The worldwide success of the MAHLE automatic filter program is based on broad know-how and the intensive development of innovative product systems. MAHLE automatic filters optimize production processes and work extremely efficiently. They can be used without interruption in many industrial areas, which include machine and plant construction, the automobile industry, marine applications and extraction technology as well as different areas in the chemical, paint and foodstuff industries.

Non-stop operation with MAHLE automatic filters
To remain competitive, companies must use every potential to raise their productivity. For this reason, production processes are being increasingly automated. The capacity of machine and plant should be utilized completely. They can run in 24-hour operation only if certain requirements are fulfilled. To be able to comply with the high quality requirements on the workpieces to be manufactured, working fluids must be treated and regenerated. Product media must satisfy the requirements exactly and high safety requirements on plants and processes must be maintained. Furthermore, maintenance and disposal activities must not interfere with plant operation or interrupt it. The filtering of liquids, pastes and similar materials with automatic filter systems is therefore becoming increasingly popular in industry because it enables economic operation without downtimes. MAHLE automatic filters have captured further areas of application through the advantage of rational non-stop operation with automatic cleaning processes which eliminate the need for further disposal activities.

MAHLE automatic filters are used with:

• Cooling lubricants for metal cutting operations as well as sheet metal shaping,
• Marine consumables such as engine oil and fuel,
• Washing fluids for industrial parts and vehicles,
• The manufacturing and processing of grease, oil, pastes or adhesives,
• Other fluids or products such as miscella, water, chocolate, dough and fruit pulp.

Innovative solutions for vario demands
The success of the MAHLE automatic filter program is based on decades of experience in industrial filtration, early recognition of market requirements and consistent implementation of innovative ideas in reliable and economic solutions tailored to suit the needs of the market. Continuous further development and new developments are targeted to meet the differentiated requirements of industry while new areas of application are discovered over and again.

Patent-protected, innovative MAHLE automatic filters cover the widest range of needs optimally. Inline pressure filters which can be cleaned during operation have none of the extra maintenance and disposal requirements which are necessary with consumable filter materials. The cleaning systems and filter materials used in the compact filters enable their use in a full range of filter applications from particulate through to coarse filtration and homogenization.

Different cleaning systems, filter materials and the possibility to combine them make it possible to adapt the compact MAHLE automatic filters flexibly to filtration needs. For this reason, MAHLE automatic filters always offer an optimum solution for the filtration of widely different materials under extremely different conditions.

The right filter for every application
The selection of the most suitable filter type depends upon the operating parameters. The filter size as well as the filtration and cleaning behavior of the suspensions are evaluated as a function of viscosity and characteristics as the size, appearance and concentration of the particles or materials to be dealt with. If reliable evaluation data are not available, pilot tests can be performed with test filters in practice to convince the customer himself of their suitability.

An applications laboratory with the best of equipment is available for basic tests, volume flow measurements, sample examinations and grain size analyses as well as pressure and tightness tests.

The continuous development of filter systems and manufacturing technologies guarantee technically and economically optimum products of the highest quality.

MAHLE automatic filters offer convincing filtration solutions for machine and plant manufacturers as well as the widest range of production operations.