Abstract:
A filter medium includes first and second porous films mainly containing fluororesin, and a pre-collection member upstream of the first film. The second film is downstream of the first film. The pre-collection member has a pressure drop when air is passed through at a flow rate of 5.3 cm/s of between 15 Pa and 55 Pa, a collection efficiency of NaCl particles having a particle diameter of 0.3 μm when air containing the particles is passed hrough at a flow rate of 5.3 cm/s of between 25% and 80%, a thickness of 0.4 mm or less, and a PF value between 7 and 15. The PF value={−log((100−collection efficiency (%))/100)}/(pressure drop (Pa)/1000). A ratio of the PF value of the pre-collection member to the PF value when the first and second films are overlapped, is between 0.20 and 0.45. The filter medium can be used in a filter pack or filter unit, and may be produced by integrating the first and second films and the pre-collection member using heat lamination.
Abstract:
A filtering medium includes first and second porous membranes mainly composed of fluororesin, and a plurality of air permeable supports to support the first and second membranes. The second membrane is disposed downstream of the first membrane. When air containing polyalphaolefin particles with a count median diameter of 0.25 μm is continuously passed through at a flow rate of 5.3 cm/sec and pressure loss is increased by 250 Pa, the first membrane has a dust retention amount larger than the second membrane. The filtering medium has a pressure loss of less than 200 Pa when air is passed through at a flow rate of 5.3 cm/sec. A collecting efficiency of NaCl particles with a particle diameter of 0.3 μm is 99.97% or more when air containing the NaCl particles is passed through at a flow rate of 5.3 cm/sec. The dust retention amount is 25 g/m2 or more.
Abstract:
An air filter medium includes a fluororesin porous membrane and an air-permeable supporting member stacked on the fluororesin porous membrane. The fluororesin porous membrane has a pressure loss of 80 Pa or less when air is passed at a flow rate of 5.3 cm/s. The fluororesin porous membrane has a PF of 20 or more, the PF being determined from a formula PF={−log((100−collection efficiency (%))/100)}/(pressure loss (Pa)/1000) using the pressure loss and a collection efficiency determined using NaCl particles having a particle size of 0.1 μm. The fluororesin porous membrane has a thickness of 10 μm or more. A dust-holding capacity of polyalphaolefin particles having a number median diameter of 0.25 μm is 15.0 g/m2 or more when air containing the polyalphaolefin particles is continuously passed through the fluororesin porous membrane at a flow rate of 5.3 cm/s and pressure loss increases by 250 Pa.
Abstract:
A filter medium includes first and second porous films mainly containing fluororesin, and a pre-collection member upstream of the first film. The pre-collection member has a pressure drop when air is passed through at a flow rate of 5.3 cm/s of between 15 Pa and 55 Pa, a collection efficiency of NaCl particles having a particle diameter of 0.3 μm when air containing the particles is passed through at a flow rate of 5.3 cm/s of between 25% and 80%, a thickness of 0.4 mm or less, and a PF value between 7 and 15. A ratio of the PF value of the pre-collection member to the PF value when the first and second films are overlapped, is between 0.20 and 0.45. The filter medium can be in a filter pack or filter unit, and produced by integrating the films and the pre-collection member using heat lamination.
Abstract:
A mixed powder and a material for molding have polytetrafluoroethylene as a main component. Each includes polytetrafluoroethylene that can be fibrillated, a non-hot melt processable component that is not fibrillated, and a hot melt processable component with a melting point of lower than 320° C. that is not fibrillated. The non-hot melt processable component that is not fibrillated is contained in a range of 20 to 40% by weight of the total weight. The hot melt processable component is contained at equal to or more than 0.1% by weight but less than 20% by weight of the total weight. A drawn porous body includes a plurality of fibrils, and a plurality of knotted portions that are connected to each other by the fibrils.
Abstract:
There are provided an air filter medium, a filter pack, and an air filter unit in which the decrease in collection efficiency can be suppressed. The air filter medium includes a fluororesin. The PAO permeability ratio (final permeability/initial permeability) is less than 3.0. The initial permeability is a permeability of polyalphaolefin particles when air containing the polyalphaolefin particles having a number median diameter of 0.25 μm is passed through the air filter medium at a flow velocity of 5.3 cm/s. The final permeability is a permeability of polyalphaolefin particles when air containing the polyalphaolefin particles having a number median diameter of 0.25 μm is continuously passed through the air filter medium at a flow velocity of 5.3 cm/s and the pressure loss is increased by 250 Pa.
Abstract:
The present invention aims to provide a biaxially stretched porous membrane having high strength, a small pore size, and excellent homogeneity. The biaxially stretched porous membrane of the present invention includes polytetrafluoroethylene obtained by copolymerizing tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether).
Abstract:
The present invention provides a porous body having high strength, a small pore size, and excellent homogeneity. The porous body of the present invention includes polytetrafluoroethylene and has a microstructure that includes nodes and fibrils. The microstructure further includes, in addition to the nodes and the fibrils, fused points where a fibril that links two nodes and another fibril that links another two nodes are fused with each other.
Abstract:
An air filter medium includes a fluororesin porous membrane and a supporting member stacked on top of each other. The air filter medium has a permeability ratio (permeability after disinfection treatment/permeability before disinfection treatment) of 5.0 or less, the permeability ratio being a ratio of permeabilities of the air filter media before and after the disinfection treatment of the fluororesin porous membrane as determined using NaCl particles having a particle size of 0.1 μm, and a pressure loss ratio (pressure loss after disinfection treatment/pressure loss before disinfection treatment) of 0.83 or more and 1.15 or less, the pressure loss ratio being a ratio of pressure losses of the air filter media before and after the disinfection treatment of the fluororesin porous membrane.
Abstract:
A tetrafluoroethylene polymer is provided in an air filter medium having a pressure loss that can be reduced and made uniform at a plurality of positions. The tetrafluoroethylene polymer may also be provided in an air filter medium, a filter pack, or an air filter unit. The tetrafluoroethylene polymer has drawability and non-melt processability. The tetrafluoroethylene polymer has a ratio S2/S1 of 0.60 or more, where S2 represents an endotherm mJ/mg in a range of T0° C. or higher and 350° C. or lower, T0° C. is a temperature 2.5° C. lower than a temperature Tp° C. (340≤Tp≤345) at which a minimum point is given on a heat-of-fusion curve obtained by measuring an unbaked polymer for measurement having no history of heating to a temperature of 300° C. or higher using a differential scanning calorimeter at a temperature-increasing rate of 2° C./min, and S1 represents an endotherm mJ/mg in a range of 320° C. or higher and T0° C. or lower.