Have you ever wondered what pushes the price of a CE marked filter housing with flanges up? You might be surprised to find out it’s the welding process. Not only is this an additional process in the production but it also then requires its own approval. Filter Housing Product Development The engineers and development team…
We recently had an unusual application for our filter solutions in the food industry – cleaning salad! When salad arrives to be packed it is in a wash of chlorine, this is mostly to stop the growth of mould but also to kill bacteria and insects.Before the salad can be packed for the supermarket shelf,…
Two new PTFE membranes are being introduced – the M3 and M4 oleophobic grades. Based on our proven hydrophobic PTFE membranes the new grades are actually hydrophobic and oleophobic. This means their use will prevent both water and oil carry-over giving further protection to analysers. Want to test them in your sampling system? Let us…
Having taken on another new building, we finally moved the machine shop to it’s new home on the 6th September. Why did we move the machine shop? As Classic Filters grows we needed to expand in two areas. The first is quite simple, and that is our warehouse facility – more products and more clients…
One of our OEM customers successfully uses the SML206.221.M8 PTFE Membrane Housing to remove water from a diesel sample system prior to an on-line analyser. Recently a new application required a larger flow rate at lower pressure so we designed a new sized housing for them. The SML304 series uses a larger 89mm diameter PTFE…
Classic Filters opened its doors in 2001. Since then we have been designing, manufacturing and supplying filters for a wide range of applications and environments all over the World. We’ve always had a focus on the analyser market, and are specialists in particulate and coalescing filtration but we love a challenge – we’ve even made…
Most products exported to Russia require a GOST R Certificate in order to pass through customs and to be sold and marketed within the Russian Federation. The Russian Government introduced legislation during 1993, requiring products to meet minimum safety standards. The Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology (Rostekhregulirovanie, GOST) is responsible for standardization…
Understanding all the terminology and abbreviations used in the filtration industry is no easy task. WE get asked to explain them all the time so we decided to create this blog series. Here is our second part – you can see Filtration Terminology A to I in the first part. Today we follow on from…
As an ongoing feature we will be discussing the different types of filters on the market. Giving you the help you might need to solve a filtration problem. Many people come to a filter company like us and don’t really know what they are looking for – that’s why we and our Distributors are here…
Everyday at Classic Filters we use abbreviations to save time and space in documentation for manufacturing filters, but lots of people ask the question “what do they mean” and do you personally know what they all mean? Well we have decided to shed some light on the situation and give you a helping hand by…
There’s never been so much information available but everyone’s so busy. How do you make sure you get all the vital updates on our industry? We’ll we already work hard to make sure we read them so decided the best thing to do would be to share them with you. With regular round-ups and…
Classic Filters would like to share our product news. We receive literally hundreds of requests for information every month. From obscure one offs, to common questions which help us to see trends in new products, it can offer invaluable industry insights It’s hard to talk about products without getting techy or using jargon but…
We will be featuring Filtration Applications on our blog in the future. You can search for topics of interest by clicking on the keywords in the Tag Cloud on the right. From everyday applications to common scenarios right through to unique problems in challenging environments there are thousands of filtration stories to tell. Rather…
We will be covering the basics of filtration on our blog in the future. You can search for topics of interest by clicking on the keywords in the Tag Cloud on the right. Whether you are new to the industry or looking for a recap on some essential filter information Classic Filters will compile…
Why are we using social media? Today’s internet technologies have created the means for people to connect, communicate and share information quicker and easier than ever before. Classic Filters have realised this creates opportunities like never before to link up with everyone in the petrochemical, instrumentation and filtration industry. From customers, associates and suppliers through…