Device for a cleaning unit for hydraulic oil and lubricating oil
AssigneeFuture Engineering AS
InventorJens Terje Grøtheim
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Abstract
A device for a cleaning unit for hydraulic oil or lubricating oil circulating in connection with a drive unit, wherein the cleaning unit comprises a cleaning tank provided with an oil inlet for untreated oil, means arranged to spread the untreated oil over a substantial portion of the cleaning tank cross-section, an inlet for introducing gas into the untreated oil, and an outlet for evacuation of gas and water vapor, and also a means having a large surface area arranged downstream of the spreader means, wherein the means having a large surface area is provided as a plurality of bodies arranged to be able to float on the treated oil.
Claims6
A device for a cleaning unit for hydraulic oil or lubricating oil circulating in connection with a drive unit, said cleaning unit comprises:
- a cleaning tank (1) provided with an oil inlet (21) arranged to receive untreated oil (14a) from the drive unit;
- an oil spreader arranged to distribute the untreated oil (14a) over an oil diffuser located directly below the oil spreader and covering a cross-section of the cleaning tank;
- an inlet (41) located below the diffuser for introducing gas into the untreated oil;
- an outlet (37) for evacuation of gas and water vapour;
- a plurality of bodies having a surface area arranged downstream of the oil inlet, the plurality of bodies being arranged to float on treated oil (14b), and having a weight and/or shape that diminishes or prevents foaming in the cleaning tank (1);
- and;
- an outlet arranged to return the treated oil to the drive unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.