fibres 304
foams 295
membranes 336, 338
silicon carbide 187,283,299-300
silicon nitride 187,283
silk 35, 37
silver 205,230,325,338,357
singeing 64, 87, 97
single-pass tests 472, 473-4, 475
sintered glass fibre 261
sintered metals 5,188, 2 70-80,
382,384
composites 2 70
costs 19
dirt-holdingcapacity 29,270
membranes 32 7, 335-6, 338,
340, 354
permeability 2 70, 455-6
properties 13, 21, 26, 2 7
selection guide 2 70, 2 71
wire meshes 214-22, 2 70, 2 77-
80,340
sinteredplastics 230,262-3,295
sintering process 133, 183, 261
Sintermaticfilters 183
sleeves 368, seealso bag house filters
slip-casting 336-7
slurry processing 251
SMS media 102-3
Solka-Floc 414, 421, 426,450
SoloFlo 102
solute rejection 342,486,491-3
solvent casting 325,333-5
solvent resistance 41, 325-6,343
Solvex 328
spinel foams 299-300
spinnerets 57, 96, 97, 98,334,
397,398
spinning processes 56,170,334,
see also spun media
SpinTekFiltration Systems 319
spiral coilribbon elements 403
spiralwound membranes 315,
316,321,345-6,348,357
split-film yarns 37, 58-9
spool-wound cartridges 388-93
Editorial Index
545
spun media
composites 102-4
electrospinning 102
flash spinning 98-102
melt spinning 163-5,392
papers 122,134
spunbonded media 19, 96, 97,
105,108,385
spunbondedsupportlayers 78,
103,163. 189
square mesh 26,204,230
SSL range 242-3
stabilization of beers and
wines 137,139
stabilization of woven fabrics 63
stacks see disc-stacks; ring stacks
Standard Filter Corporation 494
standards 497-504
air filters 154-7, seealso
ASHRAE; CEN; EUROVENT
granular materials 434
staple fabrics 19, 67
staple fibres 36
staple yarns 36, 37, 55-6.67
Star-Bags 371
static charge 16-17, 92-3. 170,
see also antistatic fabrics
stationary filters 7
steel
galvanized 223
thread 78
tinned 207, 395
for woven wire cloth 202,204,
207-10
steel, stainless 191,192
barscreens 250
cartridges 376. 384,395,403
fibres 93,134
laser-cut sheets 241-2
membranes 325,340, 352-4
sintered 19, 29.134, 2 70, 2 71-
4,276-7,384
webs 267-70
wedge wire 245, 250
woven wire meshes 203,207-
10.222,223