Filter Media Selection Guide High Performance Liquid Filter Media Accufit ® Welded Filter Bags Ultrafit ® Welded Filter Bags APX ® Cartridge ElementsFiltration Systems vessels and filter media are widely used throughout the world for liquid clarification and high-purity filtering applications. Companies that invest in the refinement of their liquid filtration processes are rewarded with higher quality products, increased productivity and reduced labor costs. We have extensive experience in the areas of Process and Industrial Filtration, Microfiltration and Pre-filtration. FILTRATION SYSTEMS LIQUID FILTER MEDIA The cornerstone of Filtration Systems philosophy is Customer Satisfaction. Our commitment extends to product quality, prompt delivery, and system recommendation. We serve the following industries and their distributors: • Chemical & Petrochemical Processing • Pharmaceutical, Cosmetic & Biotechnology Processing • Water Treatment, Purification & Reclamation • Food, Beverage & Fermentation • Electronic Components, Photo & Audio Visual • Surface Technology, Cleaning Machines, Nuclear • Critical Liquid Process Applications With over 50 years of industry experience, Filtration Systems has a reputation as a market leader, manufacturing industrial liquid filter products of superior quality and design. We are committed to satisfying our customer’s diverse needs with personal service and prompt delivery. Our vessels and filter media are specifically designed to work together as a system, maximizing efficiency.FILTRATION SYSTEMS LIQUID FILTER MEDIA FEATURES Fully Welded Construction Ultrasonically welded seams prevent solids, larger than the micron rating of the media, from bypassing the Filter Bag. Conventional Filter Bags are sewn, allowing particles to bypass through the needle holes of seams. TruSeam™ Technology TruSeam™ Technology provides a fully finished longitudinal seam with no rough edges. Zero-Bypass ®Bag Collar The Zero-Bypass Collar provides an optimum compression seal, when used in a Filtration Systems Filter Vessel. When the Filter Bag is under elevated pressure, the flanged Bag Collar prevents bypass of unfiltered liquid. PurSeal® Flanged Bag Collar The PurSeal ®flange provides a hydrostatic compression seal when used on our Over-The-Top® design housings, eliminating bypass of unfiltered liquid downstream. Elevated Filter Bag Handles A dual handle lift-out, located above the liquid level, eliminates contact with dirt and unfiltered materials, and allows quick Filter Bag removal for replacement. Liquid spills are reduced, product waste is minimized and productivity is increased. Rounded Bottom The round bottom of the Filter Bag is designed to conform to the shape of the Support Basket. Additional length ensures that the bag will remain fully supported by the Basket. Filter Bag SizesCartridge Element Sizes P1 Size: 7" dia. x 16" longP3 Size: 4" dia. x 9" longAPX-728: 7” dia. x 28” long P2 Size: 7" dia. x 33" longP4 Size: 4" dia. x 14" longAPX-412: 4” dia. x 12” long P5 Size: 4" dia. x 24" longAPX-422: 4” dia. x 22” long Zero-Bypass® Bag Collar Microscopic image of stitching hole resulting from the thread used in a sewn seam. Hole size: 600 Micron Microscopic image of thread used in conventional sewn filter bags. Thread diameter: 400 Micron PurSeal ® Flanged Bag Collar When a filter bag has stitching holes, resulting from sewn seams, the path of least resistance is through the holes and not the filter media. Filtration Systems Liquid Filter Bags have no sewn seams anywhere, eliminating solids bypass. Accufit® Welded Liquid Filter Bags SuperBond® & Accufit IP® Filter Bags ......................................4 Accufit® Expanded Media Monofilament Filter Bags.................5 Ultrafit® Welded Liquid Filter Bags 100, 500, 500 EXP, 800 & 800 EXP® Series ..............................6 Antimicrobial Technology – AMT® Series...................................8 Nylon Microfiber – N -Series......................................................9 APX®HIGH CAPACITY ELEMENTS Large-Diameter Cartridge Filter Elements.............................10 Terminology & Features .......................................................11 Test/Process Equipment & Services .................................12 Disc Filter Housing Systems ...............................................13 Filter Media Product Specifications .................................14 TABLE OF CONTENTS• Supported