Higher fuel consumption

The cause:

Most modern Agricultural, Construction, Recycling or Forest Machines are equipped with up to 6 radiators and their Cooling/Fan capacity is enormous.

Consequence: The fan becomes a vacuum cleaner, which leads to higher dust and dirt accumulation, clogging radiators and air-intake screens.

Result:

  • Overheating of the Engine, Transmission and Hydraulics
  • More maintenance; Repair – Cleaning – Downtime
  • Higher fuel consumption
  • Reduced Performance of the Air-conditioning
  • Extra costs of more than several thousands of Dollars a year!

Radiator Performance Comparison:
Clean Radiator versus Clogged Radiator

A standard fan installed with a dirty radiator uses 5.2-HP (4-kW) more power to produce the same airflow as with the clean radiator.


The solution:

The patented Cleanfix system cleans the air-intake screens and the dirty radiators and can achieve up to a 6 % fuel savings by using the automatic timer to keep the radiator clean (research University Nuertingen Germany).

The price for clogged radiators in Tractors
In this example we’ve calculated $ 50.00 per hour for cleaning (includes downtime).

 
90 days
180 days
365 days

0,25 hours per day

$ 1125.–

$  2250.–

$  4562.–

0,50 hours per day

$ 2250.–

$  4500.–

$  9125.–

1,00 hours per day

$ 4500.–

$  9000.–

$ 18250.–

2,00 hours per day

$ 9000.–

$ 18000.–

$ 36500.–

Plus the additional fuel savings over 1000 hours of operation that resulted from the 5.3-HP (4-kW) that was saved by having a clean radiator (see Graph)
(Fuel consumption: 5.2-HP requires 0.3 US Gal/Hr at a cost of $ 3.25/Gal)

Additional savings in 1000 hours / years 
$ 975,00
plus costs for cleaning (see above chart) 
+$ 4500,00
Total additional savings per year: 
$ 5475,00


For more information go to “down load Cleanfix brochures” located below. 



DLG-Goldmedaille



Rewarded with the
Agritechnica DLG Gold Medal.

What is the difference between Cleanfix and other systems? What makes the Cleanfix idea so successful?

If you change the direction of a standard fan (hydraulically operated) by doing this, the blades can never create enough pressure to blow the debris out of the radiators and/or the screens. Reason: Because the blade profile/direction is not correct.

You don’t eat soup with an upside down spoon!
 


With the Cleanfix reversible fan all blades move together using the integrated air cylinder and eccentric linkage; housed within the central fan hub. Blades rotate on their individual axis for optimal cooling and cleaning performance. 

The blade profile is always in the right position to create the maximum pressure and airflow.

Radiators full of dust? Cleanfix is a must!

Some of the major manufacturers now offer the Cleanfix reversible fan as a standard or as a factory installed option on your new equipment. But we also offer the Cleanfix fan kit for all the different makes and models including: Case, Caterpillar, Daewoo, Eco Log, Hitachi, Hyundai, JCB, John Deere, Komatsu, New Holland, Tigercat,Timbco/Valmet, Hydro-Ax and Prentice among many others.

Cooling Mode (Suction)

Turning

Cleaning Mode (Blowing)


Our Newest development:

The Cleanfix VP-Series Reversible Fan can automatically adjust the fan blade pitch with the changes in temperature, saving up to 60 % of the fan power!

You want to know more about this genius Cleanfix VP-Series principle?

Down load the Cleanfix brochure or the Cleanfix VP-Series brochure in PDF-format.

  

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