In addition to fuel oil, lube oil also needs to have water and other impurities removed on a continuous basis. This is the only reliable way to prevent symptoms of wear appearing on engine components and thus a drop in performance or even failures. At the same time, separation increases the service life of the lube oil. GEA Westfalia Separator provides the shipping world with a broad range of separators which are ideally prepared for these tasks.

 

GEA Westfalia Separator also developed a special solution for the treatment of hydraulic oil. These are the Westfalia Separator^® minimaXx^® separators which, in addition to cleaning efficiency, are characterized primarily by the small space they occupy.

 

In daily operation, the lube oils of diesel engines are continuously contaminated. All rotating or sliding parts deposit metal impurities. Added to this are residues of the combustion process, condensed water decomposition products which settle in the lube oil sump. The oils themselves can also contain acids which, in combination with catalyzing foreign substances, can result in premature ageing of the oil. At the same time, on diesel engines, residues of the combustion process and incombustible constituents from the cylinder can also reach the lube oil circuit. These residues can lead to considerable symptoms of wear at bearing points, pistons and cylinders.

 

It is therefore all the more important to separate all unwanted substances so that the service life of the oil is prolonged and engine components are not subjected to wear. Self-cleaning separators from GEA Westfalia Separator clean and dewater the lube oil highly efficiently by the bypass method – even and especially when unsupervised 24-hour operation is involved. The full range of marine separators is available for this purpose.

 

Hydraulic oil, as well as lube oil, has to be continuously treated on many ships. The Westfalia Separator^® minimaXx^® separators, developed for this comparatively small product flow; are characterized not only by their efficiency, but also by the very small space they require, an advantage of particular importance, especially given the cramped conditions on board ship.

 

A pump system takes the hydraulic oil to the minimaXx^® separator which separates the oil at high temperatures of up to 95 °C. The separator is designed as a mobile system which is simple and convenient to use wherever hydraulic devices on ships have to be serviced.