FilSon Oil Filtration System

Filson oil filtration systems also names oil filtration equipment or oil filter cart, which is designed to remove water, varnish, acid and particles from oil. Filson oil filtration systems mainly includes hydraulic oil filter carts, lube oil purification systems, oil purifiers for phosphate ester fluids, vacuum dehydrators, offline filtration systems, turbine oil filtration units and more.

Water and air in oil can easily cause oil oxidation and lubricating properties loss, finally affect the reliability of the system and the service life of system components and oils. Filson oil filtration systems are ideal ways to help you achieve NAS5 and system stability through multiple filtration.

Filson oil filtration systems offers superior system protection as well as higher cleanliness level, longer equipment life, etc. Compared with other oil filtration system suppliers, Filson filter cart has much better water removal performance and filtration efficiency. Like our vacuum dehydrators, can remove 100% of free water, free gas and 90% of dissolved water, dissolved gas.

Not only with standards filtration system, Filson also offer customized oil filtration units for special requests. For example, fire resistant oil is easy to form acid substances under high temperature and moisture environment. Filson design the regenerative filtration module with strong polarity silica-alumina adsorbent, to reduce the oil acid resistance and increase oil resistivity.

With more than 18 year experience in manufacturing oil filtration systems, Filson has strong customer base in hydropower station, steel mill and marine industries. Our portable oil filtration systems are selling to 30+ countries now, therefore we prepare stock for basic portable filter carts, which is easier to fulfill small orders and shorten the lead time.

Filson oil filtration systems have significant advantages, such as, simple and easy operation, Siemens PLC control systems for unattended facility, automatic drainage choices… No matter for high viscosity, flammable or high polluted oil, Filson portable oil filtration systems can overcome these technical problems to achieve oil cleanliness level.

If you’re looking for oil filtration system manufacturer, then you’re in the right place. Filson engineer team will help you design and choose proper oil filtration units, that most suitable for your applications with quick delivery.

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PS: All parts marked “replacement” or “equivalent” are not affiliated with the original Filter Cart manufacture, filter part numbers and names are used for cross reference only.

Oil Filtration Systems: The Ultimate FAQ Guide

In this guide, you will find all information you’re looking for about oil filtration systems.

Whether you want to learn about specifications, classification, or benefits, you will find the information you’re looking for right here.

So, keep reading to learn more.

1. Why Do You Need Oil Filtration Systems?

The main purpose of an oil filtration system is to clean the oil for longer time use and maintain oil system cleanliness level.

Without an oil filtration system in turbine, hydraulic, or industrial lubrication systems, it will lead to severe consequences for equipment performance, reliability, and safety, like bearing failures in power plant turbines.

By trapping contaminants, including water/particle/gas/acid/varnish, oil filtration systems will reduce the wear of engines, increase system life span, save downtime, etc.

Here to list some of the functions of an Lube/Hydraulic/Turbine/Gear oil filtration system:

• Contaminant Removal
• Oil Life Extension by Oxidation Control
• Equipment Wear&Corrosion Protection
• Energy Efficiency Improvement
• Overall Cost Saving&Reduced Downtime

By integrating these functions, oil filtration systems can effectively safeguard your oil system, optimize performance, and reduce operational risks.

2. Which Types Of Oil Filtration Systems Are Available?

There are several types of oil filtration systems in the market to choose from for your different oil viscosity and final application locations.

• Magnetic Oil Filter Cart: specially designed to eliminate all metallic debris and contaminants present in your oil system.
• Vacuum Dehydration: mainly used to remove water from 1000ppm to 10-50ppm
• Coalescing Oil Purifier: mainly used to remove water from 2-5% to 50-100ppm, only low viscosity oil available
• Acid&Varnish Removal Filtration System: widely used for Phosphate Ester Fire-resistant Oil filtration and purification
• Spin-on Oil Purifier: mostly common models for mainly particle remove and small amount of water removal capacity

3. How To Choose Oil Filtration System For Your Application?

Please follow below steps:

• Material for housing and filtration media, like SS304 for transformer oil, CS for hydraulic oil.
• Flow rate or oil tank, ranging between 25l/min to 200l/min
• Oil kind&viscosity, like hydraulic oil filter in 32cSt
• Which kind of contaminants do oil filtration systems remove?  Free water? Emulsified water? Dissolved water? Particle? Gas? Acid or varnish?
• Efficiency Of Particle Capture, like 5micron in beta200
• Present&wanted water content, like from 2% to 50ppm
• Other request, like anti-explosion?

From these details, you could easily choose a proper oil purifier for different industry applications.

4. Is Phosphate Ester Fire-resistant Oil filtration System Same As Vacuum Dehydrator?

Phosphate Ester Fire-resistant Oil need higher cleanliness level request and acid data control, therefore always need high-vacuum design to achieve water under 10ppm and Total Acid Number (TAN)  within 0.3 mg KOH/g

Therefore, Phosphate Ester Fire-resistant Oil filtration System always have larger volume, bigger footprint area and higher power setting.

5. What Are Oil Filtration Systems Micron Rating?

These include the following:

• Nominal And Absolute Rating

A nominal rating indicates the smallest particle that can penetrate the filter.

The absolute rating shows the largest particle that can penetrate the filter.

• Beta Rating

Higher Beta Ratio = Higher Efficiency.

βₓ = 2 → 50% efficiency.

βₓ = 75 → 98.7% efficiency.

βₓ ≥ 1000 → 99.9% efficiency (common in high-precision systems).

Beta Rating Notation: Expressed as βₓ = value (e.g., β₅=200 means the filter captures 99.5% of 5 µm particles).

6. How Does Off-line And In-Line Oil Filtration Systems Compare?

Off-line oil filtration systems can filter a small portion of oil and returns the clean oil to the sump of the unit.

In-line oil filtration systems offer more efficient control of contaminants as they operate 24/7.

Off-line systems are portable while in-line systems are not portable without pump/motor set.

7. What Tests Can You Conduct On Oil Filtration Systems?

Main specification tests you can perform to determine the performance and lifespan of oil filtration systems are:

• Pressure Testing to avoid leakage
• Oil Analysis: Regular testing with particle count, water content, and acid number
• General Dimension Measure

8. What Will Cause An Oil Filtration System To Fail?

An oil filtration system will fail due to the following:

• Cross threading
• Wrong filter size
• Incorrect tightening
• Clogging
• Collapsed internal parts
• Worn out seals

For more oil filtration system infos, contact FilSon Filters now.