Efficient oil treatment for maximum machine reliability
The TRIS BV family-run company based in Hengelo has been providing customers across Europe with filtration systems made by the Japanese Triple R company for more than 30 years. Based on their extensive experience in hydraulics, lubrication and engine oil, the Dutch specialists also develop their own solutions. Their ongoing goal is to reduce oil consumption and expensive machine downtimes as well as to increase machine reliability. Applications range from mobile hydraulics, injection moulding machines, gearboxes and turbines through to bridges, locks, water treatment plants and compressors.
But why go to all this trouble in the first place rather than simply conducting regular oil changes? “These can quickly cost several thousand euros for a single machine just for the lubricant”, says TRIS BV CEO Barry Splinter. “With the SQCs across European terminals, there is also the time factor: the faster the ships are unloaded and reloaded, the faster they can head to the next port. So the cranes have to be in use at all times to ensure that container handling is profitable for everyone involved”.
One key feature of the TRIS BV OSCA LS system is that they enable oil cleaning during operation and thus significantly reduce the time required for machine maintenance. Another is that the effective oil filtering extends the service life of both the oil and the critical components in hydraulic applications and transmissions many times over. “After filtering with our systems, the oil is up to 32 times cleaner than when it was delivered”, says Bart Hulshof, Chief Technical Officer at TRIS BV. He continues, “The typical service life of the oil used in the SQCs is normally 20,000 hours. However without our filter systems, oil often needs to be changed after just 2,000 hours. When the OSCA-LS systems are installed, the 20,000 hours can once again be reliably achieved”.
The machinery benefits from this significantly improved oil quality because it is always able to work optimally and wear is reduced by up to 90 per cent. As a result the economic benefit for plant operators is immense. In practice this also means that companies no longer need to schedule cost intensive oil changes that would lead to expensive downtime. As Hulshof explains, “Thanks to our systems, oil changes can today simply be carried out on a ‘condition-based’ approach, that is to say depending on the quality of the oil”.
So as to determine the oil’s status on an ongoing basis and perfectly adapt the OSCA-LS series devices to their area of application, they can be equipped with diverse sensors and numerous additional functions, such as an oil heater for example.
Today forward, the OSCA LS series developed by TRIS B.V. has redefined the bypass filtration technology and is spread widely across the European market.
The OSCA LS series is only available through TRIS B.V. directly or one of the certified partners.
