Metal filter elements and systems

Ensure you the highest performance and quality

Table of contents

04 Polymer Filtration
06 Gas Filtration
08 Liquid Filtration
10 Metallic Filter Media
12 Metallic Filter Elements
14 Bekaert is always close to you
15 More solutions for an ever better performance...

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Bekaert is a worldwide leader in selected applications of its two core
competences: advanced metal transformation and advanced
materials and coatings.
Bekaert provides solutions for the most demanding filtration
applications. Bekaert is your specialized partner in the design and
manufacture of metallic filter elements and filtration systems.
Our experience is know-how and expertise guaranteed in all
aspects of filtration technology.
We are able to react to any situation and to seek a solution to a
specific application. Whether standard or custom made, Bekaert
offers you the equipment to perfectly match your quality,
productivity, handling and maintenance requirements.

Committed to being your preferred partner

We want to be a valuable partner in providing products and solutions
tailored to your needs. Eager to understand your situation and
processes, we see this as a pre-condition for building close
partnerships that result in solutions that work for your company.

Imagine what we could do together...

Your requirements stimulate our passion to innovate.
Our specialists and researchers think along with you to come up with
new products and applications. It is our goal to improve your
processes and ensure that your products enjoy a longer lifespan and
superior properties.
Working in partnership with you to find solutions, we provide a
diverse range of high-tech products, systems and services to give
you high added value. Our long-term partnerships and co-operative
relationships constantly yield new products to renew and extend our
product portfolio.

Bekaert is always close by

Based in Europe with headquarters in Belgium, Bekaert employs
16,400 people in 120 countries. You can find us in most countries
worldwide. In case you have specific needs we will be happy to
pass by.
High performance polymer filtration

Benefit from more than 30 years

of expertise in the design and
manufacture of filter elements and
systems. Discover yourself why
Bekaert is the leader in filtration
for the polymer industry offering
the most complete range of
products from polymerization to
spinning.

Applications:
- Synthetic fibers (PET, PA, PP, - PET bottle - Rubbers and silicones
carbon, …) - Extrusion - Resins and paints
- Film (PP, PET, PC, PS, PVBH, - Polycarbonate - Hot melts
PE, …) - Technical polymer of latest
- Non-woven (PP, PET, …) generation

Filter elements
Both candles (flat or pleated) and leaf discs can be used in our systems.

Filter systems
Whether standard or custom made, Bekaert offers you the equipment to perfectly match your quality,
productivity, handling and maintenance requirements. The best filter media and the most appropriate filter
elements will be used in our monomer, pre-polymer or polymer filter systems. Defy us and we will find the unique
solution for your specific application.

Duplex system for a continuous OFS horizontal system (50-1000 kg/h) Simplex system
filtration

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Spinpack filters and gaskets
Bekaert can provide you with the complete set of elements used in spinpack filtration. This step is critical in the
production of synthetic fibers (spinning), and we can really improve and innovate your traditional filtration.

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Gaskets [1] Screens [2]

You can benefit from our metal-to-metal gaskets used - Any shape or dimensions
in the polymer industry by the diversity of means of - Assembly by spotwelding or frame
production and the quality of our toolings. - Pleated media available
Alloys available: aluminium, copper, nickel-plated - Different alloys available
copper, stainless steel, Inconel®, … - Also used in extrusion (film, profiles …)

Bekaert Optisupport® [3]

is the solution that allows a
reduced consumption of filters
and an improved quality of
filtered polymer. This product
is available for most kinds of
spinpacks and for all major
screenchangers brands.

Filling sands [4]

We can offer a wide range of
material to be used as filling
sands in the spinpacks : stainless
steel (offering the best shearing),
Inconel®, silica, aluminium, glass,
ceramic,…

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 High-performance gas filtration

Bekaert specializes in the

development and manufacture of
porous metal filtration solutions.
We offer filter media, elements and
systems for industrial gas filtration,
oo
based on the unique advantages
ery
of metal fibre media.
e
he Use our filter systems in your
high-temperature and/or corrosive
chemical and petrochemical
process, for filtration of process
bit and exhaust gases.
Our systems offer an alternative in
situations where high mechanical
stability, long lifetime, low pressure
et- drop, easy cleaning and chemical
and heat resistance are required.

