DONALDSON FILTRATION SOLUTIONS (PTY) LTD
The slogan “give us dirt, we’ll give you champions” could have been coined especially for The Donaldson Cross
Country Championship.
Donaldson Filtration Solutions was founded in 1915 and is a worldwide provider of filtration systems and
replacement parts. The company is technology driven and committed to satisfying customer needs for filtration
systems through innovative research and development.
The company serves customers in the industrial and engine markets including dust collection, fume extraction,
environmental control, compressed air purification, off road mining and construction equipment, heavy on
highway trucks & busses as well as agricultural equipment. Donaldson, however, also has a rich history in Sub
Saharan Africa where its products and services have contributed to many facets of the continent’s forward
momentum.
Donaldson filtration solutions for the African market range from engine and hydraulic filters for vehicles, plant and
agricultural equipment to complete air filtration systems for light and heavy industry and mining.
Core strengths include Donaldson’s constantly innovating filtration technology, which is supported by around 550
engineers among more than 13 000 employees worldwide. This includes our engineers and technical specialists
in factories in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Donaldson customers enjoy world class technology coupled with the lower cost benefits which flow from the local
manufacture of most of the company’s products. The Cape Town factory utilises highly effective patented
Donaldson media to make cartridge filters, and quality control specialists are charged with testing to ensure
product excellence.
Donaldson’s ground-breaking history in engine air filtration goes back to 1915, and the company has since
initiated the development of virtually every major advance in heavy duty engine air filtration. Donaldson is the
industry leader today and air filtration solutions for Africa’s diverse challenges range from units for light vehicles
and trucks to heavy duty systems in the mining, construction and agricultural environments.
Today’s diesel engines run at higher temperatures and pressures requiring finer filtration than before.
Donaldson engineering can more than met these demands and engine fluid filters including oil, fuel and coolant
have distinguished themselves in Africa’s tough work environments.
Donaldson also develops and manufactures a full line of industrial hydraulic filters for the protection of machinery
and components in hundreds of manufacturing applications as well as heavy duty mobile equipment. Using the
high efficiency SYNTEQ® synthetic filter media specially developed by Donaldson, heavy duty high, medium and
low pressure filters and related trap breathers for hydraulic reservoirs are installed in strategic positions in the
hydraulic circuit.
Contamination in a bulk fuel or oil system wears away at costly components in the engines of vehicles which are
served by the bulk dispensing system. Using a customized system design and technology specifically developed
for this high flow application, Donaldson bulk fuel and oil filtration removes water and contaminant to achieve and
maintain desired ISO cleanliness levels.
In one of South Africa’s busy harbours Donaldson technology is called upon to filter aluminium powder-laden air
during ship to harbour transfer.
At a Johannesburg pharmaceutical company Donaldson Torit Downflo system with 16 replaceable cartridges, in
addition to dust containment, plays a supportive role in important humidity control.
Donaldson baghouse installations provide mining process filtration. Standard in all Donaldson Torit baghouse
dust collectors are Dura-Life bags - the biggest advancement yet in dust collector bags.
Steel fabricating, which includes such emission-producing processes as plasma cutting, is another of the many
manufacturing environments where Donaldson meets and beats the challenges head-on. In the African mining
sphere the company provides such diverse solutions as cartridge-based air filtration for the critical equipment in
the winder wheel complex, as well as air filtration in the platinum producing process utilising modular baghouse
technology.
Donaldson Torit helps manufacturers get cleaner air. In Africa, as elsewhere, clients can turn to Donaldson for
the most efficient collection and filtration technologies for all types of dust, fume and mist particulate. Depending
on the requirement Donaldson specify collectors which feature cartridge, bag or panel filters.
Donaldson’s bag manufacturing centre in Gauteng makes both standard and custom filter bags for dust
collection systems which feature advanced media options such as Donaldson Tetratex for a limitless number of
client applications.
Of special interest in today’s electricity-hungry world are Donaldson-designed and manufactured advanced air
inlet filtration systems for gas turbines, generators, and other rotating equipment. Donaldson systems and related
air inlet products protect turbines from airborne contaminants in thousands of installations around the world.
Donaldson employees in South Africa and all over the world constantly explore ways to help solve customer
problems by applying technology to new challenges and new markets. The more than 1 5000 active patents held
by Donaldson engineers worldwide are an indication of an innovative approach.
Through global experience Donaldson understands customer needs and provides support throughout the
lifecycle of company products – from development and manufacture to after-sale service and replacement parts.
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