Filtration Events This Week
Nonwovens in Filtration, March 14, 8:00-10:00 am EDT
Want to learn about nonwoven filter media? Then do not miss this week's Nonwovens in Filtration course with Dr. Gajanan Bhat, Georgia, AA Professor of Fibers and Textiles, and Department Head Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. It will be online, March 14, 2023, Tuesday, 8:00 am-10:00 am EDT. This 2-hour course will provide you with an overview of nonwoven products and process technologies used for various filtration applications. Dr. Cédric Vallet of Ahlstrom and Dr. Christine Sun of WFI will join the panel at the end to help address your questions and discuss recent developments, opportunities, and trends.
Course Outline
Introduction to Nonwovens
Nonwovens Market
Broad Applications of Nonwovens in Filtration Air Filtration Liquid Filtration
Nonwoven Manufacturing Processes Web Formation Technologies – Dry-laid and Wet-laid Polymer to Web Formation Technologies -Spunbond and Meltblown Web Bonding Technologies – Mechanical, Chemical and Thermal
Structure and Properties of Nonwovens
Nonwovens as Engineered Products
Unique Position of Nonwovens in Filtration
Opportunities and Trends for Future Development
Filtration Hour with Leading Experts, March 15, 8:00-9:00 am EDT
Waterloo Filtration Institute is excited to launch its new interactive online program, "Filtration Hour," to address questions timely from our audience and provide a professional open platform for all those who are interested to learn from the leading experts and keep updated with the new developments in the filtration industry, networking, learning, sharing, and working together for a cleaner, healthier, and more Sustainable World. Registration is free.
In this session, we will continue to address open questions from last week's Filtration Summit at the CFSS 2023 Opening Ceremony, March 7, 2023, 8:00-10:30 am ET, on Global Filtration Market Outlook, Opportunities & Trends, such as,
If we all believe that IAQ is so critical to health, why aren’t there more regulations or enforcement of industry standards?
With increasing concerns/regulations to ban PFAS/PTFE, what is the impact on the filtration industry, as PTFE membranes are popularly used for high-efficiency air filters? How should we, as an industry, prepare for it?
In what products do you see a bigger opportunity to evolve or improve in air filtration?
What filtration standards do you typically see on the process side?
How do we begin to address some of the large global problems in Water and Air with emerging filtration solutions?
One of the most important topics when we talk about protecting the environment with filtration is how to properly dispose of or recycle expired/used or clogged filters. Do you have any thoughts about that?
Are the water and air challenges comparable? Which should we be most concerned about?
How do we bring more young engineers into the filtration space and help them navigate this journey through filtration?
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