A wheel loader operating in an extremely dusty cement factory was using a competitor’s filter, and its replacement cycle was just 4 hours. The environment was so hazardous, the engine and two catalytic converters had to be replaced in the first 5,000 hours of run time at a cost of $39,500 to the owner.
The downtime cost for filter changes and lost production time is estimated to be $73,375 annually.
After a Dual Sy-Klone XLR installation, the prefilters were still operational after 260 hours of running in impossible dust conditions, and the primary engine filter remained like new.