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216 results about "Particle counter" patented technology

A particle counter is an instrument that detects and counts physical particles.

Multi-variety medicine particle quantitative sorting system

The multi-variety medicine particle quantitative sorting system comprises a medicine box conveying line, a plurality of quantitative sorting units are sequentially arranged above the medicine box conveying line in the conveying direction, each type of quantitative sorting unit is used for quantitatively discharging one type of medicine particles, and all the quantitative sorting units are independently controlled; the quantitative sorting unit comprises a mounting frame, a medicine storage tank, a sorting and discharging device and a medicine receiving tank are mounted on the mounting frame, the medicine storage tank is arranged above the sorting and discharging device and fixed to the mounting frame, and the medicine receiving tank is arranged below the sorting and discharging device and fixed to the mounting frame; according to the quantitative sorting system for the multi-variety medicine particles, the medicine particles in the medicine storage tank can be slowly discharged, a small amount of the medicine particles are sorted and sorted for temporary storage, the temporarily stored medicine particles can be discharged according to the specified number and finally collected into the medicine box through the medicine receiving tank, feedback verification is conducted in combination with the medicine particle counter, and the quantitative sorting efficiency of the medicine particles is improved. And accurate and quantitative discharging of various types of medicine particles is ensured.
Owner:DIANSHI (LUOYANG) INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING CO LTD

Particle counter

The utility model provides a particle counter, and relates to the technical field of lubricating oil detection, in particular to a particle counter body for detecting lubricating oil, which comprises a temperature detector movably arranged on the front side of the particle counter body; the miniature printer is fixedly arranged on the front surface of the particle counter body, and the miniature printer is electrically connected with the temperature detector; the control box body is fixedly arranged at the top of the particle counter body; the clamping assembly is fixedly arranged at the top of the particle counter body, and the clamping assembly is located below the control box body; the detection mechanism is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the control box body; the clamping assembly comprises a fixing rod fixedly arranged on the top of the particle counter body. The device has the advantages that the sample bottle is clamped and mounted, the detection result is printed, the lubricating oil detection efficiency is improved, the operation is simple and convenient, and the like.
Owner:SHANDONG WAN XIANG LUBRICANT TECH CO LTD

Coal mill oil way plate and reversing control device thereof

The invention provides a coal mill oil way plate and a reversing control device thereof, and relates to the technical field of coal mill oil way plates, the coal mill oil way plate comprises a valve block body, a proportional overflow valve, a duplex electromagnetic reversing valve group, a working oil way group, two hydraulic control one-way valve groups, two energy accumulators, a safety overflow valve, an online particle counter and a spiral cooling flow channel. The redundancy design of the duplex electromagnetic directional valve group improves the reliability of the system, so that the system can still be operated when a single valve fails, the hydraulic control one-way valve group realizes mechanical locking of an oil cylinder and can prevent a grinding roller from falling off during power failure, and the energy accumulator is connected with a working oil duct through a connector to absorb pressure impact and compensate leakage, so that the stability of loading pressure is maintained, and the reliability of the system is improved. The on-line particle counter gives an early warning of oil pollution in real time, hydraulic faults can be reduced, the spiral cooling flow channel is matched with the semiconductor temperature control piece to adjust the oil temperature, and the problem of pressure drift caused by oil viscosity fluctuation under high and low temperature working conditions is solved.
Owner:YANTAI POWER PLANT OF HUANENG SHANDONG POWER GENERATION CO LTD

FFU filter screen leakage early warning triggering system and method based on particle counter

PendingCN121762121AImprove operational reliabilityReduce the rate of false positives and false negativesDetection of fluid at leakage pointAlarmsData acquisitionGradient boosting
The invention provides an FFU filter screen leakage early warning triggering system and method based on a particle counter, and relates to the technical field of filter screen leakage early warning, and the system comprises a data collection module which calculates the actual particle concentration change rate based on the collected data of an FFU; the reference curve construction module is used for establishing an associated reference curve of the rotating speed-particle concentration of the FFU motor under multiple particle sizes based on historical normal working condition data; the anomaly recognition module is used for calculating a deviation value between the actual particle concentration change rate and the associated reference curve, and marking leakage to be detected if a preset anomaly judgment standard appears; and the early warning module detects the abnormal score of the leakage to be detected through an isolated forest unsupervised algorithm, outputs the leakage probability in combination with a gradient boosting tree supervised algorithm, and triggers early warning based on the leakage probability. According to the method and the device, the technical problem of relatively low early warning accuracy of the leakage of the FFU filter screen in the prior art can be solved, and the technical effect of improving the early warning accuracy of the leakage of the FFU filter screen is achieved.
Owner:SUZHOU XUNAO ELECTRONIC TECH CO LTD

