Hydraulic filter elements are the invisible backbone of every high-performance production facility. They protect sensitive components from contamination, ensure the purity of hydraulic fluids, and thus prevent costly downtimes or production stoppages. Maximum process reliability is particularly crucial in highly automated production facilities such as Europe's most modern wheel factory in Emden. Here, filter elements from Filtration Group Industrial ensure permanently reliable systems – economical, low-maintenance, and precisely tailored to requirements. The use of high-quality hydraulic filters is therefore not a detail, but a central prerequisite for efficiency, quality, and system availability.

DIRKS Group

The DIRKS Group operates Europe's most modern wheel factory in Emden. Up to 6,000 wheels for Volkswagen are assembled, tested, and then delivered just in sequence to the neighboring automotive plant. Whether it's cleaning cooling lubricants in machine tools or filtration solutions in hydraulic systems, innovative and proven filter solutions ensure smooth production processes and keep production lines running reliably. At Europe's most modern gear factory in Emden, filter elements from Filtration Group Industrial provide the optimal basis for efficient, safe, and economical production of high-quality goods.

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Challenge

Hydraulic systems move great things; their enormous power is based on the maximum energy transfer of pressurized fluids. However, this can only be fully exploited if the hydraulic fluids are clean. The wheel factory in Emden operates two production lines with numerous hydraulic systems, each of which positions the tires and rims.

In order to ensure flawless hydraulic operation, our customer ERS Emder Radsysteme relies on quality manufacturers even in the smallest details – namely, filter elements from Filtration Group Industrial. Thanks to innovative technology, the Pi 73010 DN PST VST 10 filter elements used are ideally suited to the requirement of keeping hydraulic oil clean.

Solution statement

• The multitude of hydraulic systems within Industry 4.0 production requires reliable components that do not change their specifications – thus, they are completely reliable and will last for years to come.
• ERS Emder Radsysteme GmbH & Co. KG found such a product in FILCOM. Hydraulic filters are just a small detail in a tire system. Yet they have the potential to cause enormous – and even financial – damage within minutes if they fail or malfunction.
• Customers can be assured that FILCOM GmbH's components will work precisely and consistently – provided the components are replaced on time, of course. No malfunctions due to any errors have occurred to date.
• The customers of ERS Emder Radsysteme GmbH & Co. KG expect absolute reliability and quality without deviations from the standard range. This can only be guaranteed if the production systems are of a similar high quality to the product. Therefore, the customer relies on German manufacturers and a German quality product for these components as well.

 

Customer benefit

• The continuous availability and efficiency of the production facilities in Emden are key to high productivity and effectiveness.
• The FILCOM logistics concept ensures ERS' efficient and continuous supply of filter elements for spare parts.
• Production downtimes due to technical failures would delay the entire production of a quality German OEM. Therefore, it is so important for ERS to obtain components that are extremely reliable and require as little maintenance as possible in every detail.
• FILCOM service builds trust with customers and conveys reliability and professionalism.