Understanding and Evaluating Lube and Hydraulic Oil Purification Systems

Lubrication and hydraulic fluids for industrial machinery will most often suffer from water contamination.  AMPTIAC Quarterly reports that 75% of hydraulic system failures result from fluid contamination.  Water is second only to particulate as a source of significant contamination of machine oils.  Rotating equipment is especially vulnerable.  For example, as the water content in turbine…

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