Corteco, a subsidiary of Freudenberg Filtration Technologies, says its filters already provide vehicle occupants with excellent protection. With the development of the micronAir blue cabin air filter, however, it claims the part will further increase health and safety for those in the cabin.
More than every second new car is fitted with a Freudenberg original cabin air filter. As a subsidiary of the Freudenberg Group, Corteco said it offers the largest range of cabin air filters in Europe with around 900 different references.
Defence against viral and microbial aerosols
micronAir blue cabin air filters provide active protection by reducing the concentration of viral and microbial aerosols. This is achieved by a unique, progressive multi-layer design that effectively filters, captures and suppresses harmful environmental gases, as well as inorganic and biological particles and aerosols.
Corteco said the fine particle filtration layers in the micronAir blue filters offer protection against virus transmission and, demonstrably, separate not only droplets but also critical viral aerosols.
Comprehensively tested
The first two layers of the micronAir blue filter can trap approximately 90% of viral aerosols. Corteco said this has been conclusively proven by a comprehensive series of tests at an independent facility, specialised in microbiological analysis. In addition, the fourth bio-functional layer inactivates collected viral contaminants, thus, suppressing the release of active viruses back into the cabin air.
Corteco reported that the high particulate and viral aerosol filtration performance will significantly reduce the concentration of airborne viral aerosols. This way, micronAir blue cabin air filters make a “substantial contribution” to minimising the risk of virus transmission inside vehicles.
