

How does a
Backflush filter work?
A backflush filter type RSF is divided into a lower dirt chamber and an upper clean chamber by a flanged, perforated insert plate sealed against the vessel wall. Several cylindrical filter cartridges are arranged on the holes (the number of cartridges depends on the application). The contaminated medium flows into the filter through the inlet flange, flows through the filter cartridges from the inside to the outside and exits again as clean medium through the outlet flange. Carried air and gas components are separated by a vent valve, while the dirt particles are retained inside the filter element. The impurities accumulate on the smooth, inner surface of the filter cartridges and form a cake. This growing dirt cake causes a continuous increase in the pressure difference between the dirty and clean sides. This pressure difference activates the self-cleaning process by backflushing by a contact manometer and a corresponding control system. For cleaning the filter cartridges, a movable backflushing arm, which is driven by an electric motor, approaches all the filter cartridges one after the other from the bottom. During the cleaning process, cleaned medium flows through a filter cartridge in the opposite direction to the filtration direction and removes the adhering impurities. These are discharged through the dirt drain. The limitation of the backflush loss is controlled by a shut-off valve in the backflush line. One filter cartridge is always being cleaned, while the other filter cartridges remain in the filtration process. The result is automatic cleaning without interrupting filtration.

Filtration:
The medium which has to be filtered flows through the filter cartridges from the inside to the outside. Contaminants are retained on the inside of the smooth surface, while the sharp edges and precision of the triangular profiles minimize the tendency to clog.
Backflush:
The filtered product flows through the filter cartridges from the outside to the inside. The nozzle effect created by the V-profile at the slit-tube filter cartridges also flushes colloidal contaminants back from the smooth filter surface.
Benefits: Your advantages
at a glance
Machining quality through guaranteed
filter finenessLow emission and constant cooling lubricant quality through predominantly closed system
Future-oriented due to easy removal of the filter surface
Several filtrate qualities can be realized with a single filter system
Industries: Where they are used
Application areas: How they are used
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References: Projects with backflush filters
- Cooling lubricant filtration with a total volume of 450,000 litersFAUDI has developed a customized filtration system for our customer, a major global rolling mill manufacturer.
- Everything from a single source – Coolant filtration in a high-tech engine plantMore than 160 machine tools (application: turning, drilling, milling of crankcases for diesel and gasoline engines, medium: oil) are supplied…
- Oil filtration with FAUDI backflush filtersOur customer, a world-renowned supplier to the automotive industry, uses FAUDI backflush filters for cooling lubricant filtration at its site…
- Filtration of oil with FAUDI Regenerable MicrofiltersFAUDI's patented regenerable microfilters at a German manufacturer of transmissions and transmission components for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles.
- Precoat filtration for mozzarella brineFor a customer in mozzarella production, FAUDI has developed an individual solution according to the customers requirements. Precoat filtration is…
- Filtration of Grinding Oil with FAUDI Precoat FiltersEiner der 20 größten Automobilzulieferer der Welt vertraut auf FAUDI Anschwemmfilter.