Qualitative and quantitative cellulose filter paper is available in a wide range of grades to meet different separation applications.
Qualitative Cellulose Filters
Qualitative cellulose filter papers perform separation by entrapping particulate within the random matrix of cellulose fibers within the depth of the media. This media is widely used in methods requiring the determination and identification of particulate in both liquids and gas. Also this natural fiber filter paper is commonly used to clarify liquid samples.
Also available in fluted grades, which are easier to use and more convenient than flat filters when used in a filter funnel. This format reduces your preparation time due to its sharply creased prefolded pattern. Widely used for general laboratory separation and clarification applications as well as for soil analysis methods.
CFP4: The fastest flow rate demonstrated by any of the qualitative cellulose filter media’s resulting in a low retention rate of approximately 25µm. Very commonly used as the first media in a multi-stage filtration process. Ideally suited for use in organic extractions and biological fluid separation processes. Often specified in air monitoring applications where the entrapment of fine particulate is not required.
Note: for all International Orders, the buyer will be solely responsible for the customs clearance, duty, and taxes imposed on the package.
Material Specs:
- Filter Media: Nomenclature is serialized and no indication of grade or quality.
- Furnish: The raw materials used in the manufacture of the wet laid product.
- Ash content: Dry method, determined in exposure at 900ºC in muffle furnace.
- Retention: Nominal retention of particulate at 98% efficiency in liquid.
- Flow: Liquid flow rate speed relative to other comparable products listed in this product alignment.
- Basis weight: Nominal weight of material per meter2 indicated “gram weight” unit of measure at 8% moisture.
- Thickness: As measured under 4 psi using TAPPI method T411
- Flat/Fluted: Flat stock is supplied as sheets, rolls or die cut parts. Fluted is 1/4 or 1/2 quadrant funnel folding.
- Surface: Stated as relative to comparable products listed in this product alignment.
- Brightness: Stated as relative to comparable products listed in this product alignment.
Qualitative Cellulose Grades
Filter Media |
Retention |
Flow |
Ash Content (%) |
Basis Weight (g/m2) |
Thickness (mm) |
CFP1 |
11µm |
Medium |
0.05 |
86 |
0.200 |
CFP2 |
8µm |
Medium-Slow |
0.05 |
101 |
0.170 |
CFP3 |
6µm |
Slow |
0.05 |
190 |
0.320 |
CFP4 |
25µm |
Fast |
0.05 |
94 |
0.210 |
CFP5 |
2.5µm |
Slow |
0.05 |
97 |
0.195 |
CFP6 |
3-4µm |
Slow |
0.22 |
103 |
0.177 |
Capabilities
Tremont offers an impressive list of manufacturing capabilities and expertise in glass microfiber and cellulose filter media. We leverage a longstanding and contractual relationship between several mills to put 6 papermaking machines and formers into production. With this enormous capacity at our disposal, we are able to take a project from lab bench through pilot scale and ultimately full production with ease.
Our partner mill output exceeds 120 grade variants manufactured in the USA and internationally. With chemists and scientists of several disciplines, experienced papermakers, the finest controls-on-machine plus a rigorous QA protocol, it is not often a project challenge is beyond our capability.
Paper making capabilities:
- Paper making machines in flat bed, slant bed, high speed fourdrinier and rotary forming styles.
- Furnish capabilities of: glass blends, cotton cellulose, soft wood, cotton/wood pulp, synthetics
- Various levels of water filtration, including R.O. for superior purity in analytical and diagnostic applications.
- Web widths from 24 inch (60.9cm) to 72 inch (182.8cm).
- Basis weights from 8lb to 138lb @ 3000ft2 (13g/m2 to 225g/m2).
- Binder free, Binder burn off, Acrylic, PVA and hybrid chemistries.
- Gantry mounted traversing densitometry as well as most other high-resolution verification sensors.
- Static pressure, mixed and multi-stage head boxes.
- Binderless, mixed box, spray on and pulper-saturation style binder introduction.
- Single and multi-stage vacuum boxes.
- Several screen variants for very high consistency formation.
- Wet stream or dry deckle trim.
- Unique end of machine board cut-off capability for very high density, high basis weight celluloses.
- FDA grade manufacturing capabilities.
- Lot selection, furnish verification and supply chain assurance.
- Cotton batch traceability "to farm" with unique commodity procurement services.
Converting capabilities:
After the papermaking process is complete, our experienced converting staff brings your project from large master rolls down to narrow reels or sheets with ease. Sheeting, die cutting and other unique converting operations are performed at our Hawthorne, NJ facility under our strict ISO production environments.
- High speed rotary knife sheeting (+/- 0.03125 inch).
- Low speed, multi roll CNC sheeting (+/- 0.03125 inch).
- Low tensile strength sheeting capabilities handling the most challenging binderless glass grades to 60 inch web width.
- Vacuum stack counting with laser verification and tab insertion minimum 5 sheet count.
- Narrow roll slitting down to 1/4inch web width even in low tensile glass microfiber.
- Shaftless rewind with core ID's down to 1/2inch ID.
- Die cutting in manual, semi-automatic and automatic repeating modes. Slow speed, platen, clicker, c-frame, fixed tool and bottom-up presses.
- Tonnage from 1 to 140ton in hydraulic and mechanical types.
- Narrow web <5.125 inch (13cm) rotary die cutting with unique "zero-tensile" capabilities, inline micro perforation and rotary parts cut-off. Vacuum in-field parts removal.
- Programmable guillotine cutters from 30 to 44 inch (76.2cm – 111.76cm) width.
- Spreading table station for woven fabrics fabrication.
- Hole drilling, slotting and complex notching.
- Heat treating processes ranging from low temp, long exposure to flash and 1100°C muffle furnace treatments.
- Laminating via heat set, single and dual surface in web widths of 60 inch.