Multi-cooling Chamber Air Filters
February 9, 2009 by Pneumatics Editor
Filed under Air Preparation
SAUGET, IL – Trends in technology continue to demand smaller and faster electronics that require high-performance equipment. Shrinking electronics have allowed Universal Air Filter to offer its clients a multi-cooling chamber air filter designed for directional control of cool air from a single fan source to specific locations within the machine needing heat dissipation.
Previously, smaller electronic devices promoted an increased use of multiple circuit packs in a single enclosure, and multiple functions that were incorporated into a single, integrated chassis made thermal management more complex. The advanced multi-cooling chamber approach now allows the product to isolate specific areas for cooling, permitting a one-piece assembly to have several different areas that require cool air and that can be offset two-dimensionally. Also, if multiple vents require filtration, this design’s one-frame piece allows for easy installation and the multi-chamber cooling ports permit clean, cool air to be channeled to specific areas.
The multi-cooling chamber air filter is available under UAF’s complimentary, round-the-clock prototype service to design engineers worldwide via its Web site, www.uaf.com. The prototype service provides design engineers with assistance in meeting critical design, testing and evaluation deadlines for multi-cooling chamber media that is used in power generation, military, medical, computer networking and telecom applications. To receive a prototype, the engineer can submit a request on the Internet or via telephone, fax or e-mail. Once the prototype is submitted, it is produced and shipped within five working days.
Universal Air Filter’s multi-cooling chamber media meets the following standards and classifications: UL 94 HF-1; ATCA; UL 900 Class 2; CE Telcordia NEBS GR-78-CORE and GR-63-CORE; micro TCA; ETSI; and are RoHS Compliant.
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UAF Introduces New Black Quadrafoam II
February 9, 2009 by Pneumatics Editor
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SAUGET, IL. – Specializing in customized air filters for telecom, servers, medical, power-gen and industrial applications, Universal Air Filter recently announced its new black Quadrafoam II media designed for use in indoor and outdoor harsh environments around the world.
The new media is formulated for higher heat and humidity conditions in uncontrolled environments. Due to higher levels of corrosive gases in various countries around the world, UAF developed the new media to better withstand these harsh conditions. Filter frames can include special metal finishes for corrosion protection when exposed to moisture and harmful elements typically found in an outdoor atmosphere. This new innovation also was designed to be black in color to offer UAF’s customers industrial design aesthetics and easier maintenance when inspecting for dust loading.
As with every air filter, UAF offers its complimentary, round-the-clock prototype service to design engineers worldwide at its Web site, www.uaf.com. This service provides design engineers with assistance in meeting critical design, testing and evaluation deadlines. To receive a prototype, the client can submit a request on the Internet or via telephone, fax or e-mail. Once the prototype is submitted, it is produced and shipped within five working days.
Universal Air Filter products meet the following standards and classifications: UL 94 HF-1; UL 900 Class 2, CE; Telcordia NEBS GR-78-CORE; GR-63-CORE; GR-487-CORE; FMVSS 302; and are RoHS Compliance. When used as part of a fire enclosure, they also may be configured to comply with the flame-drip requirements described in UL 60950 and EN 60950.
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UAF Launches New Air Filter Technology
February 9, 2009 by Pneumatics Editor
Filed under Air Preparation
SAUGET, IL – Universal Air Filter recently announced it will begin producing its 80 PPI Quadrafoam media with a UL 94 HF-1 rating, making them the only commercial air filter producer in this high porosity media class to meet the preferred self-extinguishing flame safety standards.
In order to meet the self-extinguishing flame requirement, UAF designed the media with a higher porosity to improve mist elimination, salt fog and water ingress in outdoor and other harsh environment applications. The 80 PPI media is designed for high dust arrestance applications because current high efficiency filters are typically too bulky for shrinking electrical enclosures and
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not meet the self-extinguishing flame safety standards.
The 80 PPI Quadrafoam media is available for use in power generation, military, medical, computer networking and telecommunications industries and applications.
As with every air filter, UAF offers its complimentary, round-the-clock prototype service to design engineers worldwide at its Web site, www.uaf.com. This service provides design engineers with assistance in meeting critical design, testing and evaluation deadlines. To receive a prototype, the client can submit a request on the Internet or via telephone, fax or e-mail. Once the prototype is submitted, it is produced and shipped within five working days.
Universal Air Filter’s 80 PPI Quadrafoam media meets the following standards and classifications: UL 94 HF-1; ATCA; UL 900 Class 2; CE Telcordia NEBS GR-78-CORE and GR-63-CORE; micro TCA; ETSI; and are RoHS Compliant.
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UAF Saves Time for Design Engineers
February 9, 2009 by Pneumatics Editor
Filed under Air Preparation
SAUGET, Ill. – Universal Air Filter has reduced 3D CAD air filter model delivery time to a matter of minutes with its Web-accessible drawings for designers, resulting in expedited design and production times.
Previously, engineers had to recreate 3D air filter models from scratch, but with UAF’s Web-enabled capabilities, engineers can configure custom air filters and visualize them from all angles before downloading models into their final designs. This process also creates an extremely accurate fit and tolerance stack-up evaluation for the air filters.
UAF has partnered with 3D ContentCentral, a cooperative relationship between the 3DpartStream group of the SolidWorks Corp., and leading industrial suppliers to bring engineers the Web-enabled capabilities. 3D ContentCentral is a free resource that gives design engineers the ability to locate 3D components for use in their designs. Design engineers can access the 3D models through UAF’s Web site, www.uaf.com, or SolidWorks’ 3D ContentCentral Web site at www.3dcontentcentral.net. By answering a few specification questions, the design engineer can generate a customized SolidWorks 3D air filter. 2D drawings also are available for download to support procurement and documentation. In addition, UAF provides assistance with unique shapes and accessory options to ease installation and removal.
