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Filtration+Separation July/August 2016
Improved dewpoint control boosts air quality European air filter manufacturer, Hi-Line Industries Ltd, has extended its Atacama range of modular air dryers to incorporate a third filtration tower. This development ensures compliance with UK and EU standards. These include medical, pharmaceutical, chemical and petrochemical industries, tunnel construction, mining, diving and offshore industries. Bulk water, in liquid and gaseous form must be eliminated from the breathing air and industry standards state this should be at a pressure dewpoint not exceeding –11°C because water entering the filtration system renders the catalysts useless. So the first stage of the purification process is a desiccant air dryer. The Atacama – CT breathing air dryer is controlled by a digital controller with built-in dewpoint control. This is pre-set on the breathing air application and moves to stand-by once a dewpoint of -15°C PDP is
achieved, ensuring energy efficient secure air quality. The clean, dry air enters the desiccant dryer and a third vessel containing activated carbon and a catalyst, removes odours, taste substances and gases. Finally, a particulate filter removes dust particles and takes over from the desiccant, allowing the operator to breathe clean, dry air, free from contaminants. www.hilineindustries.com
The event will be held in conjunction with INDEX 17, one of the world’s largest nonwovens exhibitions. Since its inception, Filtrex has strengthened its position as a platform and meeting-point for the filtration industry across Europe, Asia and India, and EDANA invites papers for the 2017 European conference on the following topics: innovative filter media; energy efficiency; indoor air quality; www.filtsep.com
Filtration solutions provider Mann+Hummel will introduce the PU 9005 z and PU 10 011 z diesel fuel filters at the Automechanika automotive industry trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany, on 13-17 September, 2016.
The Mann-Filter product portfolio offers more than 4,600 filter types, covering more than 98% of the European car and transporter fleet. Worldwide, the Mann-Filter range includes 6,200 filter types for more than 225,000 applications.
The diesel fuel filters will be introduced under the Mann-Filter brand in Hall 3. In addition, MannFilter will present further products from its portfolio of air, oil, fuel and cabin filters to visitors.
www.mann-hummel.com
Modern diesel injection systems require fuels of the highest purity. Mann-Filter says it meets these requirements with the two highperformance PU 9005 z and PU 10 011 z filters, now catering even more effectively to the independent aftermarket.
The latest ‘Atacama – CT’ modular dryer unit from Hi-Line Industries for the manufacture of BS EN 12021 compliant high quality breathing air.
FILTREX 17 call for papers EDANA, the international association serving the nonwovens and related industries, recently announced the seventh edition of the nonwovens filter media conference FILTREX Europe, which will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, on the 5-6 April 2017, and opened the call for papers for the programme of speakers.
Diesel fuel filters at Automechanika designed to deliver highest purity
pollution and emission control; and engine/transportation filtration. Filtrex will also include a tabletop display providing producers, converters of filter media and equipment suppliers with the opportunity to showcase their offers, to keep customers and potential clients up-to-date with their products and services, and/or to direct them to their stands in the adjacent INDEX 17 exhibition halls. www.edana.org/education-events/ conferences-and-symposia/eventdetail/filtrex-2017 .
Diesel fuel filter PU9005.
Self-cleaning filter introduced to UK Croft Filters has introduced a new self-cleaning filter to the UK market through its partnership with Danish filter housing specialist, HiFlux Filtration. Designed specifically for applications where an automatic continuous cleaning process is required, the robust filters are suitable for most liquids including lubricating oil, bitumen, petrol, paint and waste water.
down to manually clean or change a filter. By reducing or avoiding downtime on a production line in this way, businesses can significantly reduce their operational costs and often find the savings made see the selfcleaning filter pay for itself within a few months. www.filters.co.uk
The cleaning process sees dirt scraped into a sludge chamber, from where it is then drained at appropriate intervals, while the filter is still in operation. This results in an absolute cleaning of the filter and, as drainage is controlled individually, the loss of medium is reduced to an absolute minimum.
www.edana.org Neil Burns, director at Croft Filters, explained that the continuous cleaning process offered by the HiFlux self-cleaning filter eliminates the need to shut an application
Self-cleaning filter manufactured by HiFlux Filtration A/S, Denmark.