OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — The Industrial Gas Filtration and Generation Division of Parker Hannifin Corp., a manufacturer of motion and control technologies, announced the launch of a new patent for the metalworking industry. The patent is designed to optimize drainage within the SmogHog® SHM self-contained media mist collector and provide best in class particulate removal efficiency and long filter life using state-of-the-art coalescing filter media technology.
The patent includes an area that supports the industrial filter elements that seal the upper and lower plates of the filter, a liquid collection area, and a reservoir in the base section to drain away the liquid that coalesces during operation. Suspended liquids collect and coalesce on the fiber structure of the filter, the droplet size grows, and gravity drains the contaminants from the airstream and out of the filter into the collection area.