FIBROTEX - A self-cleaning, compact, fully automatic fibrous depth filter designed to eliminate or reduce particulates in water. In response to a requirement for smaller, compact and cheaper filtration equipment, Kalsep has produced the new AX5 model of the Fibrotex filter.
The AX5 can be used on many water sources, including boreholes, rivers and canals thus minimizing the consumption of costly mains water.

Benefits   (back to top)

• Range of element materials provide a variety of performance ratings down
  to 98% removal of 2μm particles
• Compact Footprint
• Low Backwash Volume
• Fully automatic
• WRAS listed materials for potable water

Applications   (back to top)

Major applications include:-

• Iron and Manganese removal from boreholes
• Filtration of potable supplies drawn from non-mains source
  i.e. borehole, river
• Mains water polishing
• Pretreatment prior to Reverse Osmosis
• rotection of disposable membrane cartridge filters
• Filtration of recycled process waters
• Industrial effluent polishing

Comparisons with other filters   (back to top)

The Fibrotex AX5 filter compares favourably with iron removal filters, sandfilters and cartridge filters both in media replacement and operating cost.
Other benefits include:

• Little or no maintenance
• No issues with media replacement
• Element replacement in under half an hour
• Improved performance over media filters

Specifications   (back to top)