Culinary Steam Filters

Why You Need Culinary Steam?

Culinary Steam filters are an essential part of any processing facility. They will help protect equipment and process filters from damage. They can remove debris and scale that are present in steam lines and systems. By ensuring quality steam, you can reduce your downtime and increase your processing efficiency.

Culinary rated Steam Filters are filters remove 95% of particulates 2 microns or lager. Rest assured with Micropure absolute rated filter media that you will be removing 99+% of particulates at your chosen micron level. Micropure offers media in 1, 2, 3, and 5 micron ratings to fit your exact requirement. By using a Micropure Steam filter, your steam used in mixing, agitating or cooking will be free from contaminates that could possibly spoil the appearance, smell, or taste of your final product.

A Stainless Steel housing and a segmented element design support the filter media. This design helps maintain its integrity and absolute rating under conditions that cause conventional sintered media to disintegrate and lose effectiveness. Micropure Filter media can be easily cleaned or back flushed in place removing the need for acid cleaning or frequent disposals. Our segmented design allows you to only have to replace the filter media instead or having to replace the entire element. This will offer you a substantial cost savings compared to a typical sintered or pleated element.


The illustration depicts how Micropure Filter media offers a superior solution to the standard competitor cartridge. Our media will trap contaminants and keeps them on the surface making cleaning and regeneration simple, easy and effective. The competitor’s filter element will absorb the contaminants. This makes cleaning elements difficult and regeneration will not remove all of the particles absorbed by the filter element. Once Regeneration is complete, the element will not be able to maintain its original micron or PSID rating.

MICROPURE has the Culinary Steam filter size you need from 10 lbs/hr to 16,500 lb/hr (at 100 psi, 3 um grade). If your application pressure, temperature or steam flow rate changes, you can often keep the same housing. By changing the media porosity or the number of segmented filter discs you can meet your new requirements. With MICROPURE, culinary steam filtration is simple, effective and cost efficient.


If you have a small application or a small budget the Culinary Mini Filter Series might be the solution to your filtration needs. The segmented element design, great quality and exceptional features at a lower cost to you.

Culinary Steam Filter

Steam Filter

Head Plate

Filter Media

Segment with Inside Openings

Segment with Outside Openings

End Plate

The patented segmented construction of MICROPURE filters offers significant advantages over conventional cartridge filters.
Steam flows into the openings on the outside of each segment disc and passes through the filter and into an adjacent disc.
Filtered steam exits through the opening at the center of the cartridge, free from contaminants that can affect the quality of your product.

How MicroPure Culinary Steam Filters do it Better?

Convenience

  • Sterilization or Regeneration can be done in place without loss of effectiveness or absolute micron rating.
  • Media rated for 150 cleanings and has been validated by internationally recognized food lab.
  • Micropure filters can also be sterilized using autoclave, hydrogen peroxide, or a variety of sanitizing agents.*
  • Media Replacement is short, simple and easy process.
  • Simple, on-site visual inspection of individual filter media.
  • Media is easily removable for laboratory analysis or culture.

System Security

  • Woven stainless steel media with absolute micron retention
  • Media available in sizes 1,2,3,5 micron. For other micron sizes, check out our steam filters page.
  • Each piece of filter media works independently allowing for maximum filtering capability and extremely low PSID.
  • A stainless steel rod and compression spring provides continued support upstream and downstream of the filter media.
  • The design of Micropure Segmented Filters has been subjected to extensive testing in Europe and the United States.

Unlimited Reusability

  • Stainless Steel segmented discs, which will outlast the conventional cartridge style filters.
  • Since each filter media disc acts independently, Micropure Filters can be adapted to changes in pressure or flow rate requirements.

Application Versatility

  • The element height and diameter are determined by your application giving each application an individualized fit.
  • Unlike conventional cartridge filters, Micropure’s segmented filters can handle bi-directional flow.
  • Filters allow higher flow rates than conventional cartridge filters while maintaining submicron bacterial efficiency.**
  • High Temperature Tolerance

Steam Filter Convenience

  • Micropure filters can be steam sterilized in place up to 150 times with no loss of filtering effectiveness as validated by an internationally recognized food laboratory.
  • Micropure filters can also be sterilized using Backflush, autoclave or any chemical safe to use on stainless steel.
  • Media Replacement is simple and easy.
  • Simple, on-site visual inspection of individual filter media
  • Media is easily removable for laboratory analysis or culture.

