Does anyone here know of anything about SpinClean centrifuges? I need a CF and was going to buy a Dieselcraft but I heard of another line called SpinClean. Anyone know of the differences/similarities between these two units?

Nobody knows anything about these CF's???

http://www.dieselproducts.com/spinclean/spinclean_sizing.html

Maybe it is just because they are so big. The smallest one does 75gph. That is more than the dieselcraft. I think that there is so much info on the dieselcraft where others can learn from the pioneers, so maybe that has prevented people from makign the jump to a slightly higher flowing CF.

Those function just like the Dieselcraft. I think they are more expensive is why no one is buying them. Have you asked for a price?

Yes SunW I have, they are willing to sell them for 195.00USD shipped to the USA.

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are willing to sell them for 195.00USD shipped

looks like a neat deal. I'm guessing it use compressed air to spin it? That would be a big advantage over dieselcraft where you have to have a pretty big pump. I'll bet that the 75gph is the max flow and it could be reduced to a trickle (another advantage over DC).

seems like very similar to the DC unit. is there a schematic availble? parts? service? warranty?

diesel craft seems to stand behind their units pretty well. one other thing- where are they built?

if in canada, I would prolly rather send my $$ there than china(DC), but they are prolly built in the same plant in china. just my .02

Manufactured in the U.S. with a commitment to service and continuous improvement.

Because compressed air spins it, there is no pressure on the oil itself. It will not have the flash evaporation effect we see with the DC. It will dewater via true centrifuge action. The volume can be controlled, which will enable it to do 1-pass filtering.

It all respects, this would work just like the Buuuuuud centrifuge, only smaller but spins faster.

"The Spin-Clean does not require auxiliary power: Engine oil pressure drives the centrifuge, creating a centrifugal force of over 2000 G's which drives contaminants to the sides of the turbine."

From the "how efficient is it?" section.

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Originally posted by -wewantutopia-:
"The Spin-Clean does not require auxiliary power: Engine oil pressure drives the centrifuge, creating a centrifugal force of over 2000 G's which drives contaminants to the sides of the turbine."

From the "how efficient is it?" section.

Sorry, I didn't see anything at that URL. Do you have another?

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Originally posted by -wewantutopia-:
"The Spin-Clean does not require auxiliary power: Engine oil pressure drives the centrifuge, creating a centrifugal force of over 2000 G's which drives contaminants to the sides of the turbine."

From the "how efficient is it?" section.

Yeap... you're right on. the compressed air is just for a contol valve.

But a compressed air powered centrifuge would be cool :-)

sorry I took off it's raining very hard here in Maine and our dirt road flooded,had to go clear out the culvert.
The guy at Industrial diesel sez this rig is just the same as the dieselcraft, but it's made in Europe. It's pretty much identical to the DC but it just cost less.

The reason for the Air seems to be if there is any restriction on the return path to the engine. If you are just draining back to a drum youprobably will not need air.

no air required. but a nice option(al base) for on the fly setups.

Well I've been thinking...... I know. not a good thing to do.. it causes headaches and makes you lie awake at night brainstorming... but I digress....

one potential value for the air for our purposes might be Flash evaporation. ifffff the design of the path of the clean oil built into CF does not work agaisnt it.

You see in the early stages of Sunwizards work he noticed that he might be getting some flash evaporation going on. The hypothosis was the jets spraying hot oil might cause some of the water to flash into steam and close look at the exit of oil from the unit seemed to show some steam rising.

Soo.... my thought is ifff there is dry air causing some pressurization(or vaccum if it comes from the other end) introduced into the clean oil exit path you might be able get this steam up and out a bleed hole while the clean dry oil moves on to its holding tank

If you are using air to power this unit, would it self feed the oil into it or does it need to be primed? If it is like the Diesel Craft the exit end has to run free, so if it is not self primed it would have to be near the ground where it would have to drain.

I think there is some misunderstanding here regarding compressed air...you cannot use compressed air to power the centrifuge. Compressed air can be used to force cleaned lube oil back into the crankcase of the engine when it is not possible to use gravity to return the lube oil to the crankcase.

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Originally posted by ilikevwdiesel:
I think there is some misunderstanding here regarding compressed air...you (do NOT) use compressed air to power the centrifuge. ...

Ilike... you are correct. Air pressure is used to assist the oil back to the engine if needed.

Actually it looks like we have two problems here. One, is the missunderstanding you speak of and two; unlike Ilike.., there are people not reading the freaking thread throughly before responding How/why the air is used was explained several post up.

A friend and I each ordered one the FF25 Spinclean CFs today. When they arrive I'll post detailed pics. They were 195.00USD each shipped.