The DPF traps the harmful particulates so that they can later be burned off during the filter regeneration process, which converts them chiefly into carbon dioxide and water.

Filter regeneration takes place every 300 kilometers. You vehicle is equipped with an electronic control unit that calculates the volume of particulates that has built up and indicates when the process to eliminate them should ideally begin.

TIt may seem unfair: Why do these things always happen to you, even though you look after your car and drive carefully? The reason your vehicle is not eliminating the particulate matter is that the DPF cannot be regenerated because the exhaust is not hot enough. So the particulates build up in the filter and block the exhaust. To put it another way: your car is smothering and crying out for help.

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A good DPF supplier is able to respond to your problems and issues despite the risk of unpredictable weather. Let’s face it, we have all seen hurricanes, tornados, snow, rain, and drought impact communities across the world. The news rarely covers the impact on the supply chain during these events.

You do not have the luxury of overlooking this. As you select potential suppliers to identify the weather-related impacts that are possible and how they attend to your problems when such weather risk-related issues arise.

Depending on your manufacturing requirements you should determine your need for a multi-location supplier or a single warehouse.

Obviously, shipping capabilities and associated cost will differ by the number of locations a supplier has to offer. You may be able to negotiate a better price from a smaller business with a single location or string multiple suppliers together to meet your needs.