A design engineer looking to evaluate a UAF air filter can access UAF’s complimentary, round-the-clock prototype service available worldwide via www.uaf.com. The prototype service provides design engineers with assistance in
meeting critical design, testing and evaluation deadlines for air filter media. To receive a prototype, the engineer can submit a request on the Internet or via telephone, fax or e-mail. Once the prototype is submitted, it is produced and shipped within five working days.
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Reusable Air Filter Frames
February 9, 2009 by Pneumatics Editor
Filed under Air Preparation
SAUGET, Ill. – Universal Air Filter has developed a reusable clamshell or thin envelope air filter frame that allows customers to replace only the air filter media, resulting in lower maintenance costs.
The two air filter frame designs are manufactured to fit in tight spaces less than 6.35 mm or 0.25 inches thick and can be removed for service while continuing to reduce the risk of disturbing dust loaded on the filter. The frames also open for easy access to the media for simple cleaning and substitution, and the media is designed to meet NEBS standards, which require a UL Classified framed filter assembly within telecom and/or datacom chassis.
Universal Air Filter’s reusable frames with replaceable media meet the following standards and classifications: UL 94 HF-1; ATCA; UL 900 Class 2; CE; Telcordia; NEBS GR-78-CORE and GR-63-CORE; micro TCA; ETSI; and are RoHS Compliant.
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Oil Absorbing Filter Cartridge
February 9, 2009 by Pneumatics Editor
Filed under Air Preparation
Sheboygan, WI—Pentair Industrial announces the Carbflex™ OAC-20BB Oil Absorbing Filter Cartridge, an efficient, high-capacity solution for reducing hydrocarbon contamination and other pollutants. The OAC-20BB filter cartridge is constructed from modified cellulose-based filter media for exceptional absorption, delivering high flow rates and low pressure drop. This design allows the filter media to chemically bond with hydrocarbons instantaneously—absorbing up to 95 percent of the total hydrocarbons in a single pass. The OAC-20BB filter cartridge can also be used in conjunction with additional Carbflex Series cartridges connected in series to provide lower hydrocarbon outlet levels.
The OAC-20BB filter cartridge easily removes dissolved and dispersed oils for a broad range of applications, including auto service stations, car and truck washes, oil and gas facilities, machine and repair shops, shipping bilge water and surface water runoff at truck stops, airports and parking lots. Its specially designed, high-capacity filter media ensures the cartridge can reliably contain 250-300 percent of its own weight in removed hydrocarbons, reducing time and costs associated with filter change-outs. As part of the Carbflex Series, Pentair’s sophisticated family of carbon filtration technologies, the OAC-20BB filter cartridge delivers superb, time-efficient and effective filtration, and it can be used in standard 20-inch Pentair Industrial Big Blue® filter housings.
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UAF Expands 3D CAD Service
February 9, 2009 by Pneumatics Editor
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SAUGET, Ill. – Universal Air Filter has added online 3D CAD capabilities for two of its most popular frame models: the Windowpane and Flex-Frame air filters. Now, designers will be able to configure these filters and visualize them from all angles before downloading models into their final designs.
Windowpane air filters are the ideal solution to meet the low-profile and edge-to-edge filter needs of communications electronics applications, and they help designers meet the strict requirements of the Telcordia NEBS standards. The Windowpane design offers a sturdy air filter even when the combined thickness of filter media and frame is as thin as one-quarter inch for applications with limited space.
UAF’s Flex-Frame air filters are designed for electronics equipment that cannot accept a rigid air filter frame because of internal chassis obstructions or the necessity to follow a curved track. These frames use flexible, flame retardant, polypropylene plastic frames that meet the stringent filtration and UL 94 flammability requirements of Telcordia NEBS, CE and UL.
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Driflex™ Oil Conditioning System
February 9, 2009 by Pneumatics Editor
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Sheboygan, WI—Pentair Industrial introduces the Driflex™ Oil Conditioning System for complete removal of free, emulsified and dissolved water from a wide variety of industrial and mobile lubrication and hydraulic systems. On average, oil contamination from dirt and water causes 70-80% of lubricated equipment wear and failures. Driflex decreases water concentration and improves particulate filtration effectiveness to optimize oil condition and minimize equipment wear, reducing maintenance expenses and costly downtime.
Driflex achieves oil dehydration by utilizing the fundamental principles of mass transfer: Moisture diffuses from regions of high concentration to low, such as from oil contaminated with moisture to dry air. First, oil is pumped from its reservoir through Driflex’s high efficiency particle filter, which cleans the oil and protects the system’s dehydration contactor from damage. The oil then flows through Driflex’s dehydration contactor while extremely dry air sweeps over the outside. The moisture differential within the contactor causes the moisture to be transferred from the oil to the air, and exhausted out of the system as moisturized air. Environmentally, no wastewater or other disposables are generated in the process—and the oil returns to the reservoir.
Unlike vacuum purifiers, Driflex is cost-effective, conveniently sized and easy to maintain—with no moving parts or flow/level controls to adjust. Its compact design makes it well suited for periodic use on reservoirs throughout an entire facility. Driflex may also be dedicated to a particular reservoir to provide continuous conditioning, ensuring that oil is optimized without the fluctuations in water concentration that occur with periodic oil purification or replacement.
This advanced oil conditioning technology leads to significant savings in operation and maintenance expenses. For example, decreasing water concentration from 250 ppm to 40 ppm can triple bearing life, reducing replacement and labor costs—and increasing overall profitability. With its simple, reliable operation, Driflex enhances equipment performance and optimizes service life—at a cost-effective price.
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