A FILTER WITH A FILTER ELEMENT AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE FILTER ELEMENT

摘要

The invention provides a filter (10) for filtering petroleum oil or liquid petroleum-based fuel, typically diesel. The filter (10) includes a liquid flow path (26) along which liquid which is to be filtered is flowable, and a filter element (14) which is predominantly of a fibrous material, such as cotton. In use, diesel flows unidirectionally through the filter element (14) for at least 20 mm. Preferably, elongated fibres of the filter element (14) are more or less parallel, being aligned with the direction of diesel flow through the element. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing a diesel filter element (14) by compressing fibrous filter material radially inwardly relative to the direction of fluid flow through the resultant filter element (14).