Running heavy equipment in extreme winter weather presents a unique set of challenges and maintaining airflow to the engine is one of them. Failure to keep snow, ice, or rain out of the air intake may result in the engine’s air filter media becoming saturated, increasing inlet restriction, thus starving the engine of air and causing the machine to de-power and stall. [continue reading] Selecting a Heavy Equipment Engine Precleaner for Winter Weather
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The Series 9000 Solution For Your Snow Problem!
This video was taken during -22°F snowy weather. Note that during the Winter snow season we recommend dropping the prescreen down the pipe to allow the snow to process through the precleaner and avoid build-up on the prescreen (reattaching the prescreen in the Spring). [continue reading] The Series 9000 Solution For Your Snow Problem!
Snow Part 01: The Problem with Precleaners in the Snow
Sy-Klone often gets many questions about the use of the Series 9000 in snow conditions. Most OEMs will tell you that the Series 9000 is the ONLY precleaner to use in snow conditions because it doesn’t suffer the same fate as the metal competitors. [continue reading] Snow Part 01: The Problem with Precleaners in the Snow
Snow Part 02: Ejective Precleaners – The Prescreen
Integrated permanent prescreens clog quickly and ice over with wet driving snow, choking off air flow to the engine. (Turbo II, Turbo III, O’Cautro, Klean Air) [continue reading] Snow Part 02: Ejective Precleaners – The Prescreen
Snow Part 03: Ejective Precleaners – Stratification of Debris Fields
Through patented design and processes, the Series 9000 is able to stratify the snow within the precleaner, allowing it to optimize the FULL LENGTH of the ejection slot for ejection of snow. This allows the Series 9000 to process large amounts of snow without clogging or bogging down. No other precleaner does this! [continue reading] Snow Part 03: Ejective Precleaners – Stratification of Debris Fields
Snow Part 04: Ejective Precleaners – Maintaining Operating Efficiency
Operating efficiency –We have incorporated ingenious compression technology into the Series 9000 dome. Patented design and processes allow the precleaner to recapture lost energy, maintaining rotor speed and efficiency when ejecting large quantities of snow/ice/rain. No other precleaner does this! [continue reading] Snow Part 04: Ejective Precleaners – Maintaining Operating Efficiency
Snow Part 05: Ejective Precleaners – Sealed Bearings in our Patented Bearing Cavity
The Series 9000 is the only precleaner in the world today that has a patented sealed protected bearing cavity and a 0.04% warranty claim rate. Our bearings don’t fail! [continue reading] Snow Part 05: Ejective Precleaners – Sealed Bearings in our Patented Bearing Cavity
Snow Part 06: Ingestive Precleaner Technologies
Ingestive Precleaners draw the debris-laden air into themselves for particle separation. When this debris is SNOW, many of these technologies fail. Series 9000 avoids all the problems of ingestive technologies by ejecting rather than internalizing the snow. [continue reading] Snow Part 06: Ingestive Precleaner Technologies
Snow Part 07: Ingestive Precleaners: Tangential Air Filter Housing
Tangential Air Filter Housings pull snow into the filter housing. Frozen dump valves cannot seal properly and particle separation efficiency is lost. Saturated air filters can quickly blind over when frozen, starving the engine of air. [continue reading] Snow Part 07: Ingestive Precleaners: Tangential Air Filter Housing
Snow Part 08: Ingestive Precleaners: Tube Body / Dona Cone
Tube Body precleaners contain very tight tolerances which are quickly filled by snow, and by design, are not suitable for snow applications.This system relies upon a particle separation process which takes place in very small diameter. [continue reading] Snow Part 08: Ingestive Precleaners: Tube Body / Dona Cone
