C.C. Jensen , the Icelandic distributor has successfully supplied new Icelandic vessels with its CJCTM Filter Systems

Seven months ago a new relationship was established between the Filter Division of Danish C.C. Jensen and Icelandic Framtak Marine Engineering. This has resulted in deliveries of filtration equipment to several of the recent Icelandic new buildings in China and Chili.

Over the past two years many Icelandic owners have ordered new buildings in China and Chile. Most of these new buildings have been delivered ultimo 2001 and among these owners C.C. Jensen has experienced a very high interest in optimum cleanliness levels in hydraulic systems.

The recently delivered nine Chinese trawler new buildings 94.7 BRL from Dalian Shipyard were freighted to Iceland on one freight ship and delivered last summer. All vessels were equipped with winches from Icelandic VelaverkstFdi Sigurdar and a joint analysis of hydraulic oil cleanliness between the winch manufacturer, Framtak Marine Engineering and C.C. Jensen showed significantly bad cleanliness in terms of particle, resins as well as water contamination. The problem was solved with a CJCTM Fine Filter, type HDU 15/25 PV with its separate pump running off-line on the tank before start-up of the winches and afterwards continuously 24 hours a day. After only two days of operation the cleanliness analyses showed better results than seen in new oil and that has until now resulted in six of out of nine skippers in investing in the equipment.

Also among the bigger vessels built in Huangpu, China and Talcuhuano, Chili the interest has been very significant. Both the new Gudrun Gisladottir and Hakon has been supplied with CJCTM equipment.

The Gudrun Gisladottir is now equipped with a CJCTM Fine Filter, type HDU 27/27 P on the factory hydraulics, an HDU 27/54 MZ on the main power pack controlling small winches and cranes and a CJCTM Filter Separator, type PTU 27/27 P on the fish pump.

The owners of Hakon decided to install CJCTM Filter Separators on all hydraulic systems. "The difference between the CJCTM Fine Filter and the CJCTM Filter Separators is the principle of removing water," Jón A. Jónsson, Sales Engineer, Framtak Marine Engineering explains. "The fine filter absorbs the water in the cellulose element and therefore you need to change this when it is saturated with water.

The filter separator, however, separates by a coalescing principle, which means that you only change elements in this type of equipment due to particle contamination.

The separator is automatically discharging the separated water and therefore we recommend it to systems with higher water ingress as for example fish pumps. However, some owners prefer the higher investment cost and hereafter the reliability the filter separator is able to offer in case of a major water ingress as for example a leaking cooler can result in."