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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 …
Toray develops energy-saving, virus-removing UF membrane
Toray Industries announced it has developed a new polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) ultrafiltration (UF) membrane with exceptional virus removal rate and high water permeability for water treatment. It can thereby contribute to safe and economical water supplies treated with minimal energy for various applications, from food and beverages through wastewater reuse. Toray is accelerating application testing …
Chase Machine and Engineering sees a bright future for filtration
Chase Machine and Engineering, founded in 1954, designs and builds custom machinery with a primary focus on the integration of various technologies into continuous and intermittent web converting applications. Technologies such as ultrasonics, thermal bonding, impulse welding, band sealing, hot air and RF welding, CO2 lasers and adhesive dispensing, along with a variety of printing …
Integrated method to measure the on-site efficiency of a Synthetic Oil Mist Separator (SOMS) employed as an auxiliary system for an aeroderivative gas turbine
Abstract Auxiliary systems like the Synthetic Oil Mist Separator (SOMS) are used as an essential service to gas turbines. They are designed mainly to restrict aerosol emissions to the atmosphere. Aerosols emissions from gas turbines are composed of small oil particles of varying sizes, ranging from 1nm to 1,000 nm. For this application, the aerosol …