Filtration quality is the single most important measure of hydraulic machine health. More hydraulic failures are a result of particle contamination than any other cause. Some inside information is required to effectively apply filtration, but it mostly boils down to size, location and quality.
Hydraulic filters are sized based on the flow passing through them at an acceptable pressure drop. It is important to consider pressure drop, which is the pressure developed by the friction of the fluid against and through the material of the filter assembly itself, because the majority of filters are installed with a bypass valve designed to open by the back pressure created by the clogged element. By sizing a filter intelligently, pressure drop is created only as the element becomes clogged with particles, preventing premature bypass, a condition when fluid passes through unfiltered.
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