FS - Sterile filters

Features & Benefits

 Enhanced high-grade stainless steel filter
housing
• Designed for applications with high risk of
corrosion
• High hygiene standards thanks to sanitary
couplings
 Advanced filter cartridge design
• High microbiological filtration efficiency
• Designed to withstand a large number
of sterilization cycles thanks to silicon
bonded joint and additional NOMEX layer
 Stainless steel cylinders and end-caps
 Low pressure drop
 100% integrity tested (DOP test)
 All components meet the FDA requirements
for contact with food in accordance with the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), title 21.

General Specifications
 Operating pressure: -16 (12) barg/29-232
(174) psig
 Operating temperature range1:
-20°C to 150°C/-4°F to 302°F
 Body connections: DIN 11851
(Milk pipe connections)
 Surface finish: Ra 0.8, electro-polished
 Inlet and outlet connections: threaded

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Pneumatech’s FSI filters are designed for compressed air temperatures. For the same reason, an additional NOMEX
and gas applications that need to be free from microbiological layer is used at the inside and outside of the filter element.
contamination, and can thus be sterilized regularly. The filter cylinders and end-caps are made out of stainless
steel. This all results in a highly efficient and exceptionally
Pneumatech’s FSI filter housings are made out of stainless steel strong filter, which keeps its performance after a large number of
grade 1.4404, with a surface that has been smoothened to a level sterilization cycles.
of Ra 0,8. There is no void inside the entire filter housing; and
thus no risk of micro-organism contamination.

The filter elements are manufactured with silicon as bonded

joint to ensure robustness at high operating and sterilization

Weight (kg)
Filter Model Pipe Size Flow Rate Dimension (mm) Element Model
Approx.
G/NPT Nm³/h SCFM A B C D
1 1
FSI 1 /4" 75 44 225 116 76.1 /8 1.7 -

3 1
FSI 2 /8" 105 62 251 120 76.1 /8 1.9 -

1 1
FSI 3 /2" 150 88 253 125 76.1 /8 1.9 -

3 1
FSI 4 /4" 225 132 281 125 76.1 /8 2.0 -

1
FSI 5 1" 315 185 290 136 88.9 /8 2.6 -

1 1
FSI 6 1 /4" 420 247 357 155 88.9 /8 3.0 -

1 1
FSI 7 1 /2" 600 353 408 179 114.3 /4 4.3 -

1
FSI 8 2" 900 530 476 179 114.3 /4 4.8 -

1
FSI 9 2" 1260 742 602 180 114.3 /4 5.3 -

1 1
FSI 10 2 /2" 1680 989 762 224 139.7 /4 9.0 -

1
FSI 11 3" 2400 1413 1030 224 139.7 /4 10.8 -

1
FSI 12 3" 3600 2119 1035 238 154 /4 16.2 -

Correction factors

barg 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Operating
pressure
psig 29 44 58 72 87 100 115 130 145 160 174 189 203 218 232

Correction
Kp 0,38 0,50 0,63 0,75 0,88 1 1,13 1,25 1,38 1,50 1,63 1,75 1,88 2,00 2,13
factor

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