Particulate Filters

PARTICULATE FILTERS: Arrow's F3 series particulate filters remove harmful oil/water condensate, pipe scale, dirt and rust from your compressed air system. This prevents corrosive damage to compressed air equipment and finished products. Typically, particulate filters are installed upstream of regulators to prevent valve failure. They are also used as pre-filters to oil removing and coalescing filters to insure high efficiency and long element life in applications such as paint spraying, instrumentation and pharmaceuticals.

The optional 3 micron absolute element is a high efficiency filter element with solid particulate removal in the 90% efficiency range down to .28 microns. The Beta efficiency rating is 99.5%. The element is constructed of pleated cloth fibers and rib supports for strength. Both ends have urethane 50 durometer elastomer seals to insure particulate entrapment. The pleated fiber design gives this element 10 times the surface area of similar nominal rated elements. This increased surface area provides a long element life and the same pressure drop characteristics as our current 40 micron element. When used as a pre-filter to a coalescing filter, it will increase the life of the coalescing element by 4 to 6 times.