Hydraulic Flushing

System contamination is the leading cause of equipment failure in hydraulic systems. Whether the contamination is particulate or water, the effect can be a catastrophic failure of your equipment and expensive downtime to repair it.

Sources of Contamination

Contamination can enter your system in a variety of ways. Equipment wear and failures generate potentially damaging levels of particles downstream, and although return filters may protect the reservoir in some instances, the usually unfiltered case drain line is an easy path for particles to take to your previously clean reservoir. Of course, New Construction gives the best opportunity for severe contamination of a system. Welding scale, sandblasting media, dirt, and rust all spell immediate doom for even the most well designed system. Even routine system maintenance on valves, filters, and components can generate damaging levels of particulate contamination.

Better Safe than Sorry

Hydra-Pro will asses your systems cleanliness level using oil samples and inputs from you, the customer, regarding system performance, maintenace, and operating habits. We will flush your system to nearly any predetermined cleanliness level and recommend changes to help maintain it. A clean system will keep your equipment running longer and better for years to come.