Filter materials are available with

temperature resistance up to
uld
1.000°C

ay. Here are our primary application areas:

Depth filter applications

Depth filtration is used primarily in applications where small dust loads must be separated from a gas stream.
The contaminants or particles are captured within the multiple layer structure of the filter medium.
Profit from our depth filter systems that combine high temperature and corrosion resistance with high dirt holding
capacity and excellent off-line cleaning possibilities − the perfect solution for your applications!

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t to
Benefits
• High permeability: low
pressure drop
• High dirt holding capacity:
long on-stream lifetime
• Easy to clean (water,
chemicals): reusable
• Compact construction: high
porosity & pleatable
• Not brittle
• Fully sintered and welded,
contains no glues or binders
• Suitable for high temperatures
and high pressure applications

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Applications
• Purification of process gases to protect downstream equipments
• Protection of catalysts
• Ammonia and mixed gas filtration in nitric acid production
• Purification of technical gases, e.g. hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen.
• Filtration of steam in pharmaceutical and food and beverage industry.

Backpulse filter applications

Backpulse surface filtration is the solution for applications where large dust concentrations must be separated
from a gas stream. We offer you the finest metal filter media available on today’s market. Our backpulse filter
systems build a dust cake at the filter surface. The cake is removed at regular intervals using a venturi backpulse
or reverse flow process, which allows you to clean the filters online.

Benefits Applications
• Very reliable filter material • Catalyst or product recovery in
• Automatic self-cleaning gas processes
system • Protection of downstream
• Long on-stream lifetime: no equipments
clogging • Venting protection for
• No hazardous maintenance pneumatic product or catalyst
• Extremely high efficiencies; transport
extremely low emission • Filtration of exhaust gases
• Suitable for high temperatures • Processes where cleaning-in-
(up to 1.000°C) place (CIP) is applied

Installation of filter elements Examples of backpulse surface filtration

applications. Hot gas filtration on the
production of Magnesium Oxide.

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High-performance liquid filtration

Bekaert is your specialized

partner in the development and
manufacture of porous metal
filtration solutions. We offer filter
media, elements and systems
for industrial liquid processing
applications. Enjoy the unique
advantages of sintered porous
metal.

Primary application areas: Pharmaceutical Hot hydrocarbon streams such

Pharmaceutical companies can as FCCU slurry oil often require
Chemical and maximize their productivity, as removal of catalysts and other
Petrochemical the Bekaert filter system can particulate. Removal of catalyst
• Polishing of corrosive liquids be used in de-colorisation and fines and other particulate not
• Pre-coat filtration catalyst recovery. only improve the oil product,
• Catalyst recovery, slurry it also improves downstream
phase reactors Refinery operating equipment by
• High-temperature liquids Bekaert filter systems can be preventing fouling and reducing
• Cryogenic fluids designed to handle high flow maintenance.
• Solvents, ketones, esters, rates in continuous operations
liquid hydrocarbons typical in refinery applications.
• Feed water and make-up
water
• Ethylene glycol
• High-efficiency solids
recovery or liquid recycling

Food & Beverage

• Process steam filtration
• Catalyst recovery from
hydrogenation reactors
• Polishing of syrups, liquors,
and other liquids
• Catalyst removal from flavour
ingredients and
other food specialities
• Activated carbon removal and
de-colourisation

