High Flow Water Filter Element is a large-diameter pleated consumable widely deployed for upstream protection of ultrafiltration membrane systems. This liquid filter delivers high dirt holding capacity and maintains low pressure drop under large-volume raw water flow. It can work alongside PARKER High-flow water filter cartridge and HFU640UY1000J high flow filter cartridge to build multi-stage prefiltration chains for water treatment skids. It offers reliable prefiltration for municipal, power, chemical and food & beverage water reuse projects.
High Flow Water Filter Element for Industrial UF Pretreatment Systems
High Flow Water Filter Element is a large-diameter pleated consumable widely deployed for upstream protection of ultrafiltration membrane systems. This liquid filter delivers high dirt holding capacity and maintains low pressure drop under large-volume raw water flow. It can work alongside PARKER High-flow water filter cartridge and HFU640UY1000J high flow filter cartridge to build multi-stage prefiltration chains for water treatment skids. It offers reliable prefiltration for municipal, power, chemical and food & beverage water reuse projects.
High Flow Water Filter Element is a large-diameter pleated filter cartridge engineered for the pretreatment section of ultrafiltration water treatment equipment. Installed on the upstream side of UF membrane modules, this industrial filter element intercepts suspended solids, silt, pipeline rust, colloids and granular contaminants from raw water before fluid enters ultrafiltration membranes. By removing particulate pollutants in advance, it reduces membrane fouling risk, extends the service life of expensive UF membrane components and cuts down the frequency of costly chemical cleaning cycles for the whole water treatment system.
Different from conventional small-diameter filter cartridges, the high flow water filter element adopts a wide-diameter pleated construction, greatly expanding the effective filtration surface area of each single element. With the same total system flow requirement, far fewer filter elements are required inside filter housings. This design reduces spare parts inventory, speeds up on-site cartridge replacement work and lowers long-term operating expenditure for water treatment plant operators and system integrators. When designing complete water treatment skids, engineers can combine this high flow water filter element with Parker MFNP050-40N Fulflo Mega-Flow Large Diameter Filter and Replace Pall Ultipleat High-Flow Cartridge for Ultrafiltration to construct gradient multi-stage raw water prefiltration.
This high flow water filter element uses glue-free thermal fusion pleating technology. No adhesive is applied within the filter medium, eliminating the risk of glue dissolution and secondary water contamination under continuous high flow scouring. End caps and internal/external support cores are integrally molded polypropylene, delivering robust structural stability under fluctuating pressure and continuous large-volume water flow. Whether you are replacing worn filter elements in an existing ultrafiltration production line or purchasing spare consumables for newly commissioned UF equipment, the high flow water filter element provides stable, repeatable pretreatment filtration performance for industrial water treatment projects.
High Flow Water Filter Element operates based on surface-depth composite pleated filtration principle. Raw water enters the filter housing and flows radially inward from the outer pleated surface of the filter cartridge. Larger solid particles, rust fragments and sediment are trapped on the outer pleated layer. Fine colloids and tiny suspended particles penetrate into the layered polypropylene fiber medium and get captured inside dense fiber gaps.
The optimized wide-area pleat layout evenly distributes trapped contaminants over the entire filter medium surface instead of letting pollutants pile up only on the outer layer. This slows the rising speed of inlet-outlet differential pressure, maximizes dirt holding capacity and extends the usable operating cycle of each filter element. When the pressure difference between filter inlet and outlet reaches the preset threshold value, the filter medium becomes saturated with captured impurities, and site operators need to install new high flow water filter elements.
This filter acts as a critical protective barrier for ultrafiltration membranes. Without upstream prefiltration, particle-laden raw water will directly impact UF membrane surfaces. Contaminant deposition clogs membrane flow channels and pores, accelerates fouling, increases chemical cleaning frequency, and may cause irreversible permanent damage to ultrafiltration membranes. When installed in series with PFTM11UEPFA high flow filter cartridge for multi-stage combined filtration, the long-term stability of the ultrafiltration system can be greatly improved. It is important to note that the high flow water filter element only removes solid particulate impurities and cannot remove dissolved ions; it functions purely as mechanical prefiltration before ultrafiltration membranes.
