UFI Filters’ Karl Ridings, Sales Director UK & Ireland – Aftermarket, runs through FormulaUFI, the brand that embodies the secrets of the company’s filtration.
UFI Filters has over 20 years of experience in the production of filter media. The company has attributed FormulaUFI as the brand name that encompasses all of its filtration expertise, as well as to the filter materials that have been selected and developed in the UFI Innovation Centres worldwide. The brand consists of a number of different material formulas, all produced in-house by UFI, to meet the needs of automotive manufacturers. These formulae can be customised according to the specifications of the individual application, whether cars, or heavy duty or industrial vehicles, and cover the entire filtration range – fuel, air, oil, cabin and hydraulics.
FormulaUFI.EXTREME
This is the filter media capable of extreme performance, even under the most difficult conditions. It consists of synthetic-based filter material produced using a meltblown process, with the efficiency determined by the distribution and size of the fibres themselves.
FormulaUFI.EXTREME guarantees a filtration efficiency of over 99.5% for fuel filtration and is compatible with biodiesels. It can also be used for oil filters, where it reduces pressure losses, and air filters, delivering better filtration in a limited amount of space, and a longer filter life.
FormulaUFI.STRATIFLEX
The most revolutionary formula developed by UFI Filters is a stratified combination of various materials such as cellulose, glass fibre and hydrophobic fabrics. When combined with the meltblown fabric used in FormulaUFI.EXTREME, StratiFlex is the most efficient media for separating water from diesel fuel. On top of this, it offers the best performance and less frequent replacement for oil filtration.
FormulaUFI.MICRON
MICRON consists of glass fibres and is sometimes combined with other synthetic fibres to offer filtration capacity for the smallest of particles. Applied to oil filters, it offers optimum efficiency by reducing particulate matter in the oil caused by the friction of engine parts. This prevents clogging of the filter, making servicing less frequent and reducing pressure drops in the lubrication system. It can also be applied to blow-by filters, thanks to the oleophobic material which makes it resistant to acidic blow-by gas environments.
FormulaUFI.WEB
This filter consists of a wire mesh which blocks impurities. This steel wire mesh is solid and resistant, and is compatible with high temperature fluids. It guarantees low pressure drops for high flow rates, and is therefore suitable for even the most extreme conditions.
FormulaUFI.H2O
Thanks to the cellulose fibre base of this filter material being combined with synthetic or glass fibres, it has a high water separation capacity. It can offer a filtration efficiency of up to 99.5% at 4 microns, and when combined with other materials, such as meltblown, it offers the best filtration capacity.
FormulaUFI.CELL
The basic formula for filtration comes directly from nature. This material is made of cellulose combined with synthetic or glass fibres, and it offers high filtration performance for both oil and petrol filters, as well as air, where it has good flame-retardant properties.
Years in the making
On UFI Filters’ filtration formulas, Rinaldo Facchini, CEO of the company, had this to say: “For 50 years, UFI Filters has been making filtration history with its breakthrough products and filter media. It started off with engine air and diesel oil filtration, and is now one of the only companies in Europe able to produce and supply complete filtration systems for both conventional and hybrid engines, including filter media and heat exchangers. Our ‘FormulaUFI’ expertise can be personalised to meet the technical specifications required by OE, and ‘FormulaUFI’ filtration is also at the heart of the products which are available in our aftermarket catalogue.”