Economical Steam Filter

No other filter offers this combination of features:

  • Media exchange to meet new requirements possible because of segmented design
  • Filter available in multiple micron sizes and 4 element diameters for excellent versatility.
  • Meets all Culinary Steam Standards
  • Housing and segmented discs have 5 year warranties
  • Bi-directional flow possible in all filters
  • Unlimited Reusability possible because of the high quality materials and extreme tolerances to pressure and temperature
  • Easy to design into any process system

Technical Information

Flow Rate Information for Steam Filter

Steam Flow Rate @ 100 psi & 3 Micron Absolute
Filter Type(lb/hr)Pipe Size
Available** (Inch)
Pipe Connection Available*Filter
Weight (lbs)
PDF-0602750.5,1FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange8
PDF-06041500.5,1FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange9
PDF-06062250.5,1FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange10
PDF-08023001,1.5,2FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange14
PDF-08046001,1.5,2FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange15
PDF-08068251,1.5,2FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange15
PDF-08089751,1.5,2FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange16
PDF-08101,2001,1.5,2FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange16
PDF-08121,3751,1.5,2FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange18
PDF-10081,5002,2.5,3FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange30
PDF-10101,7252,2.5,3FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange30
PDF-10122,2502,2.5,3FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange31
PDF-10142,4752,2.5,3FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange32
PDF-14083,0002,3,4FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange44
PDF-14103,7502,3,4FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange45
PDF-14124,5002,3,4FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange48
PDF-14145,2502,3,4FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange50
PDF-14166,0002,3,4FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange54
PDF-14186,7502,3,4FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange56
PDF-14207,5002,3,4FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange58
PDF-14269,7502,3,4FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange62
PDF-143212,0002,3,4FNPT, Tri-Clamp, Flange65

*Other Pipe Connections available upon Request

**Standard pipe sizes for filters. In-between or larger connections available

Looking for a steam filter with a different pressure or micron level? Contact the sales and engineering department at Micropure Filtration for sizing.

Looking for a steam filter with a High Flow rate? Contact the sales and engineering department about our multi-element High Flow Steam filters.

Check out this case study about our latest Multi-round Steam Filter Project.

Dimensional Chart

Filter TypeA
(in)
B
(in)
C
(in)
D
(in)
Filter Weight
(lbs)
PDF-06026.59.5123.158
PDF-06046.59.5123.159
PDF-06066.59.5123.1510
PDF-06086.59.5123.1512
PDF-08028.511.515.5414
PDF-08048.511.515.5415
PDF-08068.511.515.5415
PDF-08088.511.515.5416
PDF-08108.511.515.5416
PDF-08128.511.515.5418
PDF-10081315.520.5530
PDF-10101315.520.5530
PDF-10121315.520.5531
PDF-10141315.520.5532
PDF-1408132633.5644
PDF-1410132633.5645
PDF-1412132633.5648
PDF-1414132633.5650
PDF-1416132633.5654
PDF-1418132633.5656
PDF-1420132633.5658
PDF-1426132633.5662
PDF-1432132633.5665

Steam Filter Technical Data

Technical Data
Maximum Operating Pressure232 psig16 bar
Maximum Differential Pressure75   psid5.2 bar
Maximum Reverse Pressure75   psid5.2 bar
Pore Sizes1,2,3,5 (Other sizes available upon request)
Material of Construction:
Housing304 SS
Segmented Filter Discs304 SS
Filter Media304 SS
O-RingsEPDM

Steam Filter Warranty

Micropure Filtration, Inc. provides a five year limited warranty on all parts except O-rings and media. A one year warranty on filter media is based on periodic backflushing to prevent overloading. These warranties extend only to components purchased from Micropure or a certified Micropure Filtration Vendor.

Culinary Steam Standards

3A Accepted Practices for a Method of Producing Steam of Culinary Quality requires 95 % particulate filtration to 2 microns and larger (Reference No. 609-00;D.2).

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