Media suits rigid filter applications.
Press Release Summary:
Intrepid® Rigid Pleat Media provides mix of fiber diameters to ensure high efficiency while minimizing pressure drop. It will not absorb moisture or support microbial or fungal growth. Continuous filaments will not shed fibers. Manufactured without use of chemical binders, media is available in 65, 85, and 95% efficiency levels, making it suited for aluminum separator filters, minipleat filters, and v-bank filters.
Original Press Release:
Kimberly-Clark Introduces Intrepid® Media for Rigid Filter Applications
ROSWELL, Ga. (August 25, 2004) - Kimberly-Clark Filtration Products introduces Intrepid® Rigid Pleat Media, a family of synthetic media for 65-95% efficient rigid filter products including aluminum separator filters, minipleat filters, and v-bank filters. The new media offers lower pressure drop and higher durability than conventional glass media.
Intrepid® Rigid Pleat Media is available in three efficiency levels: 65% efficient (MERV 11), 85% efficient (MERV 13-14), and 95% efficient (MERV 14-15).
Intrepid® Rigid Pleat Media reduces energy consumption and provides cost savings to end-users compared with existing filters using glass media. To assist in determining the economic benefit of adopting the new filter media, Kimberly-Clark has developed an Energy Cost Analysis software program which calculates the energy consumption and resulting energy cost associated with various filter options. The software is available from manufacturers and distributors that carry the line of Intrepid® Rigid Pleat Media.
The media's unique structure is designed to provide a mix of fiber diameters to ensure high efficiency while minimizing pressure drop. Its design features a gradient density structure which provides a solid mechanical foundation to maintain high efficiency over the useful life of the filter.
As with all Intrepid® Filter Media, the new Intrepid® Rigid Pleat Media will not absorb moisture or support microbial or fungal growth. The media is manufactured with continuous filaments and will not shed fibers. It also is manufactured without the use of chemical binders.
About Kimberly-Clark Filtration Products
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a recognized world leader in nonwoven technology, manufactures a wide variety of filtration media with patented and proprietary technologies. Some of the company's leading filter media products include Intrepid® Filtration Media for HVAC applications; Fathom®, Powerloft®, and Cyclean® Filtration Media for liquid bag, metalworking and other liquid applications; and Evolution® Filtration Media laminates for air applications. For more information on Kimberly-Clark Filtration Media, visit www.kcfiltration.com.
About Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Kimberly-Clark and its well-known global brands are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 150 countries. Every day, one in four people around the world trust Kimberly-Clark's brands to enhance their health, hygiene and well-being. With brands such as Kleenex, Scott, Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex and Depend, Kimberly-Clark holds the number 1 or number 2 brand position in more than 80 countries. To keep up with the latest Kimberly-Clark news and to learn more about the company's 132-year history of innovation, visit www.kimberly-clark.com.
