Glossary

Candle filter: Type of filter for liquid filtration
Carcinogen: Carcinogenic or cancer-causing
Carpet beating effect: Repulse of the filter medium with deposited filter cake from the supporting cage to the filter media diameter
Cartridge filter element: Folded (pleated) filter media
Cartridge filter plant: Filter plant with cartridge filter elements
Central dedusting: Dedusting of several dust sources
Central exhaust system: Connection of several exhaust points via a pipe network and exhaust by a single filter plant.
Centrifugal separator: Plant for separating heavy elements out of a gas.
Ceramic filter: Filter elements made of ceramic materials
CFR: Code of Federal Regulations
Change collar: Part of the sack changing system
Changing sack: Plastic sack for changing filter sack or dust discharge sack.
Channel filter: Filter unit without cleaning integreated in a channel
CIP: Cleaning in place
Circulating-air cleaning: cf. air return
Clamping device: Fastening system for filter media
Clean gas: dedusted gas (air)
Clean gas chamber: cf. filter head
Clean gas concentration: cf. residual dust concentration
Clean gas flap: Shutoff valve
Clean gas side: Components behind the filter medium of first filter stage
Cleaning: Removal of the periodically depositing filter cake
Cleaning control: Control of filter cleaning
Cleaning cycle: Regular process of cleaning
Cleaning pressure: Level of compressed air pressure
Clogging: Irreversibel clogging of filter media
Cloth filter: Term used in liquid filtration
CLP directive: Classification, Labelling and Packaging
CMR substances: Substances meets the criteria for classification as carcinogenic, mutagenic, and toxic for reproduction
CMT substances: carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic substances
Coanda nozzle: Injector system
Coarse dust: Particle size >10 µm
Coarse dust filter: Filter of filter classes G1 to G4
Cohesion / cohesive: Binding power between the atoms and molecules within a substance, acting on both these substances
Commissioning: First-time intended use of a mashine / plant
Compact filter: Type of filter
Compressed air consumption: Total consumption of compressed air for filter plants with continuous operating.
Containment: Enclosure
Containment test dusts: Reference dusts for testing a filter plant used for containment processes.
Contamination: Contamination of products, mashines, premises or people
Continuous Liner System: Endless liner system at the dust discharge
Continuous operation: Kind of operation of the filtration process
Corrosion: Wear by chemical reaction
Cross-contamination: The directly or indirectly unwanted transmission of contaminations on an item.
Cross-contamination: Spreading of active substances
Cyclone: cf. Centrifugal separator
Cyclone filter: Round filter plant