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Klarol Technologies Pte. Ltd.Asia Pacific HQ : #02-15 Blue Horizon

West Coast Crescent, Singapore

Phone : (65) 91006485 / 93372284

India Franchisee :B-11 Shree Swami Samarth Nagar

Link Road, Chinchwad, Pune - 411033

Mobile : (91) 9881460724 Tel : (91) 20 27508080

Email : [email protected] : www.klarol.com

Oil Cleaning Systems

SOLUTION TO ZERO OIL PURCHASE | ZERO MAINTENANCE | ZERO MACHINE BREAKDOWNS

SINGAPORE | NEW DELHI | PUNE | JAMSHEDPUR | RAIPUR | HO CHI MINH CITY | BANGKOK | GERMANY

N O M O R E C H A N G E O F O I L

Important Quotes

It has been found that oils do not wear outmechanically and may be used over and overagain. Thurston says, A mineral oil is usually justas good after use as before, apart from theimpurities, which are removed by filtering.

- US Department of CommerceSW Straton, Directopr No. 86

Where contaminants are removed periodically orcontinuously, the lubricants may last for manyyears.

- PCRA Booklet on Industrial OilsPage 2

Used oil do not wear out during service, but getmerely contaminated

- PCRA Booklet on Active ConservationTechniques

No More Oil ChangesMachine Breakdowns

Need of an Oil Purifier

It is widely believed that Industrial Oils have a

specified life of operation during which theyget contaminated and their properties likeviscosity, lubricity etc. deviate beyondacceptable limits. It is a common practice inalmost all industries to scrap off the oil aftercertain duration of their operation and replaceit with fresh oil. The frequency of oilreplacement varies according to theequipment / machinery type and the workconditions. This activity poses hugeexpenditure on industry for oil purchase andsafe disposal of scrapped oil.

Moreover, with contamination increase incirculating oils, the wear and tear of machineparts increases, thereby increasingbreakdowns and machine component failures.It has been an established fact, if oil is kept atsuper clean levels, the machine breakdownscan reduce by more than 80%. To understandthis phenomenon, an analogy may be drawnfrom the human body, wherein blood contamination with bacteria and virus leads to sickness. Healthy diethelps the blood to retain its cleanliness and fight against illness. Similarly, it is mandatory for all oilcontaining equipments to have a Perfect Oil Purifier as an add-on attachment.

Why is Oil Purification required ?

In order to develop a perfect oil purifier, one needs to identify all reasons of oil deterioration and thenaddress them all 100%. Moreover, the operating principle should be easily implement-able andimplementation economics should be justified.

a. Role of Sub-micronic Solid Particles in Oil Deterioration

Any system which uses oil for lubrication, pressure transmission, cooling or flushing, during its operationgets contaminated with infinite sub-micronic particles (silt). Here we are talking only of the particlesaccumulated because of wear and tear of the various moving components of the system rubbing againstclose tolerance surfaces. If the oil is not changed or cleaned, the said said system starts sufferingbreakdowns. Typical failures include jamming and noise of pumps & valves, engine sieze etc.


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b. Role of Moisture (In traces) in oil

Like solid particles, another enemy of oil is moisture or water. Moisture enters an oil tank through the airbreather (along with the humid air intake) or from punctured heat exchangers (alongwith coolant). Evennegligible traces of moisture of the order of 200 ppm (0.02% only) can oxidize the oil and generate acids.Oil Acidification causes rubber seal failures and creates oil leakage points. Acids in oil also accelarate themetal surface corrosion, thus damaging essentials system components.

Research by Timken Bearing Co, UK shows that moisture contamination in oil even in traces causes thebearing life to fall down drastically. As seen from the graph, a 500 PPM moisture contamination can bringdown the bearing life to 40%.


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About Klarol Technology The Perfect Oil Purifier

Klarol Oil Purification Technology was developed through an Indo-German joint exercise during early 90s.During its successful voyage since last 15 years in India, fine-tunings in its design have beenimplemented to suit various operation conditions. During the voyage with a mission of Save Oil, KlarolSystems have been tried for various industrial applications, benefiting all of them.

What is so innovative about Klarol Technology ?

Its true that concept of Oil Purification is not new and has existed since long in the form of filters,centrifuges, electrostatic cleaners, hydrocyclone etc. But, all these technologies suffer operationallimitations. Klarol Systems boast of a wide range of operational applicability and are the only Combo OilPurifier in the world - capable of removing Solid Particles, Moisture, Water and Air contaminations fromdirty and rejected oils.

