Fuel is transported from the refinery to bulk storage tanks by truck/train. From there it is loaded into another truck and delivered to your site. Once in storage at your site it can either be transferred to smaller tanks or dispensed directly into equipment, each time the fluids are transferred more contamination can be introduced.

You can protect your fluids by installing a quality Donaldson TRAP breather on the storage tank and remove airbourne contaminants and ambient humidity. You can also polish fluids on the outlet of your tank before dispensing into equipment with Donaldson filtration units. Donaldson filter manifolds are available for the inlet and outlet to allow easy fitting of the filter heads and bowls. Manifolds are available that take 4, 8 and 10 filter units.

Sterling Filtration can offer the entire range of Donaldson bulk fuel storage filtration systems whatever your application. Give us a call on 01902 491118 and we’ll make sure we service your filtration needs.

Sterling Filtration can offer a wide range of filter elements to service your compressor machine needs. We have a wide range of parts available through our extensive supply chain to service machines including, but not limited to, Ingersoll Rand, Zander, Bauer, Hydrovane, Kaeser, Husky and Compair compressors.

We supply 1, 0.1 and 0.01 micron filter elements for inline compressed air use as well as being able to offer the complete assemblies too. We also stock air, oil and fuel filters for large compressor engines as well as air/oil separators for many applications.

Remember it is cost effective to regularly service your filter elements than not service your equipment and have to completely buy new equipment.

The panel filters reduce impressively the amount of maintenance down time, keeping the inside of the train carriage much cleaner reducing scheduled cleaning times.

If you have any rail filter requirements please give us a call on 01902 491118 today.

So from everyone at Sterling Filtration Ltd, “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of our customers and suppliers.”

Let’s make 2012 a good year.

A full range of Donaldson Top-Spin pre-cleaners are available from Sterling Filtration Ltd.

A full view pre-cleaner separates up to 75% of incoming dust before it enters the engine air intake system. It has a durable, lightweight, non-corrosive construction and comes with mounting clamp to fit. The clear full-view plastic bowl lets the operator easily see when servicing is required.

A full range of Donaldson pre-cleaners are available from Sterling Filtration Ltd.

In-line fuel elements can stop the larger, damaging contaminants such as rust and sediment from the fuel tank entering the fuel system. Diesel filters are important as they have to protect the fuel pump and injectors not only from abrasive particles but also from minute droplets of water often found in diesel fuel.

Injectors and diesel pumps are precision machined components and are very costly to repair or replace. It is much more cost effective to change the filters at their regular service intervals rather than have to pay the cost of even one breakdown repair bill.

Sterling Filtration Ltd stocks a wide range of diesel fuel filter canisters and elements for all types of application, as well as water separating filters and fuel additives, that will keep your fuel clean and your engine running.

Sterling Filtration Ltd can offer you a complete service, taking your sample and sending it for laboratory analysis, and compiling a complete report of the cleanliness level of your hydraulic oil. We can also offer you any improved filtration solutions should you require them.

The lead time on this service is usually 4-5 working days following receipt of the sample to you receiving your analysis report.

Older equipment might have used an oil-bath air cleaner but today it is almost entirely dry-type air filters that are used. They are more efficient and easier to service. They generally use treated cellulose media, pleated to give as much surface area as possible within the filter container. The more media is used the greater the air-flow that the filter can handle and the longer the service life before cleaning or element change.

As little as 100 gm of dirt passing into a diesel or petrol engine can “dust” it to the degree where it needs to be reconditioned. A dry-type air filter, from any of the major reputable manufacturers, will have an efficiency in excess of 99.9%. In other words for every 100 gm of dirt hitting the air cleaner element less than 0.1 gm will pass through and into the engine.

But how is its efficiency measured?

Under laboratory conditions special test dust, typically a carefully defined mix of different particle sizes, often from the Arizona desert, is mixed with the air flow entering the air cleaner assembly. Any dust that passes through will be caught on a massive absolute filter which would first have been weighed. After the test period the absolute filter is weighed again. This weight difference is then compared with the difference in weight of the air filter element itself before and after the test. The efficiency is a simple calculation and is expressed as a percentage.

The most commonly used test dust is defined as coarse and has the following particle size distribution by weight;

Size in microns Percentage
0 –5 12 +/- 2
5 – 10 12 +/- 3
10 – 20 14 +/- 3
20 – 40 23 +/- 3
40 – 80 30 +/- 3
80 – 200 9 +/- 3

Before deciding on which air cleaner to use always check what its efficiency is – for the sake of your repair bills at least!

Here at Sterling Filtration Ltd we can sympathise with this situation. That is why we offer to the market a bespoke filter manufacture. Turning out small to medium sized, bespoke product runs we can offer you a solution that’s affordable and obtainable. So don’t bang your head against the wall next time someone tells you your filter requirements are impossible to fulfil, call Sterling Filtration and we’ll take care of everything.