with the first Drum Top Filter System they ordered that you had to get another one....
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