If you are in the towing or transport industry, you are probably aware thathaving a clean Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) is vital in having your truckrun smoothly. Every 150,000 miles, it is recommended that you have your DPFinspected and cleaned to ensure:- Increased Fuel Economy- Less Time Spent in the Soup- Enhanced Performance & Horsepower- Fewer Regenerations- Lower Maintenance Costs- Longer DPF LifeZip’s has invested in a State-of-the-Art DPF Cleaning System. In under 24hours, and for far less than the cost of replacement, we can inspect, andthoroughly clean your DPF. While other service facilities simply blow airthrough the filter, Zip’s multi-step cleaning process will remove nearly allash, soot, and other residue that prevents your truck from operating at peakperformance.Our cleaning system utilizes state-of-the-art machinery to revitalize your DPF. When a customer questions what we have taken out of their filter, we can givethem soot measurements to the gram, using our DPF Soot Scale! We place thefilter on the scale before cleaning and note the weight. After the filter hasbeen cleaned, we place the filter back on the scale. This allows us to give adetailed report of what your DPF was holding in its core and what came out ofthe filter. The Flow Meter is designed to inspect and measure the flow before and aftercleaning the DPF and can also distinguish a bad DPF that may be exothermed,cracked, or damaged. Any imparities in the filter allow containments to flowthrough, decreasing the filtration efficiency and allowing harmful dieselexhaust soot particles to be released.Our DPF Blast Cabinet uses something called “Dual Force” technology wherecompressed air and an intense vacuum power is used simultaneously to push fromthe top and pull from the bottom to force the contaminated soot from the cellsof the DPF. The cabinet has a built in pressure differential testing systemthat allows us to evaluate the filter before, during and after the cleaningprocess is completed. Each filter has a different “flow pattern” on where theexhaust enters the DPF, these flow patterns cause soot concentration to begreater in specific areas. Our cleaning system allows us to work on thosespecific areas until it is clean. The combined compressed air and intensevacuum power working in unison, puts our cleaning system ahead of thecompetition. The DPF Regeneration Oven facilitates the cleaning process of dirty filters. Afilter may need to be baked in the oven due to a high amount of wet soot orunburned hydrocarbons. Baking the filter will regenerate the soot to ash thatcannot otherwise be effectively removed. The machine controller is programmedto ramp up the temperature at a rate that will not damage the substrate of thefilter. During the regeneration process the advanced technology of the ovenallows us to make sure there is no uncontrolled regeneration to the filter. Asthe oven temperature increases, the DPF will start its own regenerationprocess. Zip’s professional mechanics have already been using the cleaning system torevitalize DPF systems across the country. They weigh and inspect each DPFbefore it is blasted and then baked. After the filter is baked, it is thenblasted for second time before being re-inspected and weighed to confirm theDPF has been properly cleaned. Schedule an appointment today to get your filterin and receive the benefits of this multistep cleaning system.
