Latest high performance filters for use in a wide range of hydraulic and oil lubrication systems help make significant cuts in the cost of waste disposal.

The Hydraulic Filter Division Europe part of Parker Hannifin, the world's leading motion and control company, has announced details of its latest E-Series range of high performance filters, which have been developed to help OEMs and end users make significant cuts in the cost of waste disposal. The latest E-Series filters are designed for use in a wide range of hydraulic and oil lubrication systems, in factory, process, mobile and off-shore applications, and will enable companies to enhance their environmental policies, as part of ISO14001, and meet ever more stringent legislation while improving both the performance and functionality of filtration equipment. waste disposal costs across industry have increased rapidly in recent years, with forecasts predicting further rises as government and local authorities seek to extend the lifetime of diminishing landfill resources and impose limitations on the volume and nature of industrial waste.

Contaminated and spent oil and lubrication filters traditionally have to be changed as complete units, including filter media and the element sleeve or support core, or as spin-on cans, which can account for a significant proportion of industrial waste by weight and volume.

To address this problem, the latest E-Series filters are designed so that only the filter media has to be replaced, with the element sleeve or central support core being reusable.

Perhaps as importantly, the disposable elements can be crushed, shredded and baled or incinerated using conventional techniques and without producing hazardous residues.

In addition, the elements use strong but lightweight materials of construction that help to reduce the overall weight of each element to under half of that of most competing products.

This again helps to reduce disposal costs in areas where these are calculated on weight; as an example, a company operating a fleet of around 500 reach stackers, used for materials handling, with a combination of low and high pressure filters that are replaced twice a year, could cut the weight of waste filters by up to 1700kg/year.

The E-Series range is suitable for high, medium and low pressure systems, from 10 to 420 bar and with flow rates of up to 2400l/min.

For high and medium pressure applications, E-Series products are supplied with Parker's innovative Ecoglass III elements, while for low pressure applications the company's patented Low Impact Environmental Filters (LEIF) are used.

In each case, the E-Series filters provide high levels of filtration efficiency, which can be as low as 10 microns, with a long operating life and a high dirt holding capacity to protect downstream equipment.