With manufacturers offering a range of air and coolant filtration solutions designed to protect engines, reduce maintenance costs, and increase uptime, choosing the best technologies is now easier than ever.
Donaldson, which offers two air filter product lines, says its Blue air filters with Ultra-Web nanofiber media capture more contaminant than standard cellulose fibers. Also available is a new series of replacement filters for Cummins Filtration’s Fleetguard OptiAir air cleaner housings that incorporate a saw-tooth design. It combines soft and hard urethane, and pleat ends are fully enclosed in urethane for sealing and maintaining air flow.
Racor ECO-III-XL Series heavy-duty engine air cleaners are designed for high dust, excessive vibration, and extreme temperature environments. The air cleaners come in two sizes and feature decreased pressure drop at higher airflow rates of up to 1,000 cfm.
The Cummins Filtration air filter product line offerings include Fleetguard direct flow units with up to a 50% smaller profile than conventional systems for use in smaller engine compartments. Also available are Magnum RS radial seal filter elements and OptiAir air elements with higher capacity, lower restriction and smaller packaging options.
NAPA heavy-duty air filters use pleating and embossing to strengthen pleats and employ either silicone or foam gaskets to eliminate air bypass.
To separate and stabilize its pleated media, Baldwin Filters uses PermaPleat, an embossing process that forms dividers between pleats to ensure uniform airflow, and Beading, a continuous bead of adhesive around the circumference of the filter’s metal wrap to lock the pleat tips in place to prevent movement. The company says its heavy-duty radial seal gasket, which is formed from a urethane compound, will not degrade under temperature or vibration extremes.
Air filters from WIX Filters use silicone rather than foam or rubber gaskets to help ensure a proper seal; embossed pleats and pleat stabilization beads help the filter trap dirt.
The Luber-Finer MXM Nano Tech air filter utilizes a synthetic fiber layer in place of standard cellulose to create a finer filtration mesh.
For coolant protection, the Donaldson Blue line of filters uses wire-backed Synteq media technology and time-release additives to replenish coolant. The direct replacement for standard filters eliminates the metal coil spring in the bottom of the housing to reduce potential for corrosion.
The Need-Release line of heavy-duty coolant filters from the Penray Cos. features synthetic media and technology that introduces coolant additives and fortifiers on an as-needed basis. Penray also offers synthetic media filters for use with extended life coolants. The heavy-duty coolant filters utilize fiberglass-based media in a triple-layer design that includes a structural steel screen with an epoxy coating wrapped in a non-woven sheet of polyester.
Fleetguard Extended Service coolant filters from Cummins use a combination of slow-release chemicals.
Precharged Luber-Finer conventional supplemental coolant additive (SCA) filters with synthetic media and available for use with conventional coolant include the company’s 6500 Series SCA coolant filters with controlled release technology. Extended life XL Series non-SCA coolant filters are offered for use with extended life coolant.
Baldwin offers coolant filters with two SCA formulations, including balanced treatment for ethylene glycol as a direct replacement for DCA2 and the balanced treatment additive direct replacement for DCA4.
NAPA coolant filters feature nitrile sealing gaskets, the company’s Prescription Filtration filter media, metal end caps, and a center tube design to prevent leaks.
