Filter assembly and method for making it

摘要

A method for making a pleated structure having a pleated shape memory is provided which includes the steps of: providing a material in a pleated structure having a plurality of substantially parallel folds; folding the material along a plurality of axes substantially perpendicular to the first plurality of folds so as to provide a folded structure defining wall portions between folds along the plurality of axes and having face portions at the folds; heating the material in the pleated structure so as to provide a heated material; and cooling the heated material so as to provide the material with shape memory toward the pleated structure. The material is preferably a filter media and the pleated structure is preferably a filter pack structure.