Offshore Equipment Hydraulic Maintenance Tip-of-the-Day: Oil Cleanliness

Offshore Engineer
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Tip #3: Oil Cleanliness - Don't add regular filter changes to your maintenance schedule

Most filters have switches indicating when the element is full, and sometimes waiting for that may be too late. Changing filters on a regular service interval is a simple way to check the contamination level of a hydraulic system.

The human body's organs and blood could be compared to individual components and the fluid within hydraulic/lubrication system. If the blood is dirty, organs will start shutting down and we will physically show that we are sick. It's the same with dirty hydraulic/lubrication fluid; our components are not going to last very long, with the symptoms being intermittent faults and poor system reliability.

Learn more about the importance of offshore equipment hydraulic maintenance during a free webinar entitled: “5 Easy Ways to Ruin Your Offshore Equipment: Lessons Learned in Hydraulic Maintenance,” scheduled to be held October 28, 2020 at 11 a.m. EST.
Sign up here

Categories: Technology Offshore Marine Equipment Engineering Marine Technology Hydraulics Offshore Equipment

Related Stories

Beam’s AI-Driven AUV to Hit Offshore Wind Market in 2025

Floating Wind and the Taming of Subsea Spaghetti

Fugro Names Annabelle Vos Director for Middle East & India

DOF Subsea Grows Its APAC Backlog

IK Group Spins Off Norclamp

A Hydrogen Balancing Act in Offshore Energy

China’s First Offshore Wind Power SOVs Delivered

Shipbuilding: Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Delivered to Cadeler

Equinor Picks SHI as Preferred Supplier for Korean 750 MW Floating Wind Project

South Korea's KOMIPO Cancels Plans for LNG Import Terminal

Current News

Velesto Completes Removal of Wrecked Naga 7 Jack-Up Rig Off Malaysia

BP Greenlights $7B CCUS Scheme Tied to Indonesia LNG Facility

Sapura Scoops Petrobras Contract for Pan-Malaysia Offshore Services

Velesto’s Drilling Rigs Up for Automatization Overhaul Under New Tech Alliance

US Firm Finds Chinese Partner to Deliver Mobile Offshore Drilling Units

TotalEnergies and Oil India to Jointly Tackle Methane Emissions Issues

Keppel Reclaiming Control of 13 Rigs to Cash In on Offshore Drilling Market's Growth

Global Offshore Wind Stumbles to the End of '24

Seatrium Delivers Fifth Jack-Up to Borr Drilling

Malaysia's FPSO Firm Bumi Armada Eyes Merger with MISC’s Offshore Unit

Subscribe for AOG Digital E‑News

AOG Digital E-News is the subsea industry's largest circulation and most authoritative ENews Service, delivered to your Email three times per week

https://accounts.newwavemedia.com