Days after announcing a plan to expand its meltblown media capacity in Europe, Hollingsworth & Vose was at Filtration 2009 showcasing its proprietary technology called Capaceon. Designed to improve the lifetime of filters through higher dust holding capacity, Capaceon provides improved filter performance, a longer lifetime on identical size filters or the ability to decrease filter size for the same lifetime.

The Capaceon technology targets the heavy duty air, panel air, lube and fuel filtration markets. H&V was also showcasing its Nanoweb product line extensions, NanoWave and Perform products. Since the introduction of our Nanoweb technology, H&V has added two new product offerings to the mix–a Nanoweb media with an all-synthetic base layer and a flame retardant Nanoweb media. These two products offer the same high efficiency performance as other Nanoweb grades, with the added benefit of moisture resistance with the all synthetic grades and flame retardancy with the FR grades.

Current Nanoweb products target the gas turbine /dust collector and heavy duty air markets. With its waved construction of coarse and fine fibers, NanoWave offers two to three times the surface area of flat media, providing excellent mechanical efficiency with low pressure drop and extremely high dust loading capacity, exceeding industry indoor air quality standards and contributing to a building’s LEED certification. NanoWave can be used in pleated panel air filters, as paint spray booth diffusion media, in respirators and facemasks, vacuum cleaner bags and filters and room air cleaners. The next generation HEPA/ULPA filter media for clean room applications PerForm, is setting new standards for performance and processability. PerForm offers a significantly lower cost of ownership over the life of the filter, a benefit valued by customers.

Earlier this week, H&V said it would install an additional meltblown production line in Hatzfeld, Germany, expanding a media platform already operating in Hatzfeld and Floyd, VA. The investment will expand technically advanced offerings for air filtration, automotive air and fuel filters, specialty liquid applications, as well as facemasks and respirators. The company is also underway with plans to add a carbon composite filter media line in the U.S. as an expansion of its Absorptive Filter Media (AFM) technology platform.