Joe, a rotating equipment engineer, was working at an oil refinery on the East Coast whose primary products produced are gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. He contacted us about a lubrication contamination problem that had recently developed in their hydrocracking...
Filtration Blogs
That’s the spirit! How we filter strawberry vodka… Cheers!
Earlier this year a production manager at a distillery contacted us. They produce alcoholic spirits, including vodka in this particular application. In order to address the quality of the vodka the customer was measuring the turbidity of it. If you are not familiar...
Limited supply of KN-95 face masks available
Proper protection methods against SARS-CoV-2 are in scarce supply right now, but thankfully we have some great connections with materials suppliers... On behalf of our production team, I would like to offer you and your company the opportunity to get in on a deal for...
Pneumatic Filter Panel with Spin-on Elements
We recently received a call from a rotating equipment engineer who was working at a refinery that produces high quality transportation fuels such as jet fuel, gasoline, diesel, and home heating oil. The engineer was looking for a custom-built filtration system to...
Flew On-Site to Flush Lube Oil in P&W Gas Turbines
A small power generation company in the Midwest contracted us to perform lube oil flushes on two Pratt & Whitney gas turbines. After some discussions with their team, and determining a timetable to perform the on-site lube flushing service, we decided upon the...
Power-Gen Purges Particulate from Turbine Oil
We recently found out about a power generation company on the East Coast that needed a temporary filtration system to remove water and particulate contamination from turbine oil. They were actually planning an outage 1 month later, so we were able to meet their needs...
Crane Company Curtails Contamination with Vacuum Dehydrator
A local crane company had a loss of functionality due to water freezing in hydraulic lines; they called us in a panic. The only 200-ton crane in their fleet was unable to lift anything. We loaded up on a service truck a VDOPS-004, one of our 20-GPM vacuum dehydrators,...
Packing a Punch at the Plastic Container Manufacturing Plant
I was approached by a maintenance manager at a plastic container manufacturing plant regarding oil quality. This specific company produces plastic containers and has several plants across the U.S. Each plant is responsible for the maintenance and operation of multiple...
Notes From the Field: Matt Reports Another Flushing Success Story
One of our utility suppliers called us with the need to transfer oil from one holding tank to another holding tank. Tank “A” was filled with approximately 2,200 gallons of contaminated oil. The customer wanted to transfer the oil to tank “B” which was located 400 feet...
New Product: Bulk-Storage Platform Filter Cart
On behalf of the engineering department at PFP, I would like to share with you one of our latest fabrications, the BSPC, or Bulk Storage Platform Cart. As you can appreciate from the photo, this unit is a platform-mounted filter cart with a built-in reservoir. The...
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