At times, finding the best hydraulic filter element can an overwhelming task.
Why?
Because finding the right information about function, material type, specifications, working principle or classification can be so difficult.
In a hydraulic system, more than one million minute particles enter the system.
The particles are larger than one micron.
Usually 0.001 mm and can lead to extensive damage on the system.
Therefore, you should have a mechanism in place to clean the fluid.
A reason why you need a hydraulic filter element.
Filter element removes or filters contaminants in fluid.
They come in different shapes and designs.
Standard filter elements have several pleated support and filtration layers.
Therefore, a hydraulic filter element is a device, designed to remove contaminants in fluids.
In most cases, these contaminants come from:
i. Ingestion through the reservoirs of the components of the system
ii. Internal generation of the particles from the hydraulic system components such as pumps and motors.
You can measure the performance of the hydraulic filter element by looking at the efficiency of contamination removal.
As a rule of thumb, a good filter element should have high dirt holding capacity.
And, depending on the design of your system, a single hydraulic filter can perform more than one task.
Most hydraulic filter elements are zinc free and this helps in preventing zinc soap formation.
Apart from that, zinc free equipment is best for highly biodegradable hydraulic oils.
It prevents early blocking of the elements and increases service lifespan of hydraulic filter element.
This makes the zinc-free hydraulic filter elements universally acceptable in most applications.
