Filter Media
JCEM to bring high-end pleating equipment to FiltXPO
Swiss-made precision for innovative CNC pleating solutions JCEM Group, which includes JCEM GmbH (Switzerland), TAG GmbH (Germany) and JCEM Inc. (USA), is the global leader for all types of pleating equipment, offering the world’s most innovative, efficient, and robust pleating systems available. Our lineup consists of the latest generation P7 model offering world-record pleating speeds, …
Oerlikon to showcase manmade fiber capabilities at FiltXPO
Expanded nonwoven product portfolio takes center stage With its Oerlikon Barmag, Oerlikon Neumag and Oerlikon Nonwoven brands, the Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment is the world market leader for manmade fiber filament spinning systems, texturing machines, BCF systems, staple fiber systems, and solutions for the production of nonwovens. As a service provider, Oerlikon offers engineering solutions …
How fiber diameter & size affect filtration performance
There are three primary property considerations of fibers for filtration performance — the choice of fibers, the process of producing the media and the final application. When it comes to performance, the fundamental fiber properties are those that are designed to optimize volume, air permeability, and the pore size of the material. …
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 outlook for nonwoven filter media
These drivers and developments have resulted in the nonwoven filtration market consuming an ever-greater amount of nonwoven material, reaching 1.3 million tonnes in 2018, an annual increase of 7.5% from 2008. The filtration end use is the fifth largest (in tonnage) of the nonwoven segments, consuming 9% of the world’s nonwovens production in 2018, and …