3 E TECHNOLOGY ENHANCES THE PERFORMANCE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF FLANGED FILTERS

With the new generation of its CLEARPOINT compressed-air filter series, the German compressed air product and system provider BEKO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH implements the energy saving 3E filter concept also for flanged filters.

3E stands for “Energy Efficient Element”. The innovative technology leads to an optimised pressure difference through the enlarged separation surface at a simultaneously enlarged filter cavity. The user can choose whether they want to utilise the flanged filters with a volume flow of 100 per cent at the lowest pressure differences in an energy optimised manner or whether they employ them, performance optimised, for volume flows which are higher by up to 11 per cent with consistently high separation rates and slightly higher pressure differences.

With this, the new CLEARPOINT 3E flanged filters offer economic flexibility at a stable separation efficiency to an extent that, until now, was not conceivable in compressed-air processing. CLEARPOINT flanged filters are designed for a volume flow from 1,420 m³/h to 31,240 m³/h (energy optimised), or from 1,580 m³/h to 34,680 m³/h (flow optimised).

The central point of the 3E technology is the employment of a highly efficient new filter material. In a wet saturated condition, an energy optimised pressure difference of between merely 0.05 and 0.2 bar (coarse to ultrafilter) results from it. The filter material consists of a poly-fibre compound with thermally fused borosilicate and polyester fibres. Through the thermal fusing, no adhesive residues remain between the fibres. Simultaneously, intrinsic particle release, and thus the contamination of the compressed air, is avoided. The oil and water repellent coating of the fibres stands for excellent coalescence properties.

Moreover, through the particularly fine fibre structure, the enlargement of the separation surface by a respectable 450 per cent could be achieved. Parallel to that, the filter cavity was enlarged to 98 per cent. Together with the considerable filter bed depth and in addition to a high absorption capacity, this leads to very low pressure differences. The new, energy optimised 3E technology acts as coarse filter, universal filter, fine filter, ultrafilter and nano filter in the CLEARPOINT versions.

The CLEARPOINT flanged filter housing, which is fully galvanised in a high-temperature process, offers extremely high corrosion protection. The exchange of the filter elements is implemented in an uncomplicated and easy-to-service manner from the top. The flanged filter has two compressed-air connections at the same level, which allow for easy installation in the existing pipes. Alternatively to the usual suspended mounting, the housing can be set up in an upright position. Radially welded on support plates enable the optimum mounting of three height adjustable machine mounts. They can be fixed on the floor and, in this manner, ensure a stable stand, even when the floor is not even.

Contact:

Ruth Goodison
BEKO Technologies Limited,  
2 & 3 West Court, Buntsford Park Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, B60 3DX.
Tel: 01527 575778. Fax: 01527 575779.
E-mail: info.uk@beko.de Website: www.beko-technologies.co.uk