The authors indicate that the failure of hydraulic systems of shearers can drop greatly, its\' reliability and service life can be increased by the use of a field oil contamination analyser and filter device to control the oil cont amination of the hydraulic systems of shearers. Experimental provement of siltin g-theory contamination analyser are carried out.The filter effect of portable h ydraulic driving oil-filter model YLJ-21 is examinationed in laboratory and fi e ld experiment. From January to August 1992, on-site experimental research using a silting-theory contamination analyser and oil-filter model YLJ-21 to contr o l the oil contamination was carried out in the Datong Coal Mining Bureau.