
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