The XLR is a powered pre-cleaner/pre-filtration system for engine air-intakes developed by US company Sy-Klone, for which LSM is the Australian distributor, and it incorporates “suggestions” from Woodford and his team.
Then XLR powered pre-cleaner has been sold in other parts of the world and Woodford has a close relationship with the Dutch distributor who has provided information on real world performance in extreme applications.
“The XLR system features a pre-cleaner and pre-filter system that ejects air-laden debris so it is not retained in the engine air intake. The pre-cleaner removes the bulk of the dust before it gets to the filter, reducing the load on the filter which itself is self-cleaning. As a result, the machine’s OEM filter effectively becomes a back-up with the real job being done by the XLR,” said Woodford.
“Conventional filters retain material and block up over time. In some of the extreme Dutch examples, this was in an hour or less, and the XLR could go for 40 hours in the same conditions.”
In fact, many European OEMs of earthmoving equipment are already recommending installing the XLR Technology. Sweden’s Volvo dealer is not only endorsing the XLR, it has written installation manuals for XLR to be fitted to Volvo Equipment,
Reduced air flow to the engine through blocked filters leads to reduced power, greater fuel consumption and premature engine failure – in some of the Dutch applications the user had a spare engine on standby because failure was regarded as a high risk and a cost of working in that environment,” Woodford said.
“The RESPA cab air system is different to the engine system but uses similar Sy-Klone filter technology. LSM is different to most distributors around the world in that we fit systems, and develop kits to simplify fitting to different machines. We can design application-specific cab air systems that use the filtration technology as part of it.
“Generally speaking, the air flow for a cab system is much lower than for an engine intake. Some of the hazards relate to the environment that machines work in. For example rock dust and diesel particulates are carcinogenic. Like with the engine, a blocked filter reduces air-flow and in a cab, this can reduce the effectiveness of air conditioning to almost nil, making it almost impossible to work and producing high costs and production downtime due to HVAC failure. Carbon dioxide builds up, and this causes drowsiness that can lead to accidents,” he said.
LSM also released another world-first with its FSM Fleet Safety Maintenance Management Telemetry System. The FSM system integrates fleet tracking & OH&S technologies providing remote based data collection for reporting, analysis and compliance providing users with reduced fleet and equipment operating costs, increased productivity and enhanced OH&S compliance.
“Our FSM Fleet Safety & Maintenance System is not only a world first but an Australian developed, IP designed, maintained and managed by LSM Technologies team of software and electronic engineers,” said Woodford.
“This means that we have ownership and control of its ongoing development and customised integration for our Australian and international customers operating in any industry.”
FSM Fleet Safety & Maintenance System is more than just a standard fleet/asset tracking system, it also integrates LSM Technologies’ unique engineering solutions which include:
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- Tyre pressure/temperature monitoring (TMS)
- DFM (Driver Fatigue Monitor)
- Q- CABAIR / RESP cabin pressuriser/filtration systems
- CAS- camera viewing/proximity detection systems.
“The data is sent back to base and can be accessed by a web browser and viewed on any PC, tablet or smart phone from anywhere in the world, 24/7,” Woodford said.
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