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| Product Name | High Flow Water Filter Element |
| Filtration Rating | 1~70 μm nominal, multiple micron grades available |
| Cartridge Length | 40 inch / 60 inch |
| Filter Media | Pleated reinforced polypropylene |
| Support & End Cap Material | Polypropylene |
| Outer Diameter | 152 mm |
| Inner Diameter | 63 mm |
| Single Cartridge Rated Flow | 90–140 m³/h |
| Max Operating Temperature | 65 ℃ |
| Max Working Pressure | 1.0 MPa |
| Recommended Replacement Differential Pressure | 0.35 MPa |
| Connection Style | High flow bayonet locking end cap |
| Chemical Compatibility | Compatible with neutral water, weak acid and weak alkaline aqueous fluids |
Every batch of High Flow Water Filter Element undergoes full-process production inspection and finished-product performance testing before shipment. Incoming raw material inspection is carried out for polypropylene filter media, support cores and end caps to ensure batch-to-batch consistency. During manufacturing, sampling inspections verify pleating uniformity, thermal bonding strength and sealing integrity of end caps.
Finished product tests include bubble point integrity test, cyclic pressure impulse test and water flow pressure drop detection. Defective filter elements with medium cracks, poor sealing or loose structures are fully eliminated. The glue-free thermal bonding process removes the risk of adhesive leaching that may contaminate process water.
Products follow strict industrial filtration quality standards. Each filter cartridge is individually packaged to avoid dust and particle contamination during storage and transportation. Complete technical datasheets are provided for engineering design, BOM creation and quotation reference. After installation and before system startup, on-site inspection should be performed to confirm filter housing interface matching and sealing integrity.
High Flow Water Filter Element is widely used as pretreatment filter element for ultrafiltration water treatment systems, with broad coverage of other industrial liquid filtration applications.
Industrial ultrafiltration system pretreatment: Capture sediment, iron oxide scale and suspended particles, protect UF membrane elements, reduce membrane chemical cleaning frequency. Suitable for raw water purification and reclaimed water reuse projects.
Power plant water treatment: Prefiltration for boiler makeup water and condensate water, removing pipeline rust and particulate pollutants.
Food and beverage industry: Raw water pretreatment for drinking water and beverage production to remove granular impurities.
Chemical industry: Process water filtration and circulating cooling water pretreatment for chemical production lines.
Municipal water reuse: Large-flow raw water prefiltration for municipal wastewater recycling and water plant projects.
Commercial building HVAC circulating water filtration: Intercept pipeline sediment and rust to protect heat exchangers and chillers.
System designers can configure multi-stage gradient filtration according to raw water turbidity and pollutant composition of each individual project to achieve better overall filtration efficiency.
A: It serves as the upstream pretreatment protective filter for ultrafiltration systems. It intercepts suspended solids, silt and granular contaminants inside raw water, reduces pollutant load on UF membranes, slows membrane fouling, lowers chemical cleaning frequency and extends the service life of ultrafiltration membrane elements.
A: There is no fixed time-based lifespan. Service cycle depends on raw water turbidity, contaminant concentration and real operating flow rate. The recommended replacement trigger is when inlet-outlet differential pressure reaches 0.35 MPa.
A: It is a disposable pleated filter cartridge. Once fiber gaps are saturated with trapped contaminants, backwashing cannot fully restore filtration performance. Reuse after cleaning creates particle leakage risks; direct replacement is recommended.
A: It fits 40-inch or 60-inch large flow filter housings with bayonet locking interface. Before ordering, verify housing interface dimensions, internal cavity space and pressure rating to prevent installation mismatch.
A: Polypropylene material has good tolerance for weak acid and weak alkaline aqueous media. It is not suitable for long-term continuous use in high-concentration strong acid or strong alkali environments. Contact our technical team for assessment of special chemical medium working conditions.
A: The required quantity is calculated by total system flow rate, single-element rated flow and water quality parameters. Calculate based on the official datasheet and reserve a reasonable surplus to accommodate fluctuations in raw water quality.
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