Extend Equipment Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) with Clean Oils

I attended an STLE Section meeting last week to improve my knowledge on lubrication and discovered that any sized particle will lower the expected life of as shown on the MacPherson Curve.

From the presentation, "80% of failure in circulating systems are caused by contamination".  The presenter discussed how on a hydraulic driven roller press, they had pump failures every six months.  After filtering to the 3 micron size or better, the pump has now run for three years without a rebuild.  This is an incredible result of simply doing a very good job of filtering the oil.  

There is a very good article that explains the specific details which you can read here: http://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/1291/lubricant-cleanliness