3M™ Betafine™ XL Series Filter Cartridge
About the product
3M™ Betafine™ XL Series Filter Cartridges are single-layer, absolute-rated, polypropylene pleated filter cartridges ideal for food, beverage and industrial applications. The staggered Advanced Pleat Technology (APT) design increases the filter’s usable filtration surface area, enhancing its dirt-holding capacity and service life while reducing flow restrictions and long-term costs.
Product Details
All-polypropylene absolute-rated design and APT for greater contaminant removal.
3M™ Betafine™ XL Series Filter Cartridge
- Advanced Pleat Technology (APT) construction provides an extremely high surface area with low initial pressure drop, resulting in a longer filter life
- Faster per-filter flow rates and greater utilized surface area compared to a conventional depth filter
- Absolute-rated (99.9% efficiency at each respective micron rating)
- Reduced Total Filtration Costs - Helps reduce cartridges used, change-out frequency, downtime, product waste, labor and disposal costs
- Consistent filtration performance boosts productivity and plant capacity, helping to reduce quality checks and product rejects and rework
- Available in a variety of micron ratings from 0.2 to 40 um and integral lengths from 9.75” to 40” with a wide selection of end treatments to fit common filter housing designs
Suggested Applications
- Paint & Coatings: Film and paper coatings, photographic film, lens coatings and magnetic media, can coatings, high-quality paints and ink
- Industrial Process: Machine tool lubrication, detergents, process and wastewater, plating baths and chemicals, pulp, paper and textiles
- Electronics: CD and DVD media, printed circuit boards, video displays, DI water
- Food & Beverage: Bottled water particulate and turbidity reduction, reverse osmosis membrane and spray nozzle protection, diatomaceous earth or carbon fines trap, beverage blending, rinsing or wash water
- Petrochemical & Chemical Processing: Clarification of high purity chemicals, organic and inorganic chemical intermediates and various acids and bases, production of petrochemicals from feedstocks and intermediates, solvents, polymer solutions, process water for quench and flushing
Product Specifications
| Industries |
Industries
Bottled water manufacturing, Breweries, Food & beverage manufacturing, Manufacturing |
| Product Form |
Product Form
Cartridge |
| Filter Technology |
Filter Technology
Non-woven |
| Micron Rating (Absolute) |
Micron Rating (Absolute)
1.0000, 0.2000, 0.5000, 5.0000, 10.0000, 2.5000, 20.0000, 40.0000, 70.0000 |
| Product Series |
Product Series
XL |
| Grade |
Grade
XL |
| Brand |
Brand
Betafine™ |
| Overall Length (Imperial) |
Overall Length (Imperial)
30.0000, 20.0000, 10.0000, 40.0000, 9.7500, 29.2500, 19.5000, 39.0000 |
| Overall Diameter (Imperial) |
Overall Diameter (Imperial)
2.6200 |
| Overall Length (Metric) |
Overall Length (Metric)
76.2000, 50.8000, 25.4000, 101.6000, 24.7650, 74.2950, 49.5300, 99.0600 |
| Product Type |
Product Type
Pleated Polypropylene Media |
| Overall Diameter (Metric) |
Overall Diameter (Metric)
6.6500 |
| End Modification |
End Modification
Double Open End, 226 O-ring & Spear, No Reinforcing Ring, 222 O-ring & Flat Cap, No Reinforcing Ring, 226 O-ring & Spear, Stainless Steel Ring, 222 O-ring & Spear, No Reinforcing Ring, 226 O-ring & Spear, Polysulfone Ring, 222 O-ring & Flat Cap, Polysulfone Ring, 222 O-ring & Spear, Stainless Steel Ring, 222 O-ring & Flat Cap, Stainless Steel Ring, SOE w/Stainless Steel Spring, 222 O-ring & Spear, Polysulfone Ring, Double Open End (DOE), Single Open End w/Stainless Steel Spring |
| Filter Type |
Filter Type
Surface |
| Application |
Application
Prefiltration |
