Patents Assigned to HYDAC Process Technology GmbH
  • Patent number: 11801463
    Abstract: A filter apparatus (10) has a plurality of filter elements (20) in a filter housing (12) having a filter inlet (50) for a fluid to be filtered and a filter outlet (52) for the filtered fluid. A pressure control device (42) has at least one control plate (58) located inside a connection chamber (14). The control plate laterally passes over individual upper element openings (54) of the filter element to be backwashed (20), in a predefinable sequence, covering the opening to an increasing degree and then exposing the opening again. A discharge opening (46) of the backwash device (44) is, at least in part, fluidically connected to a lower element opening (56) of the filter element (20) to be backwashed, as the pressure control device (42) moves towards the upper element opening (54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Wnuk, Thomas Boettcher
  • Patent number: 11607630
    Abstract: A filter device has a filter housing (1) with a fluid inlet (13) for raw fluid, with a fluid outlet (3) for filtrate and with at least one one-piece or multi-piece filter insert (5, 7) received in the filter housing (1). The filter insert can be cleaned using at least one back-flushing member (21) in counter-current to the filtration direction. This back-flushing member can, by a fluid-guiding driveshaft (23) of a rotary drive (35), be moved along the inner side (19) of the respective filter insert (5, 7) and has, at its end adjacent to this inner side (19), a gap-shaped passage opening (39) that extends parallel to the axis of rotation of the driveshaft (23) and that discharges into a flow space (41; 57; 67) fluidically connected to the driveshaft (23). The flow space at least partially continuously narrows in the direction of the driveshaft (23) in a first plane in which the passage opening (39) lies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Schlichter, Joerg Hermann Gerstner, Manfred Deutschmeyer
  • Patent number: 11484819
    Abstract: A filter device for fluids has a filter housing (1), in which element receptacles (31) for a plurality of filter elements (33) are provided. The filter medium (35) of the filter elements (33) separates in the filter housing (1) a dirt side (5) from a clean side (7). The filter housing (1) can be opened for inserting and removing the filter elements (33). For the filter elements (33), a support basket (19) is provided, which can be inserted into the filter housing (1) and removed from the filter housing (1) and to which the filter elements (33) can be detachably fixed. The filter elements (33) have, in addition to the filter medium (35) for particle filtration, an adsorption medium (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Wnuk, Hans-Josef Schmidt, Pascal Eric Vitte
  • Patent number: 11458424
    Abstract: A filter device has a filter housing (1) having a fluid inlet (8) for unfiltered matter and having a fluid outlet (9) for filtrate, and has at least one one-piece or multi-part filter insert (15, 17) held in the filter housing (1). Filter insert (15, 17) can be cleaned using a backwash device (25) having at least one backwash element (31) in counter flow to the direction of filtration. The backwash element can be moved along the inside of the relevant filter insert (15, 17) by a fluid-conveying drive shaft (29) of a rotary drive (69, 71). The individual backwash element (31) has, at the end adjacent to this inside, at least one gap-shaped passage opening, which extends in parallel to the axis of rotation of the drive shaft (29) and which opens into a flow chamber connected to the drive shaft (29) in a fluid-conveying manner. At least one further backwash device (27) has a further backwash element (31). The fluid-conveying drive shaft (29) is divided into chambers (73, 75) separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Schlichter, Jörg Hermann Gerstner, Albert Kaints
  • Patent number: 11325056
    Abstract: A phase separation device has a device housing (2) accommodating at least one coalescer element (42). The device housing (2) has an inlet (38) for the supply of an emulsion, which flows through the respective coalescer element (42) for separation into at least two of its constituents, has an outlet (46) for a separated constituent, and has a further outlet (22, 64) for a further separated constituent having a lower density than the one constituent and floating on the separated constituent having a higher density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Olschok, Christian Schindler, Manuel Huber
  • Patent number: 11278826
    Abstract: A filter device has a filter housing (1) having a fluid inlet (11) for unfiltered matter, a fluid outlet (19) for filtered matter and at least one filter element (7, 9) of one or more parts accommodated in the filter housing (1). The filter element can be cleaned using at least one backwash element (21) in counter current to the direction of filtration. The backwash element can be moved by a fluid-conveying drive shaft (20) of a rotary drive at the inside (17) of the relevant filter element (7, 9). At the end adjacent to this inside (17), a gap-shaped passage opening is parallel to the axis of rotation (16) of the drive shaft (20) and opens into a flow chamber connected to the drive shaft (20) in a fluid-conveying manner. The distance between the backwash element (21) and the adjacent assignable filter element (7, 9) can be predetermined by an adjustment device (27; 47).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Manfred Deutschmeyer, Albert Kaints