Offline measurement of honeycomb body filtration efficiency

Apparatus and methods are disclosed which are capable of being used to determine filtration efficiency of a filter body even in a clean state. Methods of determining a filtration efficiency of a filter including forcing an inlet flow comprised of a gas (such as air) flow into the inlet end of the filter at a set flow rate, introducing particles such as smoke particles into the inlet flow, and optically counting the number of particles entering and exiting the filter during a sampling event, such as with diffraction based optical particle counters positioned upstream and downstream of the filter. Preferably the gas flow is a soot-free flow stream which does not load the honeycomb filter body with contaminants that need to be removed or burned out. The filter body can thus remain in an essentially clean state even after testing its filtration efficiency.
Owner:CORNING INC

Method for testing dynamic granularity of valve

The invention discloses a method for testing dynamic granularity of a valve, and belongs to the technical field of ultra-pure fluid systems. According to the method, through components such as an air inlet pressure regulating valve, a pressure gauge, a high-pressure controller, a particle counter, a main channel and a test channel, accurate monitoring of dynamic particle pollution of the valve under the actual working condition is achieved; the method comprises the following steps: 1, ensuring that a particle counter works under stable sampling flow through a flow regulation compensation mechanism, and improving the accuracy of measured data; 2, static purging is carried out, initial particle pollution is effectively removed, and a clean basic environment is provided for dynamic testing; step 3, dynamically purging the tested piece by detecting the switching frequency, simulating the actual opening and closing process of the valve, and dynamically evaluating the cleanliness of the tested piece; according to the invention, the limitation of the traditional static test is overcome, the dynamic particle release characteristics of the valve are truly reflected, and a comprehensive and accurate particle size test result is provided for an ultra-pure fluid system.
Owner:SHANGHAI JUKE FLUID CONTROL CO LTD

Dust particle counter

The invention belongs to the technical field of metering detection, and provides a dust particle counter, which comprises a laser light source, a detection cavity, a detection unit and a light absorption assembly, wherein the laser light source and the light absorption assembly are coaxial; an axisymmetric plano-concave reflector group taking the optical axis as a symmetric axis is arranged in the detection cavity; the detection units are arranged on the two sides of the axisymmetric plano-concave reflector group. According to the invention, by utilizing the convergence characteristic of the axisymmetric plano-concave reflector group to light, the peak illuminance in the detection cavity can be effectively improved, so that the intensity of an optical signal scattered by dust particles is enhanced, the optical signal collection efficiency is greatly improved, a detection unit can capture clearer and more accurate optical signals, and the detection accuracy is improved. The powerful guarantee is provided for accurately measuring the quantity and the particle size of dust particles. Meanwhile, the axisymmetric plano-concave reflector group is simple in structure, compared with a complex optical system, the axisymmetric plano-concave reflector group is low in installation and debugging difficulty, and manufacturing and maintenance cost is reduced.
Owner:MICRON VIEW (TIANJIN) TECH CO LTD

Cleaning device for semiconductor and flat panel display processing tools

Technologies related to maintaining and cleaning semiconductor processing chamber components and tools are described. A cleaning device may have a first end forming a nozzle and a second end configured to coupled to a particle counter. A first section of the nozzle is attached to a vacuum. A second section of the nozzle is attached to a first contamination removal mechanism of a plurality of contamination removal mechanisms. A third section of the nozzle is attached to a second contamination removal mechanism of the plurality of contamination removal mechanisms. A selection mechanisms selectively enables one or more of the plurality of contamination removal mechanisms.
Owner:APPLIED MATERIALS INC

