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Student Spotlight: Soft particle impact on fuel filter systems filtration
Botond Csontos is conducting research at KTH, Royal Institute of Technologies, in the Department of Machine Design. His group focuses on the research and development of the internal combustion engine, with specific attention to renewable fuels. In his current project, Csontos is in close collaboration with one industrial stakeholder, Scania. Scania is a manufacturer of …
An electrifying development – the impact of electric vehicles on filtration
The electromobility (or e-mobility) industry is growing globally. As the auto industry increasingly focuses its attention on electrically powered vehicles, there will be a drastic change in the need for, and type of, filtration in this area. Electric power vs. combustion power The average car has more than 50 filters, which can be categorized in …
Automotive filter aftermarket to exceed $4 billion by 2021
Oil filters comprised the largest share of the North American automotive filter aftermarket Aftermarket demand for automotive filters in North America is forecast to advance 2.4% per annum through 2021 to $4.1 billion. Sales will be boosted by: Growth in the size of the region’s light vehicle park and the number of miles driven annually …
Phifer to acquire some assets of Wire Company holdings
Phifer Incorporated announced early December 2015 that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the USA assets of Wire Company Holdings, Inc. currently – Hanover, Pa. (“Wire Company”), a leading supplier of woven mesh to consumer, automotive and industrial filtration markets. The APA transaction is structured as a cash purchase at an undisclosed value …
Tiny particles and the bigger picture
Single-stage nonwoven filter media are no longer sufficient for meeting water separation efficiency requirements in modern fuel tanks and diesel fuel systems. This was one of the key messages to be taken away from the EDANA Filtrex 2014 conference held in Berlin, Germany