Filter fabrics or felts generally serve primarily as a septum which in turn holds in place a base coat in reality that does the filtering of our product, whether this is on a rotary vacuum filter, a centrifuge, or plate and frame pressure type filter.
Filter fabrics (woven) may be classified as the following: all monofilament, all multifilament, combination (monofilament/multifilament or monofilament/spun or multifilament/spun), and all spun.
| Filter Fabric Finishing Selection | Guidelines for choosing filter fabric finishing. |
| Filter Yarn Selection | Use these guidelines for selecting proper filter yarn for your application. |
| Filter Fabric Media Selection | Four factors must be considered in proper filter media selection – the fiber, the fabric, the finish, and the method of fabrication. |
| Combination Fabrics | What are Combination Fabrics? |
| Spun Fabrics | What are Spun Fabrics? |
| Filter Fabric Weave Selection | Use these guidelines to select the right fabric weave for your application. |
| Fabric Fiber Types | Nylon was the first important wholly synthetic fiber to be manufactured, followed by polyester, acrylics and more recently polyethylene, polypropylene, fiberglass, PTFE and aramid. |
| Monofilament Fabrics | What are Monofilament Fabrics? |
| Multifilament Fabrics | What are Multifilament Fabrics? |