Energy savings at the forefront of nonwoven filter technology development
As Brad Kalil of INDA noted in his analysis of the market in the November/December 2019 issue of IFN (pages 38-39), the key drivers of growth in the nonwoven filter media space are an increasing demand for cleaner air and water, economic and population growth and a growing awareness of the need to regularly replace …
Mann+Hummel’s Filter Cube poised to go global
A successful air pollution reduction scheme instigated by filtration specialist Mann+Hummel in Germany is set to be replicated at “hot-spots” around the world. As the home of both Mercedes and Porsche, Stuttgart owes its status as Germany’s richest city to the automotive industry, but in January 2019, a first partial car ban was imposed, effectively …
FILTECH 2019: The media is the message …
Despite the vast scale, complexity and diversity of today’s filtration system installations, the simple filter media is the key to everything. Or the not so simple filter media, as became evident when assessing just a handful of the over 200 presentations running parallel to this year’s FILTECH exhibition, which took place in Cologne, Germany, from …
The crucial role of air inlet filters for gas turbines
The overall structure of the power industry is currently in transition – from one based primarily on a “hub-and-spoke” central generation model with one-way energy flows, to a hybrid system comprised of both distributed and centralized resources with two-way flows. At the same time, new digital innovations are leading to a more efficient and autonomous …
Automation runs the show at ITMA 2019
ITMA, the textile technology exhibition that takes place once every four years in Europe, was held from June 20-26 this year, attracting more than 105,000 visitors to Barcelona, Spain.With 1,700-plus exhibitors from 45 countries, featured technologies supported a wide range of fiber-based products ranging from clothing and home furnishings to more technical products such as construction materials and reinforcements for composites. And, of course, both nonwoven and woven filter media.