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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Sorting Out Filters – Understanding and Meeting Challenges in Filtration
The most challenging applications for filtration often involve either very small particles or huge volumes of particles – sometimes both. The filtration of buffing and lapping compound residues from solution is a good example of such an application. There are a … Continue reading
Posted in Filtration, Uncategorized
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Sorting Out Filters – About Re-Circulation
For any filter to be effective, the liquid being filtered must circulate or re-circulate through the filter in an efficient way. In a spray system, the cleaning or rinsing liquid usually returns from the filter directly to the spray head(s). … Continue reading
Posted in Cleaning, Filtration, Rinsing
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Sorting Out Filters – Plumbing Options and Tips
At first glance, plumbing a filter into a system doesn’t sound like a big deal. In fact, it really isn’t, but there are right ways and wrong ways to do it. Here are a few ideas. First, liquids should always … Continue reading
Posted in Filtration, Maintenance
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Sorting Out Filters – Monitoring Filter Health
Filters do not last forever. In the course of doing its job, a filter becomes progressively more resistant to the flow of liquid. As this happens, flow is reduced and, as we’ve mentioned before, this process may even be accelerated by … Continue reading
Posted in Filtration, Process Control
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Sorting Out Filtration – Filter Types and Media Selection for Increased Filter Life
If a filter is doing its job, its life will be limited. Eventually it will have filtered out and collected enough particles to be severely restricted or totally block liquid flow. When this happens, the filter or filtration media must … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Economic Issues, Filtration
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Sorting Out Filters – The Effect of Particle Characteristics On Media Selection and Filter Life
The useful life of most media filters is determined by the size and quantity of particles they capture. Each filter has only a limited number of sites to trap particles. Once a site traps a particle, flow through that site’s passage … Continue reading
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Sorting Out Filters – Particle Size and Shape Both Matter
One important step on the path to solving any problem is understanding the enemy and the risk it poses. The enemy, in this case particles, come in a wide variety of sizes and shapes. A particle’s effect on the ultimate … Continue reading
Posted in Cleanliness Testing, Filtration
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Sorting Out Filters – The Basics
Many topics can’t be covered in a single, one page blog entry. For this reason, some of the more involved topics will be discussed in several sequential blogs with a common theme. This is the start of one such series … Continue reading
Posted in Cleaning, Filtration, Rinsing
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From Rags to Rinses
It will come as no surprise to anyone who is involved with industrial parts cleaning that rinsing is an expensive but important part of the process. Although it may not reduce your wardrobe to “rags,” proper rinsing can put a sizeable dent in the … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Issues, Rinsing, Water
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