Oil mist filtration

Oil mist extraction

Extraction of oil mists is provided by special fans that, connected to pipe and duct systems, capture the fumes locally and convey them to filtration equipment.

Compared to the actual filters, the other elements used to extract oil mists are often underestimated. However, the relevant regulations also provide specific requirements for fans, ducts and pipes, and the correct installation of these can provide significant benefits:

• Optimize the use of space in the premises, leaving more room for production activities
• Installing filters close to the smoke generation areas, further minimizing the footprint
• Employ quality elements that maximize the durability and efficiency of the entire plant
• This reduces wear and tear on the various elements while minimizing maintenance interventions

Oil mist filtration

Filtration is the most important step in the process of removing harmful elements, as it is crucial in lowering the concentration of oil mists below the threshold considered hazardous. Oily fume filtration can be done in various ways, employing different technologies that provide varying degrees of efficiency in separating oily particles from the air stream.

SO.TEC employs one of the most efficient technologies currently known: coalescing filtration. We elaborate in the following paragraphs on the principle behind this technology and the actual operation of the filters that are based on it.

How to take advantage of coalescence in the filtration of oily fumes and mists? The basic idea is very simple: when a liquid aggregates by coalescence, the resulting droplets increase in weight until they spontaneously precipitate downward, thereby separating from the air stream.

If the aggregation of oil particles suspended in the air can be promoted, the result is thus the separation of the oil itself from the filtered air: this is the work of coalescing filters.

Coalescing filtration plants for oily mists (with fiberglass candles)

The phenomenon of coalescence offers incredible possibilities in the development of equipment for the filtration of mists and oily fumes, precisely because it is a physical phenomenon that is perfectly suited to these purification needs. This is precisely how the first SO.TEC coalescing filters were born, designed specifically with special fiberglass candles that serve two main functions:

1. To block and retain the micro oily particles suspended in the air stream
2. Promote their approach and thus aggregation into larger particles.

Once aggregated, oil droplets reach a critical weight that causes them to slide downward. Filters are configured to collect the precipitating droplets in special tanks, allowing the oil to be recovered and possibly reused in production processes.
Today, coalescing filtration equipment technology for oily mists is also on the market thanks to SO.TEC's systems, which provide wide-ranging suction flow rates and effectiveness approaching 100 percent.

The phenomenon of coalescence offers incredible possibilities in the development of filtration plants for oily mists and fumes, precisely because it is a physical phenomenon that is perfectly suited to these purification needs.

Our coalescing filters, specifically designed with special fiberglass candles fulfill two main functions:

1. Blocking and retaining the micro oily particles suspended in the air stream.
2. Promote their approach and thus aggregation into larger particles

Once aggregated, the oil droplets reach a critical weight that forces them to slide down. Filters are configured to collect the precipitating droplets in special tanks, allowing the oil to be recovered and possibly reused in production processes.

Our oil mist treatment systems provide wide-range suction flow rates and filtration efficiency approaching 100 percent.

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