+ Reduce Wear + Increase Reliability Extend Equipment Life
= REDUCED COST OF OWNERSHIP A Lifetime of Protection from a One Time Investment
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How Small is “Small”
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Reporting Cleanliness Levels ISO Cleanliness Code 4406:99
• Convenient format for reporting particle count data – Graph of particle size vs. particle concentration
• Simplified coding • Focuses on three particle size ranges: – Total number of particles > 4!m – Total number of particles > 6!m – Total number of particles >14!m
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ISO Range Numbers Particle Concentration (Particles per Milliliter)
23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 Contamination Control Systems
How do we measure fluid contamination?
Structure of ISO-Code: amount of dirt particles in a 100 ml sample larger than these specified sizes: 4µm / 6µm / 14µm / 21µm
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Example: larger than 4µm = 2,234,000
ISO Code =
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How do we measure fluid contamination?
Structure of ISO-Code: amount of dirt particles in a 100 ml sample larger than these specified sizes: 4µm / 6µm / 14µm / 21µm
22
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Example: larger than 4µm = 2,234,000 larger than 6µm = 172,000
ISO Code =
22/
18/
/ Contamination Control Systems
How do we measure fluid contamination?
Structure of ISO-Code: amount of dirt particles in a 100 ml sample larger than these specified sizes: 4µm / 6µm / 14µm / 21µm
Example:
22
18
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larger than 4µm = 2,234,000 larger than 6µm = 172,000 larger than 14µm = 4,250
ISO Code =
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18/
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After
Equipment Life Extension Table Based on ISO Oil Cleanliness (Particle Count) Before
Lubrication Consulting & Training Company Publishers of Machinery Lubrication Magazine
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How does this show a 50% improvement in engine life? • Before is ISO Particle count given by oil analysis on vehicle not equipped with FilterMag • After is ISO Particle count from FilterMag equipped vehicle • Green Box shows results from the change in particle levels in 4 categories. The number in the . . . –
Upper left corner shows a 1.5 times increase (50%) in hydraulic systems and diesel engines (applies to gas engines too)
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Upper right corner shows result if tests were done for rolling element bearings
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Lower left corner corner shows result if tests were done for journal bearings and turbo machinery
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Lower right corner corner shows result if tests were done for gear boxes
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Macpherson Curve 14
FilterMag reaches below 3µm
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Millions Cycles To End of Bearing Life
10 8 6 Good oil filters work @ 25µm
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Cheap oil filters work @ 40µm
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Filter Rating (Particle size)
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It’s the Small Stuff That’s Killing Your Equipment • Particles under 25!m go through oil filter • 3.5 times as many particles under 10 !m (than over 10!m) • Increase life by 6 times by filtering to 3 !m • FilterMag can reach down to 1 !m particles • Routinely see 2-3 ISO code drops • One time investment – a lifetime of protection
