Filters

KNITTED MESH
Knitted mesh with its unique structure of interlocking wire loops offers many advantages over other materials in air and liquid filtration applications. Careful selection of materials, wire diameter, density and shape can help overcome challenging filtration problems other materials find difficult to handle. The knitting process creates a material that when layered or compressed produces a tortuous path which allows highly effective particle capture. Knitted mesh filters can be supplied in any metallic or non-metallic material that can be drawn into a filament and is supplied in a wide variety of forms including mesh rolls, circular and rectangular pads, rings and compressed elements.

Where necessary metal alloys or plastics can be supplied that are highly resistant to corrosion and can withstand temperatures in excess of 1000 degrees centigrade. The flexibility of knitted mesh allows the material to withstand thermal shock and vibration without breaking up giving it considerable advantages over paper and sintered filters. This also permits a tight interference fit within housings without machining to close tolerances.

Tooling, if required, is low cost and allows for the production of compressed elements which give a minimal pressure drop and also a product exhibiting excellent recovery characteristics after compression.

Typical applications for KnitMesh wire mesh filters:

	Engine crankcase breather elements.
	Air bag slag filters
	Air intake filters for automotive, agricultural & marine engines.
	Oil filler cap breathers
	Fuel injector filters
	Lint filters on washing machine outlet pipes.
	Filters for paint spray plant air outlets.
	Intake filters on air compressors
	Bag separator layers or elements in dust collection systems.
	Noise attenuating filters in air tools
	Grease filters in kitchen range hoods.
	Coarse dust pre filters in heating and ventilating systems.