Housings, elements, transfer valves, and conditioning systems for gas turbines, steam turbines, compressors, and rotating equipment. Engineered by Hilco. Represented and supported locally by Sample Brothers.
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Hilco filtration — designed for continuous service on critical rotating equipment. Over a century of application engineering.
Hilco's upgrade cartridges use synthetic media — no softening from water exposure, predictable ΔP across the full service interval, and potential 50% reduction in element cost vs. OEM.
If your current elements are running short life, failing at the seals, or showing unpredictable ΔP, we confirm fitment, media grade, and housing compatibility before quoting.
Controlled-radius pleats, full-contact endcap seals, ambient protective jacket — the engineering details that determine whether an element performs or bypasses under load. See the comparison.
Dirty lube oil shortens bearing life. Contaminated hydraulic fluid causes erratic valve response. Wet fuel fouls combustion nozzles. Right filtration prevents those issues before they become maintenance events.
Duplex systems for continuous operation during changeouts — protects bearings, extends overhaul intervals.
Fine filtration (3–5 µm) with optional ion-exchange varnish removal for actuators and control valves.
LP/HP simplex and duplex. High-capacity pleats for heavy contamination loads.
Stainless high-pressure filters with zero-leak transfer valves for NOx-reduction systems.
Duplex/simplex units for hydrogen seal oil — keeps seal faces clean, maintains hydrogen purity.
Reusable pleated stainless strainers with high dirt-holding capacity for condensate and feedwater.
Hilco replacement cartridges for EHC oil systems include Fuller's earth, Selexsorb, and ion-exchange resin media. These remove acids and moisture from phosphate ester and synthetic fluids — preventing servo valve sticking and maintaining low fluid acidity in GE and Siemens steam turbine control systems.
Simplex and duplex housings for gas turbines, steam turbines, and compressors. Duplex systems use a welded transfer valve between vessels — less footprint, one fewer leak path than flanged designs.
Changeovers happen without interrupting flow. Available for fuel gas, lube oil, hydraulic, EHC, liquid fuel, seal oil, and water injection service. Wall-mounted, floor-mounted, and skid configurations depending on the application.
Hilco's replacement transfer valves are direct drop-ins for most installed valve bodies in the field. Improved designs reduce internal leakage and simplify maintenance — no specialized tooling, no valve body replacement. Low turning torque and positive sealing allow an operator to switch filter banks in seconds with virtually zero process upset.
Direct replacement for most straight-plug and tapered-plug valve bodies currently in service. Low-torque operation, positive sealing, no valve body modification required.
Plug assembly withdraws cleanly from the valve body for inspection, rebuild, or replacement. Rebuild kits include o-rings, springs, and seat pads. No special tooling required.
Contaminants in fuel gas erode combustion hardware and shorten hot-section life. Hilco fuel gas filters use layered synthetic media with epoxy-coated support and stainless endcaps — 25+ years in gas turbine service.
Pipeline gas carries rust, liquids, and fine particulate that foul combustion nozzles and erode fuel valve seats. Hilco's coalescing filter-separator vessels capture solids and coalesce entrained liquids before they reach the combustion section.
Available in simplex and duplex configurations. Duplex systems use Hilco's zero-leak transfer valve for uninterrupted fuel flow during element changeouts.
Final protection before the combustion section. Hilco's inline strainers catch debris that may break loose downstream of the main filter — pipe scale, gasket fragments, commissioning debris. If something gets past the primary filter, this is the last barrier before the nozzles.
Also available: pilot gas filter/separators for dedicated ignition circuits where moisture and particulate interfere with reliable flame stability.
Oil mist from turbine, compressor, engine, and generator vents creates compliance risk and maintenance cost. Hilco VME coalesces airborne oil back to the sump — eliminates visible emissions, recovers oil, meets RICE NESHAP.
Direct drop-ins for most installed vent mist eliminators in the field, including replacements for Dollinger, Franke, and other OEM units. Used on gas turbines, steam turbines, reciprocating compressors, diesel and gas engines, generators, and pumps.
Mist eliminators for CAT engines and large reciprocating compressors. Eliminates visible crankcase emissions and recovers oil to the sump.
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High-capacity VME units sized for GE, Siemens, and Mitsubishi steam turbine lube reservoirs. Reduces oil mist accumulation in the turbine hall, lowers fire risk, and recovers oil back to the sump.
Water in lube oil accelerates bearing wear, promotes varnish, and degrades additive packages. Hilco's coalescer/separator and vacuum dehydrator systems remove moisture, particulate, and dissolved contaminants — keeping oil within spec and equipment in service.
