Efficient Magnetic filters now offer a huge advantage in increasing the performance of hydraulic & lubrication systems along with their Filtration units and Filter systems / fluid conditioning, and play the major part in improving/reducing system running cost and increasing reliability and importantly availability, by effectively and efficiently removing Ferrous contamination, Iron oxide (wear & erosive contamination), from critical systems, down to sub-micron levels, e.g.
Terex/Volvo General Mobile hydraulic systems
Saving agricultural and construction vehicle transmissions
Martin Marietta, improve CAT equipment reliability with Magnom!
Martin Marietta produces construction aggregates in North America, and challenges its fleet off road vehicles with hydraulic systems with just about the toughest working environment possible.
Maintaining a vehicle fleet that can be relied on, no matter what, is critical and so our dealer recommended standard Magnom In-Line units. Used on Caterpillar haul trucks and loaders, they have improved the system performance and reliability beyond the customer expectation, by protecting hydraulic and transmission systems, beyond what their existing filtration was able to offer.
Test Parameters
MAGNOM In-line Midi installed on Caterpillar D8 Hydraulic circuits.
Test Duration was 6 months in the field
Goal of the test was to determine the suitability of the MAGNOM units in the severe environment and the efficiency of the core technology to remove small ferrous contaminants
The In-line Midi units were installed on the D8 hydraulic circuit, downstream of the 10 micron rated spin-on filter
Test Results –
The Midi unit was installed in-line, and remained firmly attached and undamaged during field operations.
In both applications, ferrous contamination was found on the core in visible amounts*.
These contaminants were small enough to pass right through the 10 micron rated barrier filters Remember… This was caught AFTER the conventional filter. I
Individual pieces of ferrous metal below 5 microns are invisible to the naked eye.
What was visible during the initial inspection were collected pieces that had formed larger ‘structures’ made up of many smaller pieces.
Test Summary
MAGNOM units, installed on the hydraulic systems, mounted after the traditional barrier filters enhanced the total system efficiency by removing the smallest and most dangerous contaminants.
Eliminating these damaging shards of ferrous metal will extend critical component life, and reduce the risk of catastrophic system failures?