Hey, its been years since I've regularly posted here. (Oh how I miss this site!) I do a lot of work in Alternative Fuels, I specifically designed this manifold to filter Diesel, Biodiesel and Plant oils. Along with any wacky blends of everything else people like to run, in a safer more robust fashion.
After doing a lot of amateur testing on my own I think this could have uses way beyond fuel/fuel oils. And perhaps coolant, Machine coolants, hydraulic oils and just maybe crankcase oils.
It would seem as if what makes for a very good fuel filter spec, makes for a better engine oil filter in that the specs are much higher. Typically much lower micron ratings. For example the Baldwin filters in these pictures are for hydraulic oils and they are rated for 4.5 micron nominal, (Beta/ Nom Bx=2, Abo Bx=75). Some filters have bypasses, others do not.
Basic features are:
It is a 6061 Milled Alu housing
No#6 ORB Fitting Ports
3x Input Ports
3x Output Ports
Straight through Coolant Passage (for adding heat, OR cooling)
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8 Mounting Holes (brackets in the works)
I'm trying to generate some feedback, and get some test results to help me decide if I want to pursue this further and maybe at some point start a small company. I want to be clear that this was not designed with crankcase oil filtering in mind. But the more I look at it it seems like it has some real possibilities perhaps in limited applications.
If you have a good filter testing rig setup I'd love to talk to you. It could be several weeks before I could set something up and I know some of you guys really enjoy doing this and have some amazing equipment so I am curious if anyone is interested so let me know!
Hopefully if anything this makes for a interesting view!
After doing a lot of amateur testing on my own I think this could have uses way beyond fuel/fuel oils. And perhaps coolant, Machine coolants, hydraulic oils and just maybe crankcase oils.
It would seem as if what makes for a very good fuel filter spec, makes for a better engine oil filter in that the specs are much higher. Typically much lower micron ratings. For example the Baldwin filters in these pictures are for hydraulic oils and they are rated for 4.5 micron nominal, (Beta/ Nom Bx=2, Abo Bx=75). Some filters have bypasses, others do not.
Basic features are:
It is a 6061 Milled Alu housing
No#6 ORB Fitting Ports
3x Input Ports
3x Output Ports
Straight through Coolant Passage (for adding heat, OR cooling)
1-14 Thread
8 Mounting Holes (brackets in the works)
I'm trying to generate some feedback, and get some test results to help me decide if I want to pursue this further and maybe at some point start a small company. I want to be clear that this was not designed with crankcase oil filtering in mind. But the more I look at it it seems like it has some real possibilities perhaps in limited applications.
If you have a good filter testing rig setup I'd love to talk to you. It could be several weeks before I could set something up and I know some of you guys really enjoy doing this and have some amazing equipment so I am curious if anyone is interested so let me know!
Hopefully if anything this makes for a interesting view!
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