Understanding Oil Filter Ratings

Not all filters use the Beta rating; Noria Corporation explains how to understand a filter rating that is not the Beta rating

February 27, 2019

Oil Filter Clean

Article originally published on Noria.com

"My filter company uses the following notation to rate one of its filters: BX=2, B10=X, BX=75, followed by these numbers: 5, 8 and 17. I'm familiar with the Beta rating, but I've never seen it shown in this way. What is meant by these numbers?"

This system of rating a filter describes its capture efficiency at three specific points in microns. It actually has many advantages over the more common Beta rating methods used today.

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