High-pressure gas particle counter taking laser diode as light source

The invention discloses a high-pressure gas particle counter taking a laser diode as a light source, which comprises an optical detection unit used for generating laser, dividing the laser into a main light path and an auxiliary light path which are independent, respectively irradiating a main detection area and an auxiliary detection area, receiving a particle scattered light signal and converting the particle scattered light signal into an electric signal; the gas path system is used for selectively conveying to-be-detected high-pressure gas and standard particle gas to the main detection area and the auxiliary detection area; the invention belongs to the technical field of gas particulate matter pollution monitoring, and aims to solve the problem of measurement basis misalignment caused by drifting of output light power of a laser diode along with working time increase and temperature change in the prior art. A set of real-time online dynamic calibration mechanism is constructed; the problem of measurement reference drift caused by factors such as light source aging and temperature drift is effectively solved.
Owner:SHANGHAI LEISHEN OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Particle counting system

A biological particle counting system can include: an impedance particle counter comprising at least one sample aperture; a pump configured to pull particles through the at least one sample aperture of the impedance particle counter for counting, the pump producing a vacuum pressure; and a stepper motor configured to adjust a speed of the pump to substantially maintain the vacuum pressure.
Owner:BECKMAN COULTER INC

Servo electronic counting machine (BPS-D8)

1. Name of the product in this design: Servo Electronic Counting Machine (BPS-D8). 2. Application of this design: This design is a servo electronic particle counter used for counting granular materials. 3. The key design feature of this product is its shape. 4. The image or photograph that best illustrates the design's key points: a 3D model.
Owner:ZHOUSHAN SHARK PHARMA MACHINERY

Inspection apparatus and methods for columnar honeycomb filters

The inspection device (100) for the columnar honeycomb filter (1) includes: a receiving section (10) for receiving the columnar honeycomb filter (1); an inlet pipe (20) and an outlet pipe (30) for gas flow and connected to the receiving section (10); a particle generating section (40) for generating particles; a particle introducing section (50) for introducing particles generated by the particle generating section (40) into the inlet pipe (20); a gas stirring section (60) provided on the upstream side of the inlet pipe (20) in the gas flow direction (X); and a particle counter (70a, 70b) provided on the downstream side of the inlet pipe (20) and the outlet pipe (30) in the gas flow direction (X) for counting the number of particles.
Owner:NGK INSULATORS LTD

Small flow handheld laser dust particle counter (KQ-3001PRO2.83L)

ActiveCN309992951SHand heldEngineering
1. The name of the design product: small flow hand-held laser dust particle counter (KQ-3001PRO2.83L). 2. The use of the design product: the design product can realize the detection of clean room dust particle size and the counting of particle number, can detect 0.2 μm particle number, and is suitable for electronic, semiconductor, liquid crystal panel, micro-nano processing, aerospace, precision machining, new material, scientific research institute and other ultra-clean scenes. 3. The design points of the design product: the overall shape of the product. 4. The picture or photo that can best show the design points: perspective view.
Owner:SUZHOU KANGQI ENVIRONMENTAL TECH CO LTD

New chemical material particle counter capable of rapidly replacing sampling head

The invention discloses a new chemical material particle counter capable of rapidly replacing a sampling head, and relates to the technical field of new material detection, the new chemical material particle counter comprises a particle counter host, the upper side of the particle counter host is provided with a wind speed sensor used for monitoring wind speed, and the particle counter host is internally provided with a driving mechanism; the driving mechanism is connected with the switching mechanism, a sampling head body is mounted on the switching mechanism, and the diameter of the sampling head body is gradually reduced anticlockwise on the switching mechanism. According to the new chemical material particle counter capable of rapidly replacing the sampling head, through single motor driving and cooperation of the driving mechanism and the switching mechanism, full automation of the sampling head replacing process can be achieved, and the sampling head can be replaced only by controlling the motor to rotate by one circle; the complete process of lifting and separating the current sampling head, rotating the turntable by 90 degrees, switching to the next sampling head and the new sampling head, descending and hermetically connecting can be automatically completed, and the replacement efficiency is greatly improved.
Owner:SUIZHOU XINXING NEW MATERIALS CO LTD

