Eaton Filter Bags Overview Brochure L

Summary

Product identification

Eaton offers a wide range of filter bags with various materials and fabrication technologies for diverse applications, from fine to coarse filtration. They feature unique element designs including multilayer construction, pleated extended surfaces, fully-welded seams, and advanced sealing technology. Fabrication techniques include highly automated welding systems and Eaton’s proprietary UNIWELD system for strong, flexible bag seals. Food-grade products are manufactured in controlled environments.

Key filter bag ranges and their characteristics:

• PROGAF™ filter bags: Combine high-efficiency media with a high-capacity pre-filter for effective retention down to the sub-micron level.
• ACCUGAF™ filter bags: Highly efficient with an extremely high particle retention rating.
• ABP filter bags: Cost-effective filtration solutions for demanding applications with efficiencies greater than 99%.
• LOFCLEAR™ filter bags: Highly effective filter bags with a special, multi-layer construction that results in absolute efficiency.
• MAX-LOAD™ filter bags: Extended-life pleated material increases dirt-holding capacity and lasts up to ten times longer than standard needle-felt filter bags.
• HAYFLOW™ filter elements: Combine the best of filter bags and filter cartridges in one element.
• HAYFLOW Q filter elements: High capacity extended-life needle felt with ultrafine nylon mesh cover layer with absolute efficiency.
• DURAGAF™ filter bags: Extended-life material results in fewer filter bag change-outs, improves operating efficiencies.
• CLEARGAF™ filter bags: Meets EC and FDA requirements for pharmaceutical, food and beverage industries.
• SENTINEL® filter bags: Fully-welded construction for high efficiency and bypass-free filtration.
• SNAP-RING® filter bags: Sewn construction in needle felt, monofilament, and multifilament material.
• UNIBAG™ filter bags: High performance, fully-welded construction using environmentally-friendly materials without optical white additives or bleaching agents.
• BANDSEAL™ filter bags: Tie-on filter bags for filtration without a bag filter housing.
• ABSORPTION INSERT filter elements: Designed for increased dirt and oil removal capacity.
• Monofilament filter bags: Available in different materials (SENTINEL and SNAP-RING) to cover many applications with specific chemical and thermal properties.
• Multifilament filter bags: Affordable and reliable sewn SNAP-RING multifilament filter bags.

Mechanical / hydraulic

Eaton filter bags are available in various sizes with different maximum flow rates and dimensions.

Filter Specifications

Exceptions to maximum flow rates:

• POXL, PEXL, POXLF and PEXLF filter bags: Size 01: 15 m³/h; Size 02: 30 m³/h.
• AGF, AGFE and LCR 100 filter bags: Size 01: 8 m³/h; Size 02: 15 m³/h.
• LCR 500 filter bags: Size 02: 12 m³/h.
• PGF filter bags: Size 02: 10 m³/h.

Operating limits

Maximum Operating Temperature

Maximum operating temperatures vary by filter bag range and material:

