Chip in filter element: filter now is 'smart'

Saving costs and preventing unnecessary breakdowns. That is what every operator of hydraulic or lubrication equipment is after. System monitoring and optimised maintenance are crucial in increasing the reliability of both the system and the lifetime of components.
With the patented Parker Arlon’s ParSmart RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) intelligent filter element, OEM customers, service engineers and even end-users can easily obtain system information that will allow them to fully optimise the operation of their hydraulic or lubrication system.

Care for the environment

Re-usable sleeve

What makes this filter element so special is that the metal sleeve can be re-used. As a result, this filter element component no longer ends up in the waste disposal; only the contaminated filter medium is disposed of as chemical waste.
With LEIF filter elements, the disposal and processing costs can be reduced to as much as 50 percent.

Monitoring, collecting and storing

But now, Parker Arlon has gone one step further. Just recently, the company developed an improved version of the LEIF filter element containing an integrated data chip that transforms it into an ‘intelligent’ filter element.
The chip serves a number of purposes. It may be used to monitor genuine filter element condition, or to store data with regard to important system parameters (e.g. temperature, pressure drop over element, fluid cleanliness level). Combined with a special designed read-out unit, capable of collecting system parameters, data stored in the chip also can be used to control the system.

Genuine parts

These days, hydraulic or lubrication systems are often equipped with very sensitive components. Filters play an important role in protecting the system and these sensitive components. If so desired, Parker Arlon’s intelligent filter element can even stop the system from operating when a non-genuine element is installed in the filter housing. This will prevent unnecessary, costly breakdowns and guarantees the quality of filtration.
The data stored in the intelligent element will offer proof that genuine parts have been used. This is also important in the event of extended warranty and warranty claims. Combined with state-of-the-art wireless technology, the filter element will be detected by in-filter detection and/or using a hand-held device. Each system is different and each application has its own demands. Consequently the ParSmart element and especially the incorporated data chip will be a customised product to meet specific customer requirements.
Parker Arlon believes that with the introduction of the ParSmart RFID intelligent filter element, it is contributing significantly to improved system reliability.

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