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The Accordion is the better baffle for liquid spray finishing.  With >98-99% arrestance efficiency and more than 3x the holding capacity of other filter media, The Accordion paint baffle is the economical choice for long filter life and high volume overspray collection.  The Accordion is available in a single stage Standard Series and a two-stage Poly-Back Series.

Standard Baffle Series

The Accordion Standard Baffle

Standard Baffle Series

The Standard Baffle is best used with slow drying coatings such as high solid enamels, epoxies, asphalts, varnish and other tacky-dry coatings with large particle size characteristics.

PRESSURE DROP
0.05 inch wc (12 pa) @ 100 fpm (0.50 m/s)
0.12 inch wc (30 pa) @ 150 fpm (0.75 m/s)
0.22 inch wc (55 pa) @ 200 fpm (1.00 m/s)

RECOMMENDED AIR VELOCITY
49-197 fpm (0.25-1.00 m/s), subject to spray operation

RECOMMENDED MAXIMUM PRESSURE DROP
0.5 to >1 inch wc (128 to >256 pa), subject to fan motor

PAINT ARRESTANCE:  > 98%
HOLDING CAPACITY:  > 6.0 lbs/20″ pad filter (2.39 lbs/sf or 11.67 kg/m2)

PART NUMBERS
20S, 25S, 36S, 1mS

Poly-Back Baffle Series

PRESSURE DROP
0.10 inch wc (25 pa) @ 100 fpm (0.50 m/s)
0.15 inch wc (37 pa) @ 150 fpm (0.75 m/s)
0.25 inch wc (62 pa) @ 200 fpm (1.00 m/s)

RECOMMENDED AIR VELOCITY
49-197 fpm (0.25-1.00 m/s), subject to spray operation

RECOMMENDED MAXIMUM PRESSURE DROP
0.5 to >1 inch wc (128 to >256 pa), subject to fan motor

PAINT ARRESTANCE:  > 99%
HOLDING CAPACITY:  > 6.5 lbs/20″ pad filter (2.42 lbs/sf or 11.82 kg/m2)

PART NUMBERS
20P, 25P, 36P, 1mP

The Accordion Poly-back Series

Poly-Back Baffle Series

The Poly-Back Baffle is best used with liquid coatings such as enamels, primers, urethanes and other flash-dry coatings with fine particle size characteristics.

Custom Sizes

The Accordion paint baffle is available in four standard sizes and any number of custom sizes.  Fit your hard to size flat-line machine or old Binks booth with a custom Accordion filter.

Measure the exhaust frame opening from inside the channel.  Measure the width (or height) and length of the opening. Send your “actual” measurement and we will reply with your custom part number and description.

ACCORDION FILTERS are used in spray finishing booths the world over.

THE INVENTION

“Accordion-style, pleated paper” overspray collection filters were the brainstorm of inventor Erhard Andreae some fifty years ago.  Erhard sold his invention to a booth manufacturer who, in turn, was purchased by Binks.  At that time, Binks was the number one booth manufacturer in the world.  Their acquisition put Andreae Filters in spray booths worldwide.   

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

As patents expired, other manufacturers began to produce accordion-style paint arrestors.  Some redesigned the filter to change the backing and others redesigned the machine to handle varying widths.  But when Andreae Team decided to close the US factory and move to Canada in 2016, AFX took the opportunity to redesign the machine to build a better baffle.

THE FUTURE

AFX Manufacturing is proud to join only a handful of manufacturers to produce accordion-style spray booth exhaust filters.  The Accordion paint baffle is now produced by the first and only American owned and operated manufacturer of accordion filters.

 

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