• PROGAF PGF (PP Melt): 194 °F (90 °C)
• ACCUGAF AGF (PP Melt): 194 °F (90 °C)
• ACCUGAF AGFE (PET Melt): 302 °F (150 °C)
• ABP (PP Melt): 194 °F (90 °C)
• LOFCLEAR LCR (PP Melt): 194 °F (90 °C)
• MAX-LOAD POXL (PP Felt): 194 °F (90 °C)
• MAX-LOAD PEXL (PET Felt): 275 °F (135 °C)
• HAYFLOW POXL (PP Felt): 194 °F (90 °C)
• HAYFLOW PEXL (PET Felt): 302 °F (150 °C)
• HAYFLOW LCR 128 (PP Melt): 194 °F (90 °C)
• HAYFLOW Q POXL (PP Felt): 194 °F (90 °C)
• HAYFLOW Q PEXL (PET Felt): 302 °F (150 °C)
• DURAGAF POXL (PP Felt): 194 °F (90 °C)
• DURAGAF PEXL (PET Felt): 302 °F (150 °C)
• CLEARGAF POF (PP Felt): 194 °F (90 °C)
• CLEARGAF POXLF (PP Felt): 194 °F (90 °C)
• CLEARGAF PEF (PET Felt): 284 °F (140 °C)
• CLEARGAF PEXLF (PET Felt): 284 °F (140 °C)
• CLEARGAF NMOF (Nylon Mesh): 284 °F (140 °C)
• SENTINEL PO (PP Felt): 194 °F (90 °C)
• SENTINEL PE (PET Felt): 302 °F (150 °C)
• SNAP-RING PO (PP Felt): 230 °F (110 °C)
• SNAP-RING PE (PET Felt): 374 °F (190 °C)
• SNAP-RING NY (Nylon Felt): 374 °F (190 °C)
• SNAP-RING W (Wool/PET Felt): 275 °F (135 °C)
• SNAP-RING PT (PTFE Felt): 500 °F (260 °C)
• SNAP-RING HT (Meta-Aramid Felt): 401 °F (205 °C)
• UNIBAG POU (PP Felt): 374 °F (190 °C)
• UNIBAG PEU (PET Felt): 536 °F (280 °C)
• Monofilament NMO (Nylon Mesh): 374 °F (190 °C) or 257 °F (125 °C) depending on seal ring
• Monofilament PMO (PP Mesh): 230 °F (110 °C)
• Monofilament PEMO (PET Mesh): 374 °F (190 °C)
• Monofilament PEEKMO (PEEK Mesh): 464 °F (240 °C)
• Multifilament PEMU (PET Mesh): 293 °F (145 °C)
• BANDSEAL NMO (Nylon Mesh): 374 °F (190 °C)

Materials and Construction

Filter bags are available in various materials including polypropylene (PP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Meta-Aramid (MA), Nylon, Wool/PET, PTFE, and PEEK. Media types include melt-blown, felt, and mesh. Surface finishes include glazed and singed.

Seal rings vary by product line and material:

• E: polypropylene/SENTINEL seal ring
• H: polyester/SENTINEL seal ring
• Z: Santoprene™/SENTINEL seal ring
• S: zinc-plated steel SNAP-RING
• A: Stainless steel SNAP-RING
• R: without seal ring
• UE: welded polypropylene seal ring
• UK: welded polyester seal ring

Construction can be welded (W) or sewn (S) for the ring, side, and bottom.

Chemical Resistance of Filter Bags

(n = resistant)

Applications

Eaton filter bags are utilized across a wide array of industries and applications, including:

• Automotive: Filtration of pre-treatment bath, e-coat, top coat, clear coat, primer, paint ring line filters, parts cleaning fluids, drawing compounds, lubricants, metal working fluids, and pump intake filters.
• Chemical: Catalyst recovery, removal of pipe scale, polishing of aqueous process fluids, alkalis, acids, solvents, emulsions, dispersions, gel removal from resins, activated carbon removal.
• Electronics: Wafer and chip processing, electronic etching baths, photo-chemical polishing, high-purity water filtration, and pre-filtration for membrane processes.
• Food and Beverage: Filtration of wine, spirits, beer, edible oils, carbon black from cellulose, slime from gelatin, liquid sugar, thick juice, corn syrup polishing, starch processing, milk processing, and soft drinks. Many products conform to FDA and EC food processing standards.
• Metal Working: Filtration of hydraulic oil, pre-treatment system filtration, precious metal recovery, metal working fluids, drawing compounds, and parts cleaning.
• Paint and Lacquer: Removal of agglomerates, paint coagulates, solvent filtration, storage contaminants, filling lines, paint mixing lines, and monomer purification.
• Petrochemicals: Filtration of lube oils, fuel additives, enhanced oil recovery, amine solutions, glycol fluids, gas purification, distillation, cracking processes, amine washers, off-shore filter stations, oil drilling, and injection fluids.
• Pharmaceutical: Recovery of active ingredients and catalysts, active carbon purification and removal, filtration of gelatin, hormones, vitamin extracts, polishing of herbal mixtures, protein removal from plasma, and filtration of saline solutions.
• Resins, Plastics, Inks and Coatings: Oil and polymer filtration, dispersions, polymerization batches, resins for can coatings, plastics compounding, printing ink, plastics processing, paper coatings, and high-purity ink-jet fluid filtration.
• Water Treatment: Well water filtration, water treatment plants, silt removal, pipe scale removal, sand and algae removal from seawater, ion exchange resin recovery, calcium deposit removal, filtration of water treatment chemicals, and dust removal from cooling tower installations.

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