Polypropylene Felt with exterior glazed finish minimizes fiber migration downstream • Nominally rated solids retention • Single-use, disposable filter bag • IP Series - Integrated Polymeric Support® structural layer for enhanced strength and support. Prevents fiber migration downstream. • Media is up to 40% thicker than most competitor s’ felt bags • Available micron ratings: 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 • 100% Polypropylene, including Zero-Bypass Collar ACCUFIT® WELDED IP SERIES ACCUFIT ®WELDED LIQUID FILTER BAGS 4 Accufit® Welded SuperBond ® Multi-layer, laminated filter bags provide superior particle removal efficiencies for a broad range of industrial filtration applications… ELC ®– Engineered Laminated Composite is clean, uniform and stable. Designed for consistent and predictable results. Available in 100% FDA compliant Polypropylene or Nylon. FEATURES • Accufit ®Welded SuperBond ®is designed as the superior alternative to commodity-grade, felt filter bags. • Designed to provide predictable performance results with 90% efficiency ratings. • Ultrasonically Welded, Composite Layer Design for increased surface area and precise particle retention. • No stitching holes like those found in other, sewn liquid filters. • Longer lasting with significantly improved efficiencies over and above felt filter bags. • IP Series - Integrated Polymeric Support ® structural layer for enhanced strength and support. Prevents fiber migration downstream. • Zero-Bypass ®Compression Collar prevents bypass and sealing issues. SPECIFICATIONS • Manufactured using Multi-Layer, Thermally Bonded Continuous Filament Depth Media in Polypropylene or Nylon. • 100% FDA compliant materials, according to CFR Title 21. Silicone free. • IP - Integrated Polymeric Support® support layer; non fiber-shedding. • Suggested maximum differential pressure: 35psi / 2.4 bar • Maximum operating temperature: Polypropylene 180°F / 82°C, Nylon 340°F / 171°C • Suggested maximum flow rate: 90gpm (water, P2 size) • Available in standard industry sizes: P1 (7"dia x 16"L), P2 (7"dia x 32"L) P3 (4"dia x 9"L), P4 (4"dia x 14"L), P5 (4"dia x 24"L) • Available micron ratings: 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 MODEL NUMBER CODING SB-Pxxx-P2-IP(xxx = micron rating) 100% FDA POLYPROPYLENE COMPONENTS SB-Nxxx-P2-IP(xxx = micron rating) 100% FDA NYLON (N6) COMPONENTS Media: Supported Polypropylene Felt IP Layer: Polypropylene Monofilament Downstream Support Jacket: Polypropylene, non-woven spunbond Accufit® Welded SuperBond® Liquid Filter Bags5 ACCUFIT® WELDED EXPANDED MEDIA LIQUID FILTER BAGS Accufit® Welded Expanded Media A unique filter product, designed for demanding, high purity liquid filtration applications has been developed offering superb flow, robust solids loading, minimal differential pressure, and precise micron retention—all essential requirements for maximizing results… Specifically manufactured for high solids loading and strength; excellent for high purity chemical and water, pharmaceutical, food, edible or high purity synthetic oils, bio-fuels and cosmetic use; superb quality filtering incorporates convenience, cleanliness and productivity. These filters are available in quad, six, eight, ten-wall, or more laminated plies, are non-fiber shedding and can handle elevated temperatures (in 100% Nylon or Polypropylene). Graded-density and/or redundant layers of FDA compliant monofilament are ultrasonically laminated and formed, and use a non-bypassing sealing collar with removal handles. Accufit Welded Expanded Media is designed in accordance with the ISO 4406:1999 standard. The filter media loads on the surface of the filter, trapping particles in its many tortuous grid paths. Useful for high-flow and strength, without significant increased differential pressure imposed from the filter. It is the opposite of a depth filter—one that loads particulate on the surface of the filtering layers—not in them. As such, when finished, it will hold large amounts of solids—and still drain liquid, as it is highly porous. One of the unique features of this filter is that it may be "tweaked" as necessary to accommodate a wide array of liquid filtering conditions—e.g. greater throughput, tighter micron retention, etc… EXPANDED MEDIA MODEL NUMBER CODING SYSTEM EXAMPLESFILTRATION RANGE (µm) NMO-40-QW-P2 40 µm – 14 µm NMO-40-EW-P240 µm – 4 µm NMO-40-XW-P240 µm – 2 µm