THE PROBLEMS:
- System Faults and Mechanical Failures
- Unplanned Turbine Downtime
- Shortened Fluid Service Life
- Shortened Component Service Life
- Increased Maintenance and Repair Costs
- Lost Revenue
THE SYMPTOMS:
- Accelerated Mechanical Wear
- Corrosion of Metal Surfaces
- Loss of Lubricity
- Additive Breakdown
- Viscosity Varience
- Bearing Failure
THE CAUSE:
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- Fluid contamination of oil is the number one cause of component failures.
- 70% - 75% of failures are related to surface degradation caused by mechanical wear.
- Free and dissolved water and particulate matter in hydraulic and lubrication systems are the leading cause of mechanical wear.
- Contamination leads to accelerated abrasive wear, corrosion of metal surfaces, increased electrical conductivity, viscosity variance, loss of lubricity, fluid additive breakdown, bearing failure and more.
- Unfiltered new oil is one of the major sources of contaminant.
- It is vital that new oil is filtered to the required ISO Cleanliness Codes before it is introduced to the component.
- Maintaining clean, dry oil will extend component and equipment life by up to 5 times the normal service life.
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THE SOLUTION:
Precision Filtration Products' Wind Turbine Fluid Services department offers our Gearbox and Hydraulic Oil Change-Out Program to help protect your fluid systems against failure due to poor oil quality. Our Gearbox and Hydraulic Oil Change-Out Program allows us to meet or exceed required oil cleanliness codes per ISO 4406:99.
