Filter Media
Virus filtration performance of residential HVAC filters
As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread and made its impact worldwide, air filtration has risen to prominence as a potential solution to the spread of viral contagions, as well as in addressing air pollution in general. In the United States, high-efficiency HVAC filters and RAPs (room air purifiers) are widely used for mitigating indoor particulate …
The N80 cometh
Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, INDA, The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, was hard at work connecting nonwovens producers with medical facemask, surgical gown and wet wipe manufacturers. Electrostatically charged meltblown media was especially critical, as it is the workhorse of N95-rated facemasks here in the U.S., as well as other high-performance masks …
Nanofiber filter media for a range of air filtration applications
HIFYBER is part of the Turkish holding company Abalioglu, which has 2,500 employees with $1.3 billion USD in turnover, operating on four continents. We are experienced in production of polymeric nanofiber-based filter media for various filtration applications on a mass scale. Our innovative nanofiber production technology represents a major breakthrough in air and liquid filtration …
Fiber Bond VE3 chemistry inactivates 99.99% of SARS-CoV-2 in HVAC filter media
Located in Michigan City, Indiana, the Fiber Bond Corporation is dedicated to the manufacturing and fabrication of high-quality air filtration products for the HVAC and coating industries. Much of the synthetic filter technology used today in the air filtration industry started at Fiber Bond. Founded in the early 1950s, Fiber Bond was granted a patent …
New metrics for filter selection and ‘true cost’ determination
There are new measurement tools to select filters, as well as new holistic concepts which obsolesce traditional individual selection methods. There are also new measurement needs. Measurement Tools: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a major controversy over life quantity vs life quality. It is likely that filtration selection will be permanently impacted by the efforts …