Industrial

While our original industrial Vyon® patents date back to the 1950’s, we have continued to strive and be at the forefront of new porous plastic technologies. Working collaboratively with our customers ensures our Vyon® materials  are engineered to meet the tight technical specifications required from a wide variety of industrial applications.

Battery & Motor Vents

Our Vyon® porous materials enable closed environments to breathe in critical applications such as venting of lead acid batteries. The controlled pore size, strength and inertness are key properties to achieving desired results.

Battery and Motor Vents
  • Fully customisable
  • Naturally hydrophobic
  • Excellent frit-to-frit consistency
  • Rigid and easy to assemble in mass production
  • Manufactured to tight tolerances with an excellent edge-finish
  • Excellent Chemical Inertness
  • Polyethylene (HDPE & UHMWPE)
  • Polypropylene (PP)
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)

Vyon® battery vents are typically supplied in the following geometries but are fully customisable to your requirements.

  • Cut Discs
  • Punched Shapes
  • Mouldings

Pneumatic Silencers

At Porvair Sciences, we have exclusively developed our own range of pneumatic silencers.

Available as a standard item, Vyon® silencers come in a wide range of sizes and formats with zero tooling costs. Please see below for more information

Alternatively we can offer our Vyon® silencing materials as fully customisable components, please contact a member of our team who will be happy to collaborate and find the perfect solution to meet your needs.

The Vyon® silencer is a sintered polyethylene body moulded to a high density polyethylene adapter. Available in push-in and threaded formats, the silencers are designed to significantly reduce noise without compromising air flow. The silencer is directly attached to the exhaust port of a control valve. The exhausting air escapes to the atmosphere by expanding through the porous body. The noise from a single unsilenced exhaust port is reduced from about 90 decibels to between 60 and 70 decibels when fitted with a Vyon® silencer.

Pneumatic Silencers
  • Significant noise reduction – Up to 30 decibels, the difference between an underground train and normal conversation.
  • Easy installation – Our silencers are available with M5 , BSP & Push In connections. They fit directly and must always match the size of the exhaust port.
  • Operating conditions – For application on systems with working pressures up to 150psi.
  • Minimal flow loss – Effectively zero in a vast number of applications.
  • Minimal maintenance costs – Elements can be cleaned and reused, reducing replacement and maintenance costs.
  • Vyon® silencing materials are also available as fully customised components.

Materials of Manufacture

Body: Vyon® sintered porous HDPE
Adapter: Injection moulded solid HDPE

Fitting

M5, BSP (British Standard Pipe) and push in connections

Maximum Working Pressure

10bar (150psi)

Noise Reduction

Up to 30dB

Operating Temperature

From -70°C (-94°F) to +80°C (176°F)

Threaded Silencers

Only silencers purchased from Porvair Sciences or one of our distributor network can be verified as genuine Vyon® silencers. Please contact us for more information.

Push-In Silencers

Only silencers purchased from Porvair Sciences or one of our distributor network can be verified as genuine Vyon® silencers. Please contact us for more information.

Vacuum Table Covers

The good durability and smooth surface structure of Vyon® porous plastic make it an ideal material to use a vacuum table cover. Vyon® vacuum table covers hold down materials and allow precise cutting whilst maintaining a robustness to prevent excessive scratching of the surface.

Vacuum Table Covers
  • Fully customisable
  • Available in large welded or unwelded sheet formats
  • Rigid, flat and robust
  • Materials offer a good resistance to cutting
  • Uniform porosity for an even vacuum
  • Easy to clean
  • Smooth surface reduced snagging
  • Polyethylene (HDPE)
  • Polypropylene (PP)

Vyon® vacuum table covers are typically supplied in the following geometries but are fully customisable to your requirements.

  • Sheets (both welded and unwelded)
  • Loose coiled rolls

Water and Dust Filters

Our Vyon® materials deliver optimum filtration in a wide range of industries for both liquid or gas applications. Vyon® offers rigid, strong, cleanable and reusable material to our customers. A highly desirable materials that is compatible with many industrial and process environments.

Water and Dust Filters
  • Fully customisable
  • Rigid and robust products which are cleanable and reusable
  • Designed for optimum filtration efficiency
  • Good dirt holding capacity
  • Can be supplied with colour additives for ease of identification.
  • Polyethylene (HDPE)
  • Polypropylene (PP)
  • Composite Colour Additive (to aid with material grade identification)

Vyon® filters are typically supplied in the following geometries but are fully customisable to your requirements.

  • Mouldings
  • Machined discs & shapes
  • Rotary cut discs
  • Punched shapes
  • Fabrications

Fragrance Emanators

Our sintered porous Vyon® materials are ideal for wicking and fluid transfer applications. The media’s uniform porosity and tortuous pore structure with large void volume enables the encapsulation of fragrances or chemicals for emanation or controlled release.

Fragrance Emunators
  • Fully customisable
  • Uniform porosity enables controlled release of fragrance
  • Effective with both organic and water-based solvents
  • Rigid and easy to assemble in mass production
  • Excellent wicking properties
  • Material is recyclable and suitable for single use
  • Polyethylene (HDPE)
  • Hydrophilic Treatment

Vyon® fragrance emanation materials are typically supplied in the following geometries but are fully customisable to your requirements.

  • Mouldings
  • Rotary cut discs
  • Punched discs & shapes
  • Sheet & roll

Fluidisation Cones and Plates

Vyon® has a uniform pore structure giving an excellent total area fluidisation. Self-supporting and rigid the Vyon fluidising material can be supplied in sheets or fabricated into large cones, reducing the need for external support structures. Vyon® fluidising material is economical and fully cleanable for multiple uses.

Fluidising Cones
  • Fully customisable
  • Rigid and robust products which are cleanable and reusable
  • Manufactured from regulatory approved polymers including FDA.
  • Can be fabricated to your design requirements.
  • Uniform pore structure for an even air flow
  • Polyethylene (HDPE)

Vyon® fluidising media is typically supplied in the following geometries but are fully customisable to your requirements.

  • Sheets
  • Fabricated Cones and Shapes

Water Aeration Discs and Tubes

The reliable Vyon® porous polyethylene disc and tubular diffusers are used in sewage and industrial waste water treatment and can be custom manufactured in a variety of diameters and lengths. They produce uniform bubble size and pattern to ensure effective oxygenation and a long service life.

Water Aeration Discs and Tubes
  • Fully customisable
  • Uniform porosity enables even oxygen transfer
  • Low fouling during operation
  • Rigid and robust for ease of installation and cleaning
  • Custom adaptors or fittings can be incorporated into the design
  • Polyethylene (HDPE)

Vyon® aeration materials are typically supplied in the following geometries but are fully customisable to your requirements.

  • Seam Welded Tubes
  • Rotary cut discs
  • Machined discs & shapes