H-class combined-cycle plants often include Hilco's 02CS-series conditioning skids, achieving water content below 150 ppm with optional ion-exchange elements for varnish removal.
Even new oil delivered to site can arrive contaminated. Hilco's portable filtration carts (HP4 series) are equipped with pump and filter housing to kidney-loop filter lube oil or fuel in drums and tanks. Available with optional water-absorbing or acid-removal cartridges for conditioning oil before it enters the turbine.
Covers critical fluid and vapor systems across all major gas and steam turbine platforms. Select a manufacturer.
Dual-fuel duplex filters with 6-way zero-leak transfer valve. Lube oil cartridges for bearing protection. Oil mist eliminators for enclosure cleanliness. Water injection filters for NOx-reduction systems. Skid-mounted coalescing housings with 40+ years of liquid fuel filtration application experience.
Fuel gas filter-separator vessels replacing OEM strainers. Duplex liquid fuel filters for dual-fuel units handling heavy particulate loads. Water injection filters with stainless construction and zero-leak switching for continuous NOx control.
Main lube oil filter assemblies (simplex and duplex) with PH739-series cartridges. 02CS-series oil conditioning skids for water removal below 150 ppm. Seal oil filters for hydrogen-cooled generators. Mist eliminators (800–1140 CFM). FNB butterfly transfer valves.
EHC fluid filters — Fuller's earth, Selexsorb, and ion-exchange resin cartridges for phosphate ester and synthetic fluid systems. Prevents servo valve sticking and maintains low fluid acidity.
Large fuel gas coalescer vessels with AA1624-series elements. Pilot gas filter/separators. Water injection filters. Liquid fuel duplex retrofits. Lube oil duplex replacements for Boll & Kirch or Indufil units. DM-series mist eliminators replacing Franke or Dollinger. Seal oil vapor extractors for hydrogen service.
Fuel gas coalescer upgrades from OEM strainers (AA-series elements). Fuel forwarding skid filter retrofits. Duplex liquid fuel and water injection filters. Lube oil and mist eliminator retrofits for combined-cycle SST-5000 steam turbines.
Direct replacement filters for older Westinghouse 501F/D models. Coalescer element upgrades resolving valve erosion and combustion clogging. Lube oil cooler isolation valves for simplified maintenance.
Hilco retrofits replace or outperform Clark, Indufil, Dollinger, Boll & Kirch, and Franke units originally supplied in Siemens packages. Better dirt-holding capacity, easier servicing, finer filtration.
High-capacity mist eliminators (01ME series with DM cartridges) replacing Dollinger units on large lube oil reservoirs. TurboFlo duplex lube oil filters with 6-way transfer valve. Portable filter carts for fuel oil conditioning. Hydraulic control oil filtration (3–5 µm) with optional varnish removal packs.
DM1222 and DM1724 replacement cartridges for Dollinger mist eliminators. Lube oil duplex retrofits for Clark filter units. Fuel oil pre-filtration skids for dual-fuel backup capability.
Steam turbine lube oil filter replacements for Boll & Kirch units. Generator seal oil mist eliminators. Oil, fuel, and air/oil mist addressed as a system.
High-pressure fuel gas coalescer housings with multi-cartridge packs. Replacement duplex lube oil filters targeting ISO 16/14/11 or better. Retrofittable mist eliminators for enclosure-mounted turbines. Duplex liquid fuel filters for dual-fuel Titans with high-capacity pleated media.
Simplex or duplex fuel gas filters replacing basic OEM strainers on older units. Drop-in lube and control oil replacement elements for finer filtration. Water injection filters for emissions compliance.
HP4-series portable carts for kidney-loop filtering lube oil or fuel at remote pipeline and compression stations. Polishes oil during maintenance or transfer — removes particulate, water, and acid with optional specialty cartridges.
Hilco upgrades yield better fuel cleanliness (extending hot section life), on-line maintenance capability (duplex with zero-leak transfer), and reduced maintenance hours at remote, unmanned stations.
"Our role is to resolve lead time, fit, and performance issues before they become larger operating problems."
We focus on the requirement behind the PO — lead time, system performance, and lifecycle cost. Selecting the right housing, media grade, and configuration for your turbine, duty cycle, and operating conditions requires someone who understands your plant, not just a catalog.
We evaluate turbine type, duty cycle, fluid conditions, and current performance before recommending anything. If the current setup is adequate, we'll tell you that too.
When specifications change or the service is less straightforward than the catalog, we move issues directly to Hilco engineering — no intermediary layers.
Uptime, longer service intervals, lower total cost in service — the metrics that matter when the requirement needs to be right the first time.
Fewer premature changeouts, clearer replacement planning, better lifecycle performance. If something doesn't perform as specified, we own that conversation.
