AFS Southeast Chapter Meeting
Thursday, October 15, 2020
10:00 am - 10:45 am - CST, USA
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm - EST, USA
Free for AFS Members
$15 for Non-members

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Sintered Fiber Metal Media Properties and Performance Comparisons

Presenter:  Mark Willingham, Bekaert Fibre Technologies

Bekipor® ST sintered metal fiber filter media has been used for over four decades in a variety of applications including hydraulic fluids, polymers, basic chemicals, and gasses.

An overview will be given of the properties and performance of Bekipor® ST sintered metal fiber media. The presentation will compare the performance of Bekipor® ST media to commonly used woven wire cloth in the areas of pressure drop, dirt holding comparison, and filtration efficiency.

 Mark Willingham is N. American Market Manager for Bekaert Fibre Technologies, a Belgium based manufacture of sintered metal fiber filter media. He is former President of Filtrate Solutions and former Vice President of Sales for Purolator Advanced Filtration, a Clarcor company.

He has over 30 years of experience in the area of porous metal filter products for applications in the oil & gas, chemical processing, nuclear power generation, polymer, and general industrial markets.

Mr. Willingham began his career in filtration in 1981 as part of a family owned professional filter cleaning service company, ending his tenure there as Vice President of Business Development when his family sold the business to others within the company. He then began a career with Purolator Advanced Filtration, serving in various sales management positions for 20+ years.

Mr. Willingham is past chairman of the AFS (2013-2014), an AFS Fellow, and has presented numerous technical papers on porous metal filters at AFS conferences.