Stainless steel filter elements are made up of several layers of 316 mesh that are sintered together to form an integrated porous element. The middle mesh is of very fine gauge and determines the filtration efficiency of the elements. This layer is then overlaid with inner and outer layers of coarser mesh, to give support and protection.

The elements are a typical surface filter and the contaminants are retained on the surface of the filtration layer, this makes cleaning and back flushing a simple process. These filter elements should be ultrasonically cleaned to give best results.

Stainless steel filter elements are particularly useful in heavily contaminated applications and for use as pre-filters before disposable type final filters. Gaskets are required with stainless steel filter elements. The options are Viton, PTFE or high temperature annealed copper.

stainless steel wire cloth elements are idea for hostile or severe environments and applications. That is why clean ability is so important. All of our wire cloth stainless steel filter elements are easily restored back into service by back flushing, ultrasonic or other non-abrasive cleaning techniques. When used in filtration applications involving hazardous fluids, the clean ability of our stainless filter elements can significantly reduce disposal costs.

Square Weave

Mesh Wire Diameter Openings
20 × 20 0.0160 0.0340
20 × 20 0.0200 0.0300
30 × 30 0.0120 0.0213
40 × 40 0.0100 0.0150
50 × 50 0.090 0.0110
60 x 60 0.0075 0.0092
80 × 80 0.0055 0.0070
100 × 100 0.0045 0.0055
150 × 150 0.0026 0.0041
180 × 180 0.0023 0.0033
200 × 200 0.0021 0.0029
200 × 200 0.0023 0.0027
250 × 250 0.0016 0.0024
270 × 270 0.0016 0.0021
325 × 325 0.0014 0.0017
400 × 400 0.001 0.0015

Twilled Dutch Weave

Mesh Wire Diameter Absolute
20 × 250 .0098/.0079 110-120
30 × 250; .0010/.008 107-114
80 × 700 .0040/.0030 35-38
120 × 400 .0040/.0025 50-55
165 × 800 .0028/.0020 24-26
165 × 1400 .0028/.0016 16-18
200 × 600 .0024/.0016 28-32
200 × 1400 .0028/.0016 12-14
325 × 2300 .0015/.0010 8-9

Plain Dutch Weave

Mesh Wire Diameter Absolute
12 × 64 .023/.0165 270-290
14 × 88 .020/.013 220-240
24 × 110 .015/.010 115-125
50 × 250 .0055/.0045 56-63
40 × 200 .007/.0055 70-75
80 × 400 .0049/.0028 40-45