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Air Precleaners - The Complete Guide
Mammoth Team • Dec 04, 2020
Ideal for Mobile Heavy Equipment
What Are Air Precleaners?
Air cleaners have become essential equipment for improving our ecosystem as it eliminates the harsh elements produced by running vehicles and factory outlets. Moreover, they remove the dirt and debris from the air before they get to the filtration devices for elongating your machinery’s filter life.
The air filters need to be monitored regularly as clogged filters impact the fuel economy and the life of the engine components. Engines used in dusty environments require more maintenance time. Furthermore, the more dust accumulated in the surrounding environment, the more frequently air filters need to be replaced.
This ultimately results in recurring machinery downtime. In such instances, air precleaners prove to be an easy and efficient way of increasing the air filter’s lifespan and equipment productivity.
How Do Air Precleaners Work?
Dirt or debris can enter a machinery’s engine in several different ways. However, the most likely and potentially harmful way it can enter an engine is through the air intake system.
In fact, airborne debris, ranging from 10 to 100 microns in size, are typically the most damaging to engines.
Once connected to your equipment’s air intake, air precleaners can be effectively used to extend your air filter’s life, as they’re designed to keep contaminants from entering the engine. It starts with the contaminated air passing through the precleaner’s angle vanes, which are broad blades attached to its turbine. This innovative air precleaner’s design is encapsulated with an impeller rotor, creating a tornado-like centrifugal force that removes all kinds of dirt, debris, and chaff through the discharge louver.
The newly cleaned air then enters the engine intake pipe, leaving only the smallest of dirt particles that are later eradicated through the regular filtration system. This processed air is up to 90% purer than what would have originally entered your engine’s filtration system. Ergo, it effectively reduces the risks of any air filter restrictions that are usually caused due to the dirt-clogging vents afterward.
Benefits of Air Precleaners?
There are numerous benefits from both financial and production perspectives for using an air precleaner:
• It removes up to 90% airborne debris before the air enters in the machinery’s filter system.
• An air precleaner extends the engine’s longevity up to 10 times.
• Fewer filter changes result in less machinery’s downtime.
• It decreases fuel consumption, as the clean air automatically increases the equipment’s fuel.
• Precleaners extend the life of the oil filter.
• It reduces breakdowns, decreasing the maintenance cost.
• Air precleaners provide a fast return on investment.
Where Are Air Precleaners Used?
Air precleaners can be used in different industries and sites for eliminating harmful elements from the environment. The most basic types of machinery where this equipment is often used include:
• Loaders
• Scrapers
• Drills
• Dozers
• Excavators
• Compactors
• Dump Trucks
• Graders
Need Help?
For correctly sizing an air precleaner for your air intake system or any other queries, you can visit our website and contact us today. We will be more than happy to answer all your questions and guide you the best we can!
For correctly sizing an air precleaner for your air intake system or any other queries, you can visit our website and contact us today. We will be more than happy to answer all your questions and guide you the best we can!
Exhaust, Blankets & Intake Systems for Diesel Mining Equipment
Whether you are a heavy equipment fitter, a mobile maintenance mechanic or a mobile maintenance superintendent , you know the work and time that goes into keeping the heavy diesel mobile equipment operational at your site. Maintenance can be planned or unexpected and involves many different projects, some of which are listed below: Haul Truck Rebuilds Preventative Maintenance Engine Changes Does your site have engine changes or complete rebuilds scheduled soon? Here is one thing our customers have been asking for:
Is your engine bay overheating causing wiring harnesses and hoses to melt?
Mammoth recognizes the impact of having equipment down on mining operations. The CAT 793C haul truck is a common machine found on many sites globally. As a result of discussion with many site mobile maintenance teams, Mammoth has reverse engineered the exhaust kit for this haul truck with the C175-16 engine. This includes: Pipes 156-6237 2W-9078 156-6247 8X-3361 8X-3360 8X-3135 7C-3337 155-0528 242-8869 8X-3142 Mufflers 7E-6811 Brackets 8X-3130 8X-5103 8X-2850 8X-3128 8X-3132 Clamps 1W-4161 2W-8851 7E-8452 6N-9298 Improvements made by the Mammoth engineering team have proved to extend component life and increase equipment uptime . Some of the improvements made include upgraded flanges, heavy gauge steel pipe with fitted blanket kit available and enhanced exhaust flex bellows . All components are a direct fit replacement to the OEM factory supplied components for easy, simple and quick installation. Components stocked at multiple warehouse locations across North America.
Mammoth recognizes the impact of having equipment down on mining operations. The CAT 793F haul truck is a common machine found on many sites globally. As a result of discussion with many site mobile maintenance teams, Mammoth has reverse engineered the exhaust kit for this haul truck with the C175-16 engine. This includes: Pipes 311-6213 311-6204 319-6019 311-6207 319-5307 291-9649 Flex Bellows 306-0297 Mufflers 7E-6811 Brackets 319-5918 293-7616 8X-3130 319-5912 Clamps 302-8136 337-1809 6N-9298 Improvements made by the Mammoth engineering team have proved to extend component life and increase equipment uptime . Some of the improvements made include upgraded flanges, heavy gauge steel pipe with fitted blanket kit available and enhanced exhaust flex bellows . All components are a direct fit replacement to the OEM factory supplied components for easy, simple and quick installation. Components stocked at multiple warehouse locations across North America.
Mammoth recognizes the impact of having equipment down on mining operations. The CAT 793D haul truck is a common machine found on many sites globally. As a result of discussion with many site mobile maintenance teams, Mammoth has reverse engineered the exhaust kit for this haul truck with the 3516B engine. This includes: Pipes 250-6082 250-6083 250-6084 250-6085 242-8869 8X-3142 Flex Bellows 242-0799 Mufflers 7E-6811 Brackets 8X-3130 242-0792 242-0783 Clamps 302-8136 1W-4161 6N-9298 Improvements made by the Mammoth engineering team have proved to extend component life and increase equipment uptime . Some of the improvements made include upgraded flanges, heavy gauge steel pipe with fitted blanket kit available and enhanced exhaust flex bellows . All components are a direct fit replacement to the OEM factory supplied components for easy, simple and quick installation. Components stocked at multiple warehouse locations across North America.
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