If your fleet could safely extend
oil drain intervals because of a $900 engine retrofit and a
lubricant upgrade, what would happen to your bottom line?
If
your diesel power generator could last 50% longer between overhauls,
would the benefits outweigh the front end investment? Primrose Oil
Co. ran a test engine 50,000 hours, more than three times the
Caterpillar PM overhaul interval.
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 "This
year, the standby units are still below the 20,000-hour mark and
mains are 40,000 to 45,000 hours. With centrifuges now on six
units and the oil analysis showing excellent results, we have
eliminated lube oil filters. A cleanable strainer takes its
place and thus far eliminated oil changes. Make-up oil is all
that is used. To date I do not know at what hour we will have to
change oil."
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If your fluid power systems
(hydraulics) could be free of sub-micron sized contaminant
intursioon that erode the fluid additives and
destroy power unit bearings and rod seals that cause unscheduled downtime
and catastrophic failures, wouldn't your company inquire into those
advantages?
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Conway
trucking knows. Their over-the road trucks are retrofittied with the
Spinner II Centrifuge.