NMO-40-XII-P240 µm – 1 µm PMO-100-QW-P2100 µm – 37 µm PMO-100-SW-P2100 µm – 19 µm PMO-100-EW-P2100 µm – 10 µm PMO-100-XW-P2100 µm – 5 µm INTEGRATED POLYMERIC SUPPORT® BAG SIZE 40 28.820.714.910.77.75.64.02.92.11.51.10.6 65 46.833.724.317.512.69.16.54.73.42.41.80.9 100 72.051.837.326.919.313.910.07.25.23.72.71.4 150 10877.856.040.329.020.915.010.87.85.64.02.1 200 14410474.653.738.727.920.114.410.47.55.42.8 400 28820714910777.455.740.128.920.815.010.85.6 600 43231122416111683.660.243.331.222.516.28.4 800 57641529921515511180.257.841.630.021.611.2 MATERIAL MICRON RATING MICRON RATINGS ACHIEVED FROM CONFIGURATION OF LAMINATED LAYERS NUMBER OF PLIES DW 2 TW 3 QW 4 SW 67 EW 89 XW 1011 XII 12 XIV 145 (NMO) NYLON MONOFILAMENT (PMO) POLYPROPYLENE MONOFILAMENT BASE LAYER AND NUMBER OF PLIESDELTA-P INSERT OPTIONS NMO-100-QW-P2-DP-IP• Absolute Retention Ratings with efficiencies up to 99.98% (beta 5000) • Graded-Density, Composite Layer Design Technology™ combines coarse and fine layers to optimize flow, efficiency, and dirt-holding capacity • Individual layers of absolute rated media create high loading, depth filtration • Progressive filtration removes particles of decreasing size with each successive layer • Integrated Polymeric Support is a standard design feature • Polypropylene Construction: Series 100, 500, 800 • 100% FDA compliant materials (21 CFR 177.1520) • Support Jacket prevents fiber migration downstream • TruSeam™ finished edge and inverted bottom • Replaces cartridges and other more expensive filter media • Individually wrapped for cleanliness • Single-use, disposable filter bag ULTRAFIT ®WELDED HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID FILTER BAGS Graded Density, Composite Layer Design Technology™ promotes full-depth filtration and enhanced solids loading. 6 ULTRAFIT WELDED STANDARD FEATURES Ultrafit Welded IP - Integrated Polymeric Support • A structural layer is ultrasonically laminated within the internal composite of the bag • Allows the filter bag to sustain significantly greater differential pressure before change-out is required, without increased pressure drop • Longer run times allow enhanced solids loading INTEGRATED POLYMERIC SUPPORT ® AND DELTA-P INSERT (DP)7 ULTRAFIT ®WELDED HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID FILTER BAGS Ultrafit Welded 500 EXP ®Series Ultrafit Welded 800 EXP Series Ultrafit Welded 800 Series • Sub-micron rated retention • Multiple layers of the same micron rating allow finer filtration • Integrated Polymeric Support is a standard design feature • 99% efficiency ratings (beta 100) • Available micron ratings: <1.0 • Sub-micron rated retention • Ideal for high-purity and critical liquid process applications • Integrated Polymeric Support is a standard design feature • 99.98% efficiency ratings (beta 5000) • Available micron ratings: 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 • Sub-micron rated retention • Multiple layers of the same micron rating allow finer filtration • Integrated Polymeric Support is a standard design feature • 99.98% efficiency ratings (beta 5000) • Available micron rating: 0.2 Our vessels and filter media are specifically designed to work together as a system, maximizing efficiency and results. For applications demanding both high loading and efficiency, the Ultrafit Welded 500 filter bag has the unique ability to filter liquids where particles vary in both size and distribution. The Ultrafit Welded 100 liquid filter bag is ideally suited for batch or smaller applications, or as a final filter where the range of particle size is narrower and more consistent. Ultrafit Welded 100 Series Ultrafit Welded 500 Series • Ideally suited for batch filtration, polishing, or as a final filter • Low to medium solids holding capacity • Designed to filter liquids where the range of particle size is narrow and consistent • Provides highly efficient liquid filtration for applications requiring consistent levels of purity • Integrated Polymeric Support is a standard design feature • 97% efficiency ratings • Available micron ratings: 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 • For applications requiring high-purity results • High solids loading capacity • 60% more surface area than Ultrafit 100 filter bags • Designed to filter liquids where particles vary in both size and distribution • Integrated Polymeric Support is a standard design feature • 99% efficiency ratings (beta 100) • Available micron ratings: 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 8 ULTRAFIT WELDED-AMT ®SERIES ANTIMICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY ULTRAFIT WELDED - AMT ® SERIES AMT®Series Q&A Standard Features and Materials of Construction • Multi-Layer, High Performance Liquid Filter Bag • Graded Density, Composite Layer Design Technology ™ • Antimicrobial agent incorporated into the final filtering layers of the bag • 99.98% efficiency ratings (beta 5000) • Materials of construction: 100% FDA Compliant Polypropylene • Single-use, disposable filter bag • Available micron ratings: 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1, 3, 5 Benefits of Antimicrobial Technology • Antimicrobial agent inhibits the growth of broad spectrum bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and yeast on the treated layers • Antimicrobial agent lasts the life of the filter • Non-Toxic and insoluble in water What are some uses for Ultrafit Welded-AMT Series High Performance Filter Bags? When properly installed in a Filtration Systems Over-The-Top® design housing, Ultrafit Welded-AMT Series filter bags are useful in filtering many types of liquids, including water, transformer cooling oil, synthetic oil, lubricants, paints, and other water-based liquids, when prevention of fluid contamination during the filtering process is important to the final product. Why is Antimicrobial Protection important for my filtering process? Microorganisms can contaminate liquids causing spoilage, odor, degradation, and reduced shelf life of products. Other effects of contamination may include changes in viscosity or pH, discoloration, gassing during processing, or swelling of finished product containers. During the filtering process the formation of biofilms may inhibit liquid flow, contaminate or corrode process piping, and affect heat exchange. How does Antimicrobial Technology work? Antimicrobial additives disrupt the metabolic function of thin walled, aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms, inhibiting their ability to function, grow, and reproduce on the filter media. How is the Antimicrobial agent built into the media? The antimicrobial agent is incorporated into the polymeric voids of the polypropylene fiber, without affecting the physical properties of the fiber. The submicron-sized particles migrate to the surface of the fiber, where they become an integral part of the microfiber. Since it is part of the fiber, not a surface coating, it will not wash or wear out. The antimicrobial agent is insoluble in water and lasts the life of the filter. Is it safe? Antimicrobial agents only attack thin-walled cells. Human and animal cells are thick-walled, and are therefore impermeable to the antibacterial additive. The antimicrobial agent, Triclosan (Chlorinated Phenoxy Compound), is registered with the EPA as a safe, non-toxic product. NOTE: The Ultrafit Welded- AMT Filter Bag does not protect users or others against food-borne (or disease causing) bacteria. Mechanical Manufacturing Corporation, Filtration Systems Division is not making any health claims for this product.9 ULTRAFIT® WELDED-NYLON SERIES HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID FILTER BAGS • 100% FDA compliant Nylon, including Zero-Bypass Collar Upstream Jacket: Nylon Web Filter Material: Meltblown Nylon 6 Microfiber Downstream Support Jacket: Nylon Monofilament • Composite Layer Design Technology ™ • Individual Layers of absolute rated media create high-efficiency, depth filtration • Integrated Polymeric Support® is a standard design feature • Suitable for Sanitization, Autoclaving, or In-Situ Steam Sterilization • No mildew or bacterial effects • Abrasion resistant • Thermally and Chemically compatible with a broad range of applications where Polypropylene is not suitable • Sustains temperatures up to 350˚ F • Individually wrapped for cleanliness • Single-use, disposable filter bag ULTRAFIT WELDED - NYLON SERIES STANDARD FEATURES Ultrafit Welded - N Series Ultrafit Welded - N EXP Series • 99.9% efficiency ratings (beta 1000) • Available micron ratings: 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 • Sub-micron rated retention • Multiple layers of the same micron rating allow finer filtration • 99.9% efficiency ratings (beta 1000) • Available micron ratings: <1.0 Close-up view of Nylon Microfiber Ultrafit Nylon Filter Bag CompositionNext >