Croft Straightliner Filter
Croft Straightliner Filter
Croft Additive Manufacturing has created a specialist filter with additive manufacturing to deliver significant energy savings when compared with traditional filters.
CAM, a UK based company specialising in metal additive manufacturing, used a selective laser melting process to create the Straightliner Filter that otherwise could not be produced using traditional manufacturing techniques.
The Straightliner Filter offers a lower pressure drop and resistance than that of subtractive manufacturing techniques, which traditionally mean filter holes are angled in a way that causes turbulence in the filter’s functionality. With additive manufacturing, the filter holes can be printed at the same angle as the flow, allowing the filtrate to pass through the water with much less resistance.
Created using the first SME-owned Realizer SLM-250 metal 3D printing machine in the North West, UK, it is the latest development to come from CAMs in house team offering innovative, flexible product design and manufacturing.
The process has resulted in both energy and cost savings when compared with a conventional filter. As the sister company of Croft Filters, CAM is committed to reducing production times and developing leading-edge design solutions.
