An object of the present disclosure is to provide a filter medium for air filters that has a high PF value and high water repellency in addition to stiffness and strength that are practically sufficient, and to provide the filter medium with an easy production method. The filter medium, composed of a wet-laid nonwoven fabric including a glass fiber, for air filters according to the present disclosure includes a cationic binder resin, a fluororesin, and a cationic surfactant, and the solid content mass ratio of the fluororesin to the cationic surfactant is within a range of 30/70 to 80/20.

Some embodiments relate to a filter material for coalescing a dispersed phase in a continuous phase. The filter material has binder fibers and irregular rayon fibers distributed among the binder fibers. The filter material lacks non-fibrous resin. Some embodiments relate to a filter assembly. The filter assembly has a particle filtration layer, a coalescing layer downstream of the particle filtration layer, and a growth media downstream of the coalescing layer. The coalescing layer is coupled to the particle filtration layer. The growth media has irregular rayon fibers and binder fibers distributed among the irregular rayon fibers. The growth media lacks non-fibrous resin.

An erosion, sediment and pollution control product comprises a geotextile which includes at least 10% non-plastic non-biomass based inert threads, in particular basalt or glass threads, and cellulose based filler within the tubular geotextile. The geotextile may be knitted. A method of making a tubular knitted geotextile comprises the steps of: supplying non-plastic, non-biomass based inert threads, such as basalt or glass threads, to a circular knitting machine and knitting a tubular substrate which includes at least 10% non-plastic non-biomass based inert threads.

Thermoplastic bicomponent binder fiber can be combined with other media, fibers and other filtration components to form a thermally bonded filtration media. The filtration media can be used in filter units, such as breather caps. Such filter units can be placed in the stream of a mobile fluid and can remove a particulate and/or fluid mist load from the mobile stream. The unique combination of media fiber, bicomponent binder fiber and other filtration additives and components provide a filtration media having unique properties in filtration applications.

This disclosure describes a high performing (including, for example, high efficiency and low pressure drop) filter media. The filter media includes a support layer and a layer of fine fibers wherein at least some of the fine fibers in the fine fiber layer having an average diameter at least 3 times the average fiber diameter of a smaller fine fiber in the fine fiber layer. The fine fiber layer may include multiple layers of fine fibers. In some aspects, the smaller fine fiber may be present in the same layer of fine fibers as the larger fine fibers. Additionally or alternatively, the larger fine fibers may be present in a first layer of fine fibers and the smaller fine fibers may be present in a second layer of fine fibers.

A nonwoven filtration medium that includes a fibrous base media including synthetic and/or fiberglass fibers and microfibrillated cellulose fibers.

A thermally bonded filtration media that can be used in high temperature conditions in the absence of any loss of fiber through thermal effects or mechanical impact on the fiber components is disclosed. The filter media can be manufactured and used in a filter unit or structure, can be placed in a stream of removable fluid, and can remove a particulate load from the mobile stream at an increased temperature range. The combination of bi-component fiber, other filter media fiber, and other filtration additives provides an improved filtration media having unique properties in high temperature, high performance applications.

A filter medium for filtering matter from a fluid and the manufacture thereof are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method may be performed by a filter medium for filtering particulate matter from a fluid. Further, the filter medium may include a nonwoven sliver formed into a predetermined shape and composed of first synthetic staple fibers having a first denier, second synthetic staple fibers having a second denier, and third synthetic staple fibers having a third denier.

A macro electrically active mask includes two conductive layers separated by at least one filtering and insulating layer. The conductive layers are connected to each other by a power source. The power source includes an oscillator and a high voltage transformer. The power source generates a periodic voltage with a fundamental frequency and multiple harmonic frequencies. The power source is connected between the two conductive layers and the periodic voltage generates a periodic electric field between the two conductive layers. The fundamental frequency, the duty cycle, and the amplitude of the periodic voltage are configured to inactivate the microorganism that pass through the electric field.

The invention relates to a fabric layer, in particular a protective fabric and/or backing fabric, for a corrugated or pleated flat material of a filter element, wherein the flat material comprises a plurality of pleats (17) or corrugations running parallel to one another, which form successive pleat or corrugation peaks (18) and pleat or corrugation troughs (19), which are connected to one another by a pleat flank, wherein a fluid can flow through the flat material, wherein the fabric layer comprises a first fabric region, in particular a first fabric strip (10), and at least one second fabric region, in particular a second fabric strip (11), the threads whereof, in particular weft threads (32), merge into one another, wherein the first fabric region, in particular the first fabric strip (10), comprises a first type of weave and the second fabric region, in particular the second fabric strip (11), a second type of weave, which differs from the first type of weave.