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Our filter elements and systems offer you the
following advantages:
• Resistance to high • Ease of cleaning • Waste minimisation
temperatures and corrosion You can easily free porous Cleanable filter elements
All our elements are resistant metal filters of particulate eliminate the incineration or
to high temperatures and/or by using backwash cleaning landfill costs that you have
corrosive environments, methods − without scraping, with disposable filters.
making them suitable for a scrubbing, or rotating filter
wide range of applications. elements. You can also • Single-stage filtration
remove contaminants with You can often replace an
• High-strength filter elements water, steam, air, solvents, entire series of process
Sintering porous filter media caustic or acid washing, or filtration steps with a single
at the molecular level, with ultrasonic cleaning. filter system.
resulting in high mechanical
resistance in compression • Minimal maintenance • Wide selection of filter
and stress. Porous metal filters have media
no moving parts, so your We offer porous metal filter
• Totally enclosed maintenance procedures are elements with the widest
Backwashing filter elements simpler and less frequent. selection of filter media, in
reduce your operators’ sintered powder or sintered
exposure to hazardous • Reduced spare parts fibres, ranging from standard
chemicals. expense 316L stainless steel to
You seldom need to replace corrosion-resistant nickel and
porous metal filter elements. Hastelloy.

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Metallic Filter Media

Benefit from our complete variety

of metallic filter media that can be
cleaned and re-used. They resist
to chemicals and mechanical
wear, and have a maximum life
span.

Supported by our ‘Optilayer’ simulation software, our team selects the filtering structure best suited to your
product and application in order to:
• facilitate the flow through the medium
• provide a good lifetime
• guarantee a good cleaning condition

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Classical weave [1]
5 mm to 25 µm abs.

Dutch weave [2]

300 to 6 µm.

Multipor [3]
Surface filtration with high
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porosity (45%) (90 to 15 µm abs.)

Sintered metal fibres [4]

Available from 100 µm down
to 1 µm abs.

Perforated and
micro-perforated sheets [5]
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To 20 µm abs.

Sintered metal powders [6]

100 to 0.2 µm

Wedge wire media [7]

Available in different
constructions and with openings
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as small as 20 µm.

Sintered Mesh [8]

Laminate of several wire clothes.
(2 layers and more)

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From fibre to porous metal fibre media
Bekaert Bekipor®: flexible and multi-functional

Air-laid down Sintering

webbing

Continuous fibre bundle Web Sintered fibres

• A web is a composition of metal fibres, uniformly laid, to form a 3-dimensional non-woven porous web
structure.
• Sintered fibres are a family of uniquely designed metal fibre media, produced by sintering of webs.
This extremely porous, non-woven fibre matrix is available as a single or multiple layer structure.
This metal fibre media is also available with woven screen mesh sintered to either one or both sides. Adding
wire meshes increases the strength, protects the fibres, and allows cross-drainage between the medium and the
perforated core structure. Beside standard compositions, we will develop for you any special compositions to
meet your filtration requirements. Bekaert sintered fibre media can be used in liquid, gas and polymer filtration
applications, for a wide range of filter ratings.

Surface filtration Depth filtration

Metal fibre medium composition

Filtration
layer of fine
fibres Flow Flow
inside outside

Flow Blow
Dust back
loaded Clean
gas gas

The filtration will go from fine fibres side to coarser The filtration will go from coarse fibres side to fine
fibres side. This will allow an easier blowback of the fibres side. This media have very high porosity
cake created on the surface. (up to 90%) and high dirt holding capacity (D.H.C.).

Wide choice of materials

In addition to 316L stainless steel, other metals and alloys are available to meet your special requirements,
such as greater temperature and corrosion resistance.
Stainless Steel: 316L, 304L, 310, 347, 430 - Hastelloy® C-276, C-22, X, N, B, B2 - Inconel® 600, 625, 690 -
Nickel 200 and Monel® 400 (70Ni - 30Cu) - Titanium - Alloy 20 and many others.

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Metallic Filter Elements

Our metallic filter elements can

be cleaned and re-used - a great
advantage! Our elements are used
in most industries and with a wide
variety of applications.

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Filter candles [1] Leaf discs [2]

Here are a few key features: You may profitably replace a set of candles with a stack of filter discs for
• assembly by welding applications where fine filtration is linked to high operating pressures.
• crimping or bonding Most of these elements are using sintered metal fibres or sintered metal
• pleated or non-pleated media powder, but other media like Bekaert Multipor® can also be used.
• maximum length without Different sizes and hub configurations are available
intermediary jointing to meet your requirements
• different dimensions available

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 Bekaert Removable
Mesh Pack® [3]
This is an original patented
design for a filter candle

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ut
that can be dismantled.

