What a β-ratio of 200 actually means for a hydraulic filter
A filter rated "10 µm" tells you almost nothing. The β-ratio tells you how much of a given particle size is actually removed —…
Technical insights
Filtration selection notes
Short, practical articles on element selection, β-ratio testing and interchange — written from the specifications we work with every day.
How to send a competitor part number so it can be quoted the same day
Interchange requests fail for predictable reasons: a truncated part number, a missing micron code, or no indication of the medium. Here is what our…
Suction strainer or return filter: which one is protecting your pump?
Suction strainers and return-line filters look similar in a catalogue and do completely different jobs. Mixing them up is one of the most common…