Bag Filter Housings

Bag Filter Housings

Amafilter® offer a wide range of bag filter housings. Bag filter housings are an easy to use and cost effective product for the filtration of liquids containing higher concentrations of coarse solids. They are particularly beneficial when handling batches of various liquids. Amafilter® bag filter housings can be used as end-filtration or for the polishing of liquids with extremely low concentrations of solids.

Custom Bag Filter Housings

Amafilter® offer customised single and multi bag filter housings to suit specific applications for higher temperatures, higher pressures or different housing materials.

Single Bag Filter Housings

AFE Bag Filter Housings

Suitable for edible oil applications

Amafilter® AFE bag filter housings are commonly used during several filtration process steps in edible oil applications. The AFE bag filter housings are excellent as safety filtration, after bleaching or as polishing filtration of edible oil.

  • Max. temperature: 120 °C
  • Easy to use, maximum sealing and accessibility
  • Robust stainless steel support basket for low flow resistance
  • Maximum utilisation of entire surface area
  • Slightly conical support basket for easy filter bag removal
  • Perfect sealing between unfiltered liquid and filtered liquid is achieved by a bag retainer
  • Liquid displacement cover: no liquid runs over the side when opening the filter
  • Liquid displacer units are available to reduce the liquid volume inside the filter bags

AFB Bag Filter Housings

Suitable for water applications

Amafilter® AFB bag filter housings are suitable for water processes and non-hazardous liquids and conform to PED2014/68EU article 4, paragraph 3.



  • Max. temperature: 90 ºC
  • Easy to use, maximum sealing and accesibility
  • Robust stainless steel support basket for low flow resistance
  • Maximum utilisation of entire surface area
  • Slightly conical support basket for easy filter bag removal
  • Perfect sealing between unfiltered liquid and filtered liquid is achieved by a bag retainer
  • Liquid displacement cover: no liquid runs over the side when opening the filter
  • Liquid displacer units are available to reduce the liquid volume inside the filter bags

AFZ Bag Filter Housings

Suitable for hazardous and non-hazardous liquids applications

The amafilter® AFZ single bag filter housing is suitable for filtering hazardous and non-hazardous liquids and gaseous media as per the PE PED2014/68/EU directive, with a design filter housing according AD2000 Regelwerk.

  • The maximum temperature for the AFZ single bag housings is 150 °C
  • Suitable to filtrate hazardous and non-hazardous liquids and gaseous media as per PED 2014/68/EU directive
  • Easy to use, maximum sealing and accessibility
  • Robust stainless steel support basket for low flow resistance
  • Maximum utilisation of entire surface area
  • Slightly conical support basket for easy filter bag removal
  • Perfect sealing between unfiltered liquid and filtered liquid is achieved by a bag retainer.
  • Liquid displacement cover: no liquid runs over the side when opening the filter
  • Liquid displacer units are available to reduce the liquid volume inside the filter bags

Multi Bag Filter Housings

Amafilter® multi bag filters housings are an easy to use, cost effective product for use in most applications and are ideal where high flow capacities are required. Bag filters are used in the filtration of liquids containing higher concentrations of coarse solids, handling batches of (various) liquids and as end-filtration or polishing of liquids with minor concentrations of solids.

MBF 3-14 Multi bag filter housing

Suitable for hazardous and non-hazardous liquid applications

The amafilter® MBF 8-14 multi bag filter housings range is available for a mininum of 3 up to 14 bags.


  • Easy to use, effective overall sealing and accessibility
  • Suitable to filtrate hazardous and non-hazardous liquid media as per PED 2014/68/EU directive
  • Robust stainless steel support basket for low flow resistance and maximum utilization of entire surface area
  • Slightly conical support basket for easy filter bag removal
  • Perfect sealing between unfiltered liquid and filtered liquid is achieved by a bag retainer. The filter bag seals with a felt-covered Snap-Collar ring or plastic seal which tightly fits into the support basket
  • Liquid displacement cover: no liquid runs over the side when opening the filter
  • Liquid displacer units are available to reduce the liquid volume inside the filter bags

Accessories

Amafilter® supply a wide range of bag positioners and liquid displacers to suit its range of bag filter housings. These accessories improve handling and make it easier to replace filter bags.

Bag positioners

The bag positioner is both a positioning aid as well as a bag support in reverse flow.
It is available for filters AFB/AFZ-90 (size 1 bags) and filters AFB/AFZ-180 (size 2 bags).


  • Produced in stainless steel
  • Easy and correct positioning of the filter bag in the support basket of the housing.
  •  Avoids potential problems caused by incorrect bag mounting
  • Is positioned within the filter during filtration.
  • It will keep the filter bag in its position especially in reverse flow situation, for example in cases of (minor) backflow.

Liquid displacers

The liquid displacers are available for size one and size two bags to fit into all amafilter® bag filter housings.

The liquid displacer reduces dead liquid volume significantly, ensuring minimised product loss.
The liquid displacers are made from stainless steel and designed for 150 °C.

Strainers

Amafilter® offers a range of strainers suitable for a variety of applications.
These elements are often used as coarse filters to screen out larger particles before the fluid passes through a fine filter.

Amafilter® strainer baskets are available for size 1 and size 2 bag filter housings.


Services

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