Porvair manufactures first aerospace filters in the USA

Officials from Porvair Filtration Group, a provider of filtration and separation technology, have announced that the company’s production facility in Ashland, Va., is now manufacturing Last Chance Filters for the aerospace industry. In order to cope with increased demand, Porvair Filtration Group has invested into the Ashland manufacturing facility and increased its capabilities to provide a reliable source of high quality products for the aerospace industry. Increased competences include resistance welding, fusion welding, and the ability to meet stringent aerospace standards. 

 

Effective filtration within aircraft and military equipment is vital to ensure that all systems are free from contaminants and to guarantee safety, long service life, reliability and cost effective operation in the most demanding situations. Aircraft fluid systems require last chance filters and screens to provide critical point-of-use protection for contamination sensitive components, performing a complimentary role to main system filters. These are designed to remove and retain contamination such as machining chips, burrs, wear debris, and fluid breakdown products induced during operation or built in downstream of the main system filters. To provide maximum protection, these filters are tailored specifically to the system’s operating and environmental conditions. These filters are designed to interface with customer units and are supplied as discs, unions or bolts and can also be integrated into other components such as valves.

 

Working closely in collaboration with aerospace customers, Porvair offers development, design, certification, and project management expertise including supply chain management, component assembly, testing to customer specifications on products including filter assemblies, filter cartridges, contamination level indicators, non-return valves, pressure relief valves, and special strainers. 

 

Porvair Filtration Group is certified to AS9100 Rev C and ISO9001 EASA Part 21 Subpart G Enabling Issue of EASA Form 1 aerospace quality standards. In addition to its project-focused activity, Porvair has a program of continuous improvement using a structured approach as defined by the Aerospace Defence Security (ADS) SC21 program.