OIL FILTRATION 



THE Multiplex Type "White Star" Oil Filter 

 installed in the Singer Building by the Van 

 Dyck Churchill Co., engineers and contractors 

 of Continuous Oiling System, 91 and 93 Liberty 

 Street, New York, is designed to meet the demand 

 in large power stations for great capacity in limited 

 area, and is claimed to be the only apparatus that 

 can perfectly purify lubricating oil in quantity. 



In the early days of the manufacture and installa- 

 tion of the "White Star" Continuous Oiling System, 

 difficulty was occasionally experienced in the handling 

 of thickened or emulsified oils. Emulsion of the 

 lubricating oils used in a power plant is of common 

 occurrence and the makers of this filter attacked this 

 problem with the determination to solve it if possible. 

 After much experimenting that was costly in time and 

 money, a successful method of treatment was devised. 



It is an undisputed fact that the only simple, 

 scientific and absolutely effectual method for the 

 thorough purification of lubricating oils is employed 

 in the " White Star" Oil Filter, and in such a compact 

 form that no other device of the kind can approach its 

 remarkable capacity in an equal area. 



In this type the separating chamber is entirely 



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independent of the storage chambers, the communi- 

 cating pipes being controlled from the outside. 



In the storage chambers, numbers of filtering 

 cylinders are suspended in such a manner that they 

 may be detached individually for cleaning without 

 interrupting the operation of the others. 



Multiplex filters are formed around angle iron 

 framework, the bodies being made of heavy gal- 

 vanized iron, with all seams riveted and caulked. 



Obviously, the important item of the complete 

 system is the Filter, whose action must be reliable 

 and efficient at all times. Its failure to purify the oil 

 perfectly would practically nullify the good results 

 of the continuous lubrication, flooding the bearings 

 with dirty oil, increasing the friction and wear and 

 allowing the piping to fill with sediment and the 

 oil feeds to clog. 



Consequently, the "White Star" Oil Filter is an 

 essential component of the Continuous Oiling System, 

 to which very properly it lends its name. Perfect 

 and continuous in its operation, easily and quickly 

 cleaned, and ample in filtering capacity, the " White 

 Star" Oil Filter is particularly well adapted to con- 

 tinuous oiling service. 



