WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FILTERS?

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2025-07-14 15:26:42

WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FILTERS?

Feiliter filters play an important role in many industries from automotive to manufacturing. The rig

Feiliter filters play an important role in many industries from automotive to manufacturing. The right choice of filter helps protect expensive machinery, ensures equipment runs smoothly, and maintains the high quality of your end product. The wrong filter can result in equipment damage, and even entire system failures.

So how do you know your filters are getting the job done right? When it comes to filter performance, two main things to consider are capture efficiency and retention efficiency. Capture efficiency refers to how effectively a filter captures particles while retention efficiency measures how effectively a filter retains those particles. If a filter fails to effectively capture and retain particles, it can inadvertently contaminate and harm fluid systems.

Filter testing can let you know how well your filter is performing, and whether it is time to consider an upgrade. Two types of testing are the industry standard multi-pass test ISO16889 and Dynamic Filter Efficiency (DFE), a multi-pass test designed to quantify capture and retention efficiency of hydraulic and lube filters in real time.