  • Patent number: 11266928
    Abstract: A filter device, in particular for lubricating oil filtration, includes at least two filter inserts (27), in each of which a filter material (43) is accommodated. The filter inserts are provided with fluid passage points (37, 39) and can be stacked on top of one another with the formation of a stack. A back-flushing device (55,57) is movably arranged along the inner side of the filter inserts (27). The individual filter inserts (27) are designed as identical parts at least with respect to their housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Lingen, Stefan Klein, Raphael Klein, Markus Breinig
  • Patent number: 11235264
    Abstract: A filter device for cleaning particulate contaminants from a fluid flow, includes a plurality of filter elements (34, 60) accommodated in filter chambers (12, 14, 32) as components of a joint filter housing (10) and grouped around a backwash device (20) having a piston accumulator (56) for receiving a backwash fluid. In the storage housing (64) of the piston accumulator, a piston (57) is guided in a longitudinally movable manner, is controlled by a pressure medium, and passes on the backwash fluid stored in the storage housing (64) on to at least one filter element (60) to be backwashed for cleaning purposes via a backwash device (20). The backwash device also discharges the backwash fluid from the filter device. A specific filter element as a bypass filter element (34) is selected from the plurality of filter elements (34, 60), and exclusively removes particles after a changeover device (18) has been actuated, while the other filter elements (60) are excluded from this removal process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Hrin, Hans-Jürgen Lingen
  • Patent number: 11219847
    Abstract: A device for treating fluid, in particular a filter device, has first and second tubular elements (12), (14) forming an element assembly (10). One element (14) is accommodated in the other element (12) forming a flow chamber (33) between the two elements (12, 14), with a first element (12) arranged in the direction of the inflow side (29) of a fluid to be treated and a second element (14) arranged in the direction of the outflow side (31) of the treated fluid in the element assembly (10). During the fluid treatment, the flow is routed through both elements (12, 14) in succession from the direction of the inflow side (29) towards the outflow side (31). In a joint viewing direction (P), the first element (12) facing the inflow side (29) at least partially has a uniform or non-uniform contour and the second element (14) facing the outflow side (31) at least partially has a non-uniform or uniform contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Olschok, Ralf Wnuk, Christian Schindler, Maximilian Meiners
  • Patent number: 11058975
    Abstract: A filtering apparatus has filtering elements (11) in a filter housing (1), a filter inlet (7) and a filter outlet (9). During filtration, one of the filter elements (11) can be back-flushed by a back-flushing device (45, 49), having a pressure control device (19). The pressure control device has a hydraulic accumulator (19), with a fluid chamber (47) fillable during filtration with clean fluid and connectable for back-flushing via a back-flushing guide (45) to the clean side (29) of the filtering element (11) to be cleaned. For back-flushing, a further fluid chamber (48) of the hydraulic accumulator (19) is subjected to gas pressure. By resultant movement of a separator (59) of the hydraulic accumulator (19), the filling amount of the clean fluid is dispensed for the back-flushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Wnuk, Jörg Hermann Gerstner, Thomas Böttcher, Thomas Morawietz
  • Patent number: 11020692
    Abstract: A system for filtering fluids includes a primary filter (2) having at least one filter element that can be penetrated in one direction during the filtration process and can be penetrated in the opposite direction for a backflushing process. An aftertreatment device (36) is mounted downstream of the primary filter (2) for the backflushed quantities discharged by the primary filter to be processed and includes at least one filter chamber (11) that holds the backflushed quantities and that has a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and at least one aftertreatment filter element (19). A control device (9) delivers one portion of the backflushed quantity at a time to the associated aftertreatment filter element (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Breinig, Sebastian Hrin, Hans-Juergen Lingen
  • Patent number: 10981092
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter device, in particular for filtering lubrication, consisting of at least one filter insert (19), in which a respective filter material (27) is received and which is provided with fluid passage points (70) that are delimited by wall parts (63) of the filter insert (19) and with a backflush device (37, 49) that has at least one flush nozzle (49), said flush nozzle being movable along the interior of the respective pairable filter insert (19) by means of a hollow drive shaft (37).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Lingen, Stefan Klein, Raphael Klein, Sebastian Hrin
  • Patent number: 10905980
