This company’s pre-packaged steam manifolds are easily installable and include filters coupled with a housing, condensate traps, lockable isolation valves, as well as upstream and downstream pressure gauges – all designed to work together, providing single source convenience and utility. The Manifolds are designed and built to customer specification. They arrive assembled and ready for installation with minimal downtime. Integrated isolation valves allow for easy filter cleaning or removal, and pressure gauges are provided to monitor filter performance. With MicroPure Steam Manifolds, the steam used to agitate, mix or cook products is free of contaminates that can spoil the appearance, smell or taste of the product. Models to meet 3-A culinary steam standards, FDA specifications or any customer specification are also available. They are ideal for bulk or point-of-use filtration for bottling or canning lines, packaging lines, wort aeration and other applications within food, beverage and pharmaceutical processing industries. The filter at the heart of these systems features a segmented element design that captures sub-micron particles from steam supplies without filter bags or elements, thus reducing costly maintenance and disposal fees. They can be backwashed in place 150 times with no loss of filtering effectiveness (third-party verified).
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Independently functioning modular segments are clamped together by a stainless-steel retention rod that provides continuous support upstream and downstream of the filter membrane. The cartridge length and diameter are variable and are determined by the application pressure and flowrate. Steam flows into the openings on the outside of each segment disc and passes through the filter and into an adjacent disc. Filtered steam exits through the opening at the center of the cartridge, free of contaminants. Unlike conventional pleated cartridges that degrade with each sterilization, MicroPure filters can be steam sterilized in place 150 times with no loss of filtering effectiveness (validated by an internationally recognized food laboratory). Other sterilization or cleaning methods commonly used are autoclave, hydrogen peroxide or various sanitizing agents. Robust construction tolerates extreme pressure and temperature variations for reusability. — MicroPure Filtration, Cleveland, Ohio