Oil granularity automatic detection system

The utility model relates to an oil granularity automatic detection system which comprises a 3axis truss mechanism composed of an X-axis linear module, a Y-axis linear module and a Z-axis linear module, the X-axis linear module is fixed on a metal frame, the Y-axis linear module is connected to the X-axis linear module and moves in the X direction along the X-axis linear module, the Z-axis linear module is connected to the Y-axis linear module and moves in the Y direction along the Y-axis linear module, and the Z-axis linear module is connected to the Y-axis linear module and moves in the Y direction along the Z-axis linear module. A 2D visual module three-finger electric claw is connected to the Z-axis linear module and moves in the Z direction along the Z-axis linear module, the 2D visual module three-finger electric claw is used for grabbing sample bottles from the sample tray, and an automatic particle counter is arranged on the other side of the sample tray and used for detecting the granularity of oil. The X-axis linear module, the Y-axis linear module, the Z-axis linear module, the 2D visual module and a three-finger electric claw are electrically connected with the electric appliance cabinet. The automatic sample feeding device not only can automatically detect, but also can automatically and continuously feed samples, so that manual operation and waiting time are saved, and manpower is liberated.
Owner:SGS CSTC STANDARDS TECH SERVICES (SHANGHAI) CO LTD +1

Personal air quality monitoring system

An airborne, gas, or liquid particle sensor with multiple particle sensor blocks in a single particle counter. Each sensor would sample a portion of the incoming airstream, or possibly a separate airstream. The various counters could be used separately or in concert.
Owner:PARTICLES PLUS INC

Copper powder, and method for manufacturing copper powder

A copper powder containing copper particulates, wherein the copper powder has a number of particles with a particle size of 1.5 μm or more of 10000 or less per 10 ml of a solution, as measured in the solution using an in-liquid particle counter, the solution having a copper ion concentration of 10 g / L and being obtained by dissolving the copper particulates of the copper powder in nitric acid.
Owner:JX ADVANCED METALS CORP

A high pressure gas particle counter with a laser diode as light source

The application discloses a high-pressure gas particle counter with a laser diode as a light source, which comprises an optical detection unit, a gas path system and a standard particle reference system, wherein the optical detection unit is used for generating laser and dividing the laser into two independent light paths, i.e., a main light path and an auxiliary light path, and is used for irradiating a main detection area and an auxiliary detection area respectively and receiving a particle scattering light signal and converting the particle scattering light signal into an electric signal; the gas path system is used for selectively conveying a high-pressure gas to be measured and a standard particle gas to the main detection area and the auxiliary detection area; the application belongs to the technical field of gas particulate pollution monitoring, and aims to solve the problem that the output light power of a laser diode in the prior art will drift with the increase of working time and the change of temperature, thereby causing the measurement reference to be inaccurate, and achieves the technical effect that a real-time online dynamic calibration mechanism is constructed by introducing an auxiliary reference light path and the standard particle reference system, and the problem of the measurement reference drift caused by factors such as light source aging and temperature drift is effectively overcome.
Owner:SHANGHAI LEISHEN OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Modular optical particle counter sensor and apparatus

A modular optical particle counter sensor and apparatus are described that consolidates counting functionality on a single main counter board and has expandable functionality through connections to plug-in system boards. The modular optical particle sensor may be directly connected to a manifold with an integrated venturi for better controlling the flow rate of the air stream passing through the apparatus for sampling.
Owner:PARTICLES PLUS INC

Flow beam full-coverage light resistance method particle counter

The utility model discloses a flow beam full coverage light resistance method particle counter, which comprises a sampling port, a support frame and a discharge channel, the sampling port is arranged above the support frame, the discharge channel is arranged below the support frame, a flow channel is arranged inside the support frame, the flow channel comprises a leading-in section, a measuring section and a leading-out section, the thickness of the leading-in section and the thickness of the leading-out section are both smaller than the width of the cross section of the measuring section. According to the utility model, the thickness of the leading-in section and the thickness of the leading-out section of the flow channel are reasonably adjusted, so that particulate matters carried by a flow beam completely pass through a measurement area, the problem of missing measurement is avoided, and the comprehensiveness and the reliability of measurement are improved.
Owner:ZHUHAI RITECH TECH

Nanoparticle detection with integrated nanoparticle composition determination

Systems and methods for analyzing fluid samples containing nanoparticles for the determination of nanoparticle count and nanoparticle elemental composition are described. In an aspect, a system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a remote sampling system configured to receive a fluid sample containing nanoparticles, the remote sampling system including a particle counter configured to determine a number of nanoparticles present in the fluid sample via light scattering detection; a sample analysis system configured to receive the fluid sample from the remote sampling system, the sample analysis system including a mass spectrometer configured to determine an elemental composition of the nanoparticles present in the fluid sample; and a system controller communicatively configured to provide a distribution of the nanoparticles in the fluid sample by specific element type based on an output from each of the mass spectrometer and the particle counter.
Owner:ELEMENTAL SCI