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rd
The sealing between the
different parts is ensured by
mean of a metal sealing that
provides 100 % guarantee
down to 5 µm. You will

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realise big savings because

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you only need to replace

pa
ck
the Mesh Pack (the filtering
part of the candle) when the
element can not be cleaned
anymore.

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Others [5]
Filter baskets [4] Many other configurations (conical, cylindrical, etc.)
Ideal for low-pressure filtration with the flow from and dimensions are also available.
the inside to outside. These can also be pleated to Ask us about your individual application and we will
increase the filtration area. find the most adapted solution.

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Bekaert is always close to you

Being close to you is central to the Bekaert strategy. This means you can
count on your local contacts who speak your language and are close to
your business:

Bekaert Advanced Bekaert Asia Tokyo Office PT Bekaert

Filtration SA Higashi Yaesu Bldg. 3F Advanced Filtration
Parc artisanal 2-27-10, Hatchobori J.L. Raya Serang, km 18.8
rue de Cornemont 9/11 Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0032 Kawasan Industri Bonen,
B-4141 Sprimont Japan Kav. 33.A, Cikupa Tangerang
Belgium T +81 3 55 42 7770 Indonesia
T +32 4 360 94 65 F +81 3 55 42 7771 T +62 21 596 1870
F +32 4 360 94 77 F +62 21 596 1871

Bekaert do Brasil Ltda Bekaert Advanced Filtration Bekaert Management

Al. Mamoré, 989 Botsholsedijk, 26 (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Conj. 801, Alphaville 3646 AB Waverveen 1603 Shartex Plaza
06454-040 Barueri/SP The Netherlands 88 Zun Yi Nan Lu
Brazil Tel.: +31 297 349 881 200336 Shanghai
T +55 11 4197 0500 Fax: +31 297 349 643 P.R.C.
F +55 11 4197 0504 T +86 21 6295 2233
F +86 21 6219 3158

Bekaert Corporation Bekaert Wire o.o.o. Bekaert Advanced Filtration

12 T.W. Alexander Drive Armiansky per 11, Build. 33 Viale Romagna, 14
Building 200 - P.O. Box 13159 10990 Moscow 20133 Milano
Research Triangle Park NC 27709 Russia Italy
USA Tel. +7 495 975 01 3 Tel.: +39 02 70000882
T +1 877 473 2020 Fax +7 495 625 17 73 Fax: +39 02 76110336
F +1 919 485 8993

We also have a number of local agents around the world. If you would
like to get in contact with a Bekaert agent near you, please contact us at
bafinfo@bekaert.com or call +32 4 360 94 65

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 Tailor made
solutions for an
ever better
performance ....
From lab evaluations to design
and construction
Laboratory and on-site evaluations
provide a sound base for filter
design. Our mobile filter systems
and on-site testing assistance
make it possible to analyse your
needs on the spot and configure
our solution to your application.

Maximum precision
Lab development
Engineering and R&D capabilities. Filter system design often begins at
the Bekaert laboratories, where the
results of small-scale runs are
analysed using actual samples that
you provide.

100% suited for the application

Pilot-scale test
The next step is a pilot-scale filter
at your site to ensure compatibility
with actual process conditions.

Run the calculation

From basic to detailed engineering,
the filter system will be designed to
reach your process expectations.

Meet the needs completely

Detailed inspection of the filter Final product
Once final operating conditions are
determined, the full-scale
production system is shipped and
installed. Then, we audit and
optimise your on-line performance.

Our specialists are at your

side to advise you...

Co-development is the key to our success

 How can your company benefit
from Bekaert metal filter elements
and systems?
This brochure explains why Bekaert metal filter elements and systems

help you to improve your filter performance and reduce your total costs.

If you want to find out how these high quality fibres, elements and

systems can work for you too, we are happy to advise.

Please contact your local Bekaert specialist. Their details are inside.

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