Pleated Cylindrical Filters
Wire Mesh Pleated Cylindrical Filters | Pleated Filter Cartridge
Pleated Cylindrical Filters are engineered to maximize the effective filtration surface area within a given cartridge envelope. By pleating a flat sheet of filter media (stainless steel mesh, sintered mesh, or metal fiber felt) and forming it into a cylinder around a perforated support core, these elements can offer 3 to 10 times the surface area of a standard cylindrical filter of the same diameter and length. This design significantly reduces pressure drop, increases dirt-holding capacity, and extends service life.
Advantages of Pleated Cylindrical Filters
- Compact Design: fits high-capacity filtration into small housing vessels.
- High Surface Area: Dramatically increases contaminant loading capacity and service intervals.
- Low Pressure Drop: The large area allows for high flow rates with minimal initial pressure loss.
- Extended Service Life: More media area translates to longer time between change-outs or cleanings.
- High Efficiency: Maintains high filtration efficiency even at fine micron ratings due to sufficient media area.
Specification of Pleated Cylindrical Filters
- Pleat Media: Woven wire mesh (any alloy/weave), sintered mesh (for absolute ratings), sintered metal fiber felt (for high-efficiency depth filtration).
- Filtration Rating: 1 μm to 200 μm, depending on the selected media.
- Typical Dimensions: Outer diameters from 20 mm to 300 mm; Lengths from 50 mm (mini-pleats) to 1500 mm.
- Support & Protection: Internal perforated core; optional external protective mesh or cage.
- End Caps: Metal (stainless steel, aluminum) or polymeric, bonded with epoxy or welded.
- Connections: Standard 222/226, 215/215, DOE, threaded (NPT, M), or custom designs.
Applications of Pleated Cylindrical Filters
- Hydraulic & Lubrication Systems: High-pressure and return line filters.
- Fuel Filtration: For diesel, gasoline, and aviation fuel.
- Process Water & Ultrapure Water: Final particulate polishing.
- Chemical Processing: Fine filtration of solvents, acids, and process fluids.
- Compressed Air & Gas: Instrument air, breathing air, process gas.
Fuel Filtration
Hydraulic & Lubrication Systems
Chemical Filtration
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