TAPPI Webinar: Introduction to Nonwoven Filter Media

 

This one hour webinar will cover nonwoven fibrous filter media, including the fibers commonly used, the applications they are commonly used for, and the basic physics of how they function. We attempt to use as little mathematics as possible, while explaining the nature of the difference between gaseous filtration and liquid filtration, explaining the existence of a most penetrating particle size and introducing the concept of a gradient media. This webinar will be of interest to those new to the field, as well as those with some practical experience but with a desire to know more. 

We attempt to use as little mathematics as possible, while explaining the nature of the difference between gaseous filtration and liquid filtration, explaining the existence of a most penetrating particle size and introducing the concept of a gradient media.  

This webinar will be of interest to those new to the field, as well as those with some practical experience but with a desire to know more. Click here to register for this webinar. 

Dr. Lifshutz was born and grew up in New York City, where he attended public schools, including The Bronx High School of Science.  He took an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at the Cooper Union, and did his graduate work in Chemical Engineering at Northwestern University, receiving both an MS and a PhD. Although trained as a chemical engineer, he has spent most of his career as a material scientist.  

He worked 10 years for Uniroyal Inc., first in Corporate R&D on fiber to rubber adhesion, and then for their Consumer Products Division in product and process development of footwear and coated fabrics. He then was director of R&D and QC for the Pressure Sensitive Tape Division of American Biltrite for eight years.

He was also VP of R&D and senior research fellow at Hollingsworth & Vose Co. for 20 years, where he developed products and processes in the areas of fibrous filter media, meltblown fibers, nanofibers, and battery separators. He retired from H&V in 2007, but continues to consult for them and other clients.

He is an active member of The American Filtration and Separation Society, where he was the treasurer for 10 years, an active member of the Nonwoven Engineering and Technology Division of TAPPI where he is a past chair of the Nonwovens Division Steering Committee, and an individual member of INDA, where he is involved in the Filtration Committee.  He was a co-editor and an area editor of the Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics, and a member of the TAPPI Journal Editorial Board. He has authored and presented numerous papers and he holds nine patents.  He was the recipient of the 2007 TAPPI Nonwovens Division Leadership and Service Award, the 2009 TAPPI Nonwovens Division Technical Award and Mark Hollingsworth Prize, and the 2011 AFS Lifetime Achievement Award.

He currently lives in Peoria, Ariz., with his wife Harriet. They have two children and four grandchildren.