High flow rate water filter cartridge is a large-diameter pleated consumable widely used for upstream protection of industrial ultrafiltration membrane systems. This liquid filter delivers high dirt holding capacity and maintains low pressure drop under continuous large-volume raw water flow. It can cooperate with PARKER High-flow water filter cartridge and HFU640UY1000J high flow filter cartridge to build multi-stage prefiltration systems for raw water treatment skids. It provides reliable prefiltration solutions for municipal, power, chemical, food and beverage water reuse projects.
High Flow Rate Water Filter Cartridge for UF Pretreatment Protection
High flow rate water filter cartridge is a large-diameter pleated consumable widely used for upstream protection of industrial ultrafiltration membrane systems. This liquid filter delivers high dirt holding capacity and maintains low pressure drop under continuous large-volume raw water flow. It can cooperate with PARKER High-flow water filter cartridge and HFU640UY1000J high flow filter cartridge to build multi-stage prefiltration systems for raw water treatment skids. It provides reliable prefiltration solutions for municipal, power, chemical, food and beverage water reuse projects.
High flow rate water filter cartridge is a large-diameter pleated filter cartridge specially developed for the pretreatment section of ultrafiltration water treatment equipment. As a core consumable component, it is installed upstream of UF membrane modules, used to intercept suspended solids, fine silt, pipeline rust, colloids and granular pollutants contained in raw water before the fluid enters ultrafiltration membranes. By removing particulate contaminants in advance, it effectively reduces membrane fouling risk, extends the service life of high-cost UF membrane components and cuts down the frequency of expensive chemical cleaning cycles for the whole water treatment system.
Compared with conventional small-diameter filter cartridges, high flow rate water filter cartridge adopts wide-diameter pleated construction, which greatly expands the effective filtration surface area of each single filter cartridge. When meeting the same total system flow demand, much fewer filter cartridges are required inside filter housings. This structural advantage reduces spare parts inventory pressure, accelerates on-site filter replacement work and lowers long-term operating expenditure for water treatment plant operators and system integrators. When designing complete water treatment skids, engineers can match this high flow rate water filter cartridge 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 rate water filter cartridge adopts glue-free thermal fusion pleating technology. No adhesive is applied inside the filter medium, eliminating the risk of glue dissolution and secondary water pollution under continuous high-speed water scouring. End caps and internal and external support cores are integrally molded polypropylene, which can keep stable structural integrity under frequent pressure fluctuations and continuous large-volume water flow. Whether users need to replace aging filter cartridges in existing ultrafiltration production lines or purchase spare filter consumables for newly commissioned UF equipment, high flow rate water filter cartridge can provide stable and repeatable pretreatment filtration performance for all kinds of industrial water treatment projects.
High flow rate water filter cartridge works based on surface-depth composite pleated filtration principle. Raw water flows into 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 layered polypropylene fiber medium and get intercepted in dense fiber gaps.
With optimized wide-area pleat layout, captured pollutants are evenly distributed on the whole filter medium surface instead of accumulating only on the outer layer. This design slows the rising speed of inlet-outlet differential pressure, maximizes dirt holding capacity and extends the usable operating cycle of each filter cartridge. When the pressure difference between filter inlet and outlet reaches the preset threshold value, the filter medium is saturated with trapped contaminants, and field operators need to install new high flow rate water filter cartridges.
This filter cartridge is the primary protective barrier for ultrafiltration membranes. Without this upstream prefiltration, raw water carrying solid particles will directly impact the surface of UF membranes. Contaminant deposition will block membrane pores and flow channels, accelerate fouling, increase chemical cleaning frequency, and even cause irreversible permanent damage to ultrafiltration membranes. When used in series with PFTM11UEPFA high flow filter cartridge for multi-stage combined filtration, the long-term running stability of the ultrafiltration system can be greatly improved. It should be noted that high flow rate water filter cartridge can only remove solid particulate impurities and cannot filter dissolved ions, so it is only used as mechanical prefiltration before ultrafiltration membranes.
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| Product Name | High Flow Rate Water Filter Cartridge |
| 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 rate water filter cartridge 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 guarantee batch-to-batch consistency. During manufacturing, sampling inspections cover pleating uniformity, thermal bonding strength and sealing performance of end caps.
Finished product tests include bubble point integrity test, cyclic pressure impulse test and water flow pressure drop detection. Defective filter cartridges with medium cracks, poor sealing or loose structures will be fully screened out. The glue-free thermal bonding craft removes the risk of adhesive leaching that may contaminate process water.
Products comply with strict industrial filtration quality management standards. Each filter cartridge is individually packaged to avoid dust and particle contamination during storage and transportation. Complete technical datasheets are supplied 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 rate water filter cartridge is widely adopted as pretreatment filter element for ultrafiltration water treatment systems, and it also applies to a wide range of other industrial liquid filtration scenarios.
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: Pre-filtration for boiler makeup water and condensate water, removing pipeline rust and suspended 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 supply and reclaimed water reuse: Large-flow raw water prefiltration for municipal water plants and wastewater recycling projects.
Pharmaceutical and cosmetic purified water preparation: Sanitary grade prefiltration for water production equipment.
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 service life. Service cycle depends on raw water turbidity, contaminant concentration and real operating flow rate. It is recommended to replace the cartridge 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 original filtration performance. Reuse after cleaning brings 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 bearing rating to avoid 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 based on total system flow rate, single-cartridge rated flow and raw water quality parameters. Calculate according to the technical datasheet and reserve reasonable surplus to cope with raw water quality fluctuations.
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