Light-protected flow cell

ActiveCN224541779Ureduce abrasivenessAvoid the phenomenon that the hole diameter will become largerFlow cellHigh wear resistance
The application discloses a light-proof flow cell and relates to the field of particle counter accessories, which comprises a first shell and a second shell, flow holes are formed in the first shell and the second shell, a wear-resistant light-blocking layer is arranged between the first shell and the second shell, a plurality of first plug-in holes are formed in the second shell, and a plurality of corresponding first plug-in columns are arranged in the plurality of first plug-in holes. The first shell and the second shell are made of quartz diamond material, and the hardness is high, so that the contact with the detection liquid is diamond material, the wear resistance can be improved, the first plug-in hole and the first plug-in column are arranged at four corners and are matched, and the butt joint precision is improved, so that the grinding effect of the flow holes by the grinding liquid can be effectively reduced, the phenomenon that the pore size of the flow cell becomes large can be avoided, and therefore the accuracy is not greatly affected during counting, and the stability during use and the counting accuracy are improved.
Owner:SHANGHAI LAIYI NANOTECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Optical particle counter

The embodiment of the application provides an optical particle counter, and relates to the technical field of counter processing. The application discloses an optical particle counter, which comprises a support cabinet and further comprises: a detection assembly fixedly installed at the lower part of the support cabinet; wherein the detection assembly comprises: a transmission pipe, and a transparent pipe is integrally formed in the middle part of the transmission pipe. According to the application, liquid samples flow into the transparent pipe section integrally formed in the middle part of the transmission pipe under the driving of the injection assembly, and when the particles in the liquid pass through the intersection point, the light intensity changes: smaller particles mainly cause light scattering signals, which are received and analyzed by a scattering sensor; larger particles block a certain proportion of light flux, forming light intensity reduction signals, which are recognized by a reduction sensor, and a first control board synchronously collects two signals and fuses data, so that particle size recognition, quantity counting and classification output are realized.
Owner:SHANGHAI LAIYI NANOTECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Optical particle counter and method

This specification relates to an optical particle counter, a method for using an optical particle counter, and a method for reducing particle counting errors during use of an optical particle counter. The method includes placing an optical isolator between a laser and a flow cell to allow laser light to pass through the flow cell and to reduce the intensity of light returned to the laser as optical feedback that could cause mode hopping.
Owner:ENTEGRIS INC

Acoustic particle counter for nanoparticles in liquids

In semiconductor manufacture requiring ultra high purity water, particles of specified sizes are detected using acoustic particle detection capable of detecting nanoparticles. A sensor unit receives a flow of water, with the pressure and rate of flow to the sensor controlled closely. In each sensor unit is a measurement cell to receive a continuous flow of water, with a transducer module engaged with the cell to deliver an acoustic pulse at a known level of intensity as the liquid flows through the cells, the acoustic pulse acting on the liquid at a focus zone to cause cavitation in the event a particle of size detectable at that intensity is present. A waveform emitter / receiver connected to the sensor unit sends high-frequency, high-voltage signal to the transducer module to cause the acoustic pulse, and it also receives a waveform echo indicating a cavitation event. The system is controlled by a microprocessor.
Owner:OVIVO INC

Method and device for counting particles on surface of silicon component

The invention provides a method and device for counting particles on the surface of a silicon component, and the method at least comprises the following steps: S1, preparing a silicon component sample: extracting a plurality of silicon component samples from a batch of silicon component products, and ensuring that the batch of silicon component products and the silicon component samples are subjected to the same process and ultrasonic cleaning treatment, the surface area of the silicon component sample is SAP; s2, preparing a testing environment, performing ultrasonic cleaning on the measuring container by using pure water, then replacing pure water with the volume of VD, and detecting the granularity BLD of the pure water before cleaning by using a liquid particle counter; s3, testing the silicon component sample, adding the silicon component sample into the measuring container, performing ultrasonic cleaning for a certain time, and detecting the granularity PLD of the cleaned pure water by using a liquid particle counter; s4, data calculation: calculating the total number L of particles on the surface of the silicon component sample according to the formula L = (PLD-BLD) * VD; and calculating the surface granularity LPC of the silicon component sample according to the formula: LPC = (PLD-BLD) * VD / SAP. Compared with other calculation methods, the precision is higher.
Owner:HANGZHOU DUNYUANJUXIN SEMICON TECH CO LTD