Benefits guaranteed with Klarol Purifiers

1. Used / waste oil can be cleaned to cleanliness levels 4-5 times better than the new oil2. With Klarol System being used online, No More Oil Change is required3. Reduction in machine breakdowns4. Reduction in maintenance expenses

Applicability of Klarol Purifiers

1. Implementation on Hydraulic Systems Klarol ensures

a. prevention of Valve stuck up problems,

b. reduction in failures of pumps, servo valves, hydraulic seals, componentsc. reduction in oil leakages form the systemd. prevention of sludge formation in oil tanks.e. reduction in maintenance expenditure and production downtime

2. Implementation on Diesel Engines, DG Sets, HEMM etc. ensures

a. Increase in oil change period by more than 5 timesb. Better equipment / engine life and efficiencyc. Reduction in overhauling and maintenance requirementsd. Pollution control on global warming due to vehicular pollutione. Better fuel efficiency

3. Implementation on Power Turbines ensures

a. Reduction in sludge formation in oil tankb. Better synchronisation of turbine governorc. Reduction in choking of CPC Filtersd. Reduction in gland seal failures


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Success Stories of Klarol in India

Tata Steel, Jamshedpur records minimum oil consumption per Tonne of Steel produced

The company hasinstalled more than 300Klarol Oil Purifiers sincelast 7-8 years on itsDiesel Engines ofCummins, Caterpillarand Tata make. Theyhave increased theengine oil drain periodby more than 12 times

on heavy engines andmore than 4 times onlighter engines. Withthese implementationsthey have been able torecord a substantialreduction in engine oilpurchase. They havealso recorded betterefficiency, life andmaintenance free-nessof all these enginesfitted with Klarol

Purifiers.

Mr. S K Seth speaks (Head, Equipment Maintenance Services, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur)

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Tata Motors 5000Tn Press Towards Zero Maintenance Breakdowns

The Automobile giant hasinstalled Klarol Oil CleaningSystem on a 5000Tn HydraulicPress with 20,000L oil capacityin its Truck-1 facility. They havebeen able to maintain ZeroMoisture level in oil andCleanliness Standard 4-5 timesbetter than new oil. The Klarolinstallation has been able tomaintain the Viscosity, Lubricity

and other oil properties intact.Due to reduction in wear andtear of hydraulic parts, rubbersealings, less chocking of servovalves and pumps themaintenance expenditure ispoised to go down drastically.

Extracts form Tata Parivar (Internal House Magazine of Tata Motors, Jamshedpur)

The superfine filter (Klarol oil cleaning system), removes particles upto 0.25 micron continuously formthe main tank which drastically reduces the load form the main line filter, increasing its durability. Anadded advantage is that the new line filtration system removes 100% moisture from the oil

After continuous running for 300 hrs. the laboratory results showed an improvement over the earlier NASvalue (level of contamination) - 9 and moisture > 1.5% to NAS value 6 and moisture 0%.

(Complete Article Attached as Annexure 2)


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Monnet Ispat, Raipur Resolving Turbine Problems

The prestigious company form Steel and PowerIndustry used to Turbine related problems due toheavy contamination in Turbine Oil - solid particlesand moisture. Earlier they got contract oil cleaningdone by Klarol Services. Later on to have apermanent solution to their problems, they installedindependent Klarol Turbine Oil Purification plant on3 Turbines from BHEL, Triveni and ALSTOM. Theirturbine oil is reported to be maintained at Super-clean, Zero Moisture levels.

(Article published in Nov-Dec 08 edition ofIndustry Watch Electricals & Electronics,Scanned copy attached as Annexure 3))

CEO, Minimac Solutions speaks(Minimac Solutions are sole Marketing Agents of the product in Western India)

The implementation of Klarol Oil Cleaning Systems was a tedious task in the country.The most difficult task was to convince the users about its benefits and genuineness. Theconcept of No More Oil Changes is not easy to digest by any industrial personnel. Beforeimplementation, most of the companies require prior references of success of the product.Not many companies are open to taking risks.

With the persistent efforts of our technical and marketing teams, we have been able to generate manysuccess stories which will now help us to capitalise further. We have a very efficient marketing team allacross the country who are poised to implement Klarol across horizontals and verticals of the IndianIndustry. We are confident about the realisation of our dream No More Oil Changes, No More MachineBreakdowns.

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