    Abstract: A filter device (10) includes a filter element (12) in a filter housing (14) with fluid connection points (16, 18) for the non-filtrate and filtrate. Fluid can be passed through the filter element in both directions for filtrating the non-filtrate or for backwashing for cleaning particle contaminations (72). A pressure control (36) generates a post-suctioning effect to improve the cleaning of the particle contaminations (72). The filter device (10) is designed as a one filter-element solution. In a predetermined exchange, the single filter element (12) for filtering can be used for backwashing or can be backwashed using the pressure control device (36). A hydraulic system (64) and a method for backwashing a filter element (12) of a filter device (10) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Olschok, Christian Schindler, Seddik Lahbib
  • Patent number: 10561966
    Abstract: A device for treating fluid mixtures, which contain gases, such as hydrogen (H2), air, nitrogen (N2), or natural gases, and liquids, such as ionic liquids, hydraulic fluid, or process liquids, has a first separation stage (29) for separating the fluid mixture into a liquid fraction and a gas fraction contaminated with a remaining liquid fraction. From the gas fraction, the remaining liquid fraction is removed in at least one further separation stage (67).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Bernard Schlichter, Stefan Schlachter, Sergej Zeller, Michael Welker
  • Patent number: 10029194
    Abstract: A filter device includes at least one filter housing (1) in which at least one filter element (21) is arranged. Inside the filter housing (1), the filter element separates a clean side (9) from an untreated side (13). On the clean side (9) of the filter housing (1) at least one storage unit (3) having at least one movable separating element (47) is connected. The separating element divides the storage unit (3) into two working chambers or pressure chambers (49) (43).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Wnuk, Thomas Böttcher, Markus Olschok, Jörg Hermann Gerstner
  • Patent number: 9855520
    Abstract: A filtering apparatus has a plurality of filtering elements (9) in a filter housing (1), a filter inlet (45) and a filter outlet (43). During the filtration operation, one of the filtering elements (9) can be back-flushed by a back-flushing device (13, 21). The back-flushing device has a pressure control device (13) including a hydraulic accumulator (13). One accumulator fluid chamber (67) can be filled during the filtration operation with a quantity of filtered fluid and can be connected for a back-flushing operation via a back-flushing guide (21) to the clean side (59) of the filtering clement (9) to be cleaned. Another accumulator fluid chamber (79) can be subjected to a media pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Wnuk, Jörg Hermann Gerstner, Thomas Bottcher, Thomas Morawietz
  • Patent number: 9833733
    Abstract: An apparatus for conditioning of gases, particularly sealing gas, includes a separator unit (3), particularly for separating liquids and/or particles from the gas flowing through the apparatus, and a collecting container (1) for the trapped substances. The separator unit (3) has a cyclone separator (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Manfred Deutschmeyer, Bernhard Schlichter, Sergej Zeller
  • Patent number: 9744486
    Abstract: A filter device has filter elements (23) received in a filter housing (1) with a filter inlet (19) and a filter outlet (21). Flow passes through the filter elements (23) for a filtration or backwash in both directions. At least one filter element (23) performs the filtration. At least one other filter element (23), for cleaning off its active filter surface, can be backwashed by a backwash appliance. For supporting the backwashing, the appliance contains a pressure control (43) having a pressure control element (45). During a backwash operation, the fluid flow is controllable in a fluid connection between filter inlet (19) and the filter element (23) that is to be cleaned off. The fluid connection has a connection space (29) having element openings (27), each of which can be connected to an open end of the filter cavity forming the unfiltered side of each filter element (23). A fluid pathway (27) is provided via which, during the filtration, unfiltrate flows into the connection space (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Schlichter, Ralf Wnuk, Christian Gessner, Albert Kaints
  • Patent number: 9480942
    Abstract: A device for separating impurities from gases, such as process gases or hydrogen, includes a filter unit (25) for separating particulates and fluid media, such as water and/or oil. The filter unit has a coalescing unit (29) for increasing the drop volume of separated fluid media and a collection unit, preferably in the form of an absorber unit (15) for binding the separated fluid media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Schlichter, Sergej Zeller, Manfred Deutschmeyer
  • Patent number: 9233326
    Abstract: A separating device for separating a multiphase medium includes a cyclone separating device (1) that provokes an at least partial distribution of at least two phases of the medium with the formation of a vortex flow for the medium. Each phase having a lower density compared to the other phase is separated from the other phase and can be guided out of the separating device by a collecting device (35, 37).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Schlichter, Ralf Wnuk, Thomas Böttcher, Christoph Winter, Klaus Kimmerle