Success comes in modules

For 25 years, Viledon filterCair experts have been developing customized solutions for numerous industries. (Image source: Freudenberg Filtration Technologies)

Air filters are indispensable in many areas of our lives. They ensure that food and beverages are produced in a hygienically perfect environment, prevent damage and downtime in power plants, and protect data in data centers by reducing corrosion. Filters provide safety and health in everyday life and work. Often, the smallest details make the difference. Experience and expertise are important when it comes to paying closer attention. But who takes care of the filter systems and the operation of the plants? For 25 years, experts from Viledon filterCair have been on-site with customers and developing customized solutions for numerous industries.

A world without filtration is hardly imaginable today. Who would protect us from dangerous dust explosions in production environments? Who ensures hygienically pure air in hospitals, which is essential for the health of hundreds of patients? "With our skilled service technicians, we help make processes safer, more efficient, and better, optimize the energy balance and availability of systems, and reduce operating costs," says Michael Steuer, Regional Manager Viledon filterCair. Air quality management is a comprehensive package consisting of an extensive filter program as well as tailored services and analyses. Experts identify optimization potentials and provide detailed recommendations for maintaining and improving air quality.

Individual service for individual customers

The services are available as modules and can therefore be combined in the most individual way. In industrial coating, for example, there are modules for paint damage analysis or operating resources analysis. In the field of industrial dust extraction, leak tests and workplace analyses are offered, as well as cleanroom classification and hygiene monitoring in the food and beverage sector, along with many other packages.

These modular service solutions can be combined at Viledon filterCair to meet the individual requirements of each customer and industry. The example of a German food manufacturer illustrates this. Due to the wide range of sausage and meat products as well as vegetarian and vegan product lines, the company strictly separates the different product categories — including the air treatment. Quality and hygiene are top priorities throughout the entire production process.

Freudenberg Filtration Technologies has developed a tailored service package to review and continuously improve existing air quality management, streamline processes, and meet strict hygiene requirements. This package includes coordinating filter changes and installations, monitoring intake and recirculation systems, hygiene inspections and controls, on-site technical support, and audit-compliant documentation. Customer satisfaction analyses and energy efficiency consulting are also part of the service. The use of a multi-stage filter system consisting of bag and cassette filters ultimately proved effective. The result: three times longer filter service life, active avoidance of downtime, and long-term energy savings.

In industrial dust extraction, proper filter management is also crucial. Poorly chosen filters can impair the suction performance of a dust extraction system, and inadequate maintenance can even lead to failure — with potentially disastrous consequences. Health-threatening dusts are no longer properly separated, or emission limits are exceeded. This endangers the safety of employees and the environment. Viledon filterCair identifies causes such as the filter material used or cleaning parameters, checks for possible leaks, and designs individual filter concepts.

In collaboration with customers, Viledon filterCair relies on a success recipe: look closely, identify weaknesses, control, and eliminate them before they cause problems. Since its introduction in 1995, the modular air quality management system has been used across various industries. Over 25 years, Freudenberg Filtration Technologies has built up expert knowledge in filter system management, reflected in increasingly advanced analysis and measurement capabilities such as hygiene inspections according to VDI 6022, gravimetric measurements, or water sample analyses according to 42. BImSchV for wet washing in paint shops. This broad expertise has so far helped customers from different industries — from automotive suppliers, machinery, and aircraft manufacturers to hospitals, hotel operators, dairies, and spice producers — achieve their ideal filter concept.