Bubble interference elimination method for photoresist particle counter

The invention relates to the technical field of detection of particulate matters in liquid, and discloses a method for eliminating bubble interference of a photoresist particle counter, which comprises the following steps: a signal acquisition step: acquiring a light intensity attenuation pulse signal when particles in liquid pass through a detection area through a photoelectric sensor; a feature extraction step of extracting a plurality of features from the pulse signal, the features including an amplitude feature, a time feature and a frequency domain feature; and a classification step: normalizing the features, and inputting the normalized features into a machine learning classification model to obtain a classification result of the particles or bubbles. By combining signal processing, feature engineering and machine learning classification technologies, the bubble interference problem in the photoresist particle counter is effectively solved, and the method has the core advantages that pure algorithm implementation is achieved, hardware modification is not needed, high engineering applicability and economical efficiency are achieved, and the method is suitable for large-scale popularization and application. The method provides an efficient and low-cost solution for improving the particle counting precision and reliability.
Owner:SHENZHEN YATEKS OPTICAL ELECTRONICS TECH CO LTD

Condensation particle counter and particle number concentration measurement method

To accurately detect fine particles without complicating a device configuration.SOLUTION: The condensation particle counter includes a supply unit configured to supply a working fluid to a periphery of an inlet of a condensation tube through which an aerosol containing sample particles flows, a saturation unit configured to saturate the aerosol with vapor of the working fluid, and a control unit configured to condense and grow the aerosol into droplets using the sample particles as nuclei and extract the aerosol containing the droplets from a center axis of a condensation-growth tube connected to the condensation tube. A condensation and growth section that and exhausts excess working fluid that has flowed down an inner wall of a condensation and growth tube, vapor of the working fluid that has condensed on the inner wall, and water vapor together with excess aerosol, a flow rate control section that controls a flow rate of the aerosol flowing through a capillary tube that the aerosol containing droplets after condensation and growth at a minute flow rate, a double cylindrical sheath flow that positions the aerosol that has passed through the capillary tube on an extension line of a central axis of the capillary tube, and a droplet counting section that counts the droplets contained in the aerosol based on the droplets flowing through the capillary tube, wherein the working fluid contains an alkane having a carbon number of 14 or less.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY +1

A method, system, apparatus, and medium for calibrating the output signal of a particle counter.

This application relates to the field of particle counters, and discloses a method, system, apparatus, and medium for calibrating the output signal of a particle counter. The method includes: acquiring the optical noise signal output by the particle counter to be calibrated, determining whether the optical noise signal meets preset conditions, and if not, transmitting the calibration signal to an optical power control circuit so that the optical power control circuit adjusts the input voltage of the laser in the particle counter to be calibrated, thereby calibrating the output signal of the particle counter. Therefore, the technical solution provided in this application, by acquiring the output signal of the particle counter and adjusting the input voltage of the laser based on the output signal to calibrate the particle counter's output signal, avoids the influence of factors such as temperature and the stability of the signal amplification circuit in the particle counter on the particle counter's output signal during the particle counter's processing of particle scattered light, such as reception, conversion, and amplification, thereby improving the particle monitoring accuracy of the particle counter.
Owner:SUZHOU SUXIN ENVIRONMENT SCI & TECH CO LTD

Offline measurement of cellular filtration efficiency

ActiveCN115812144BFiltrationSmoke Emission
This invention discloses an apparatus and method for determining the filtration efficiency of a filter body even in a clean state. One or more embodiments of this disclosure relate to a method for determining the filtration efficiency of a filter consisting of a porous wall portion having a longitudinal axis extending from an inlet end (202) to an outlet end (204), and an outer peripheral portion extending parallel to the longitudinal axis and surrounding the porous wall portion. The method includes: sealing the outer peripheral portion; forcing an inlet flow consisting of gas into the inlet end (202) of the filter at a set flow rate; introducing particles, such as smoke particles, into the inlet flow; and optically counting the number of particles entering and leaving the filter during a sampling event, for example using diffraction-based optical particle counters located upstream and downstream of the filter.
Owner:CORNING INC