SAATI is a multinational group with its corporate headquarters based in northern Italy since 1935. Today SAATI is a leader in the development, manufacturing and commercialization of advanced technical textiles and chemicals. SAATI specializes in precise woven fabrics and chemical technologies used in the fields of Filtration, Screen printing, Structural composites and Ballistic protection. The development of enhanced performance coatings lies at SAATI’s core. SAATI Filtration specializes in the production of technical precision fabrics (with monofilament and multifilament yarn) and components in polyamide, polyester and polypropylene, with special finishing treatments. The products are used in a wide range of different filtration fields, such as, automotive, water, healthcare, appliance, consumer electronics, food & milling, along with many other industrial applications.

1. SAATIAQUA
Filtration

3. THE COMPANY AND THE FILTRATION DIVISION
SAATI is a multinational group with its corporate headquarters based in northern
Italy since 1935. Today SAATI is a leader in the development, manufacturing and
commercialization of advanced technical textiles and chemicals.
SAATI specializes in precise woven fabrics and chemical technologies used in the
fields of Filtration, Screen printing, Structural composites and Ballistic protection.
The development of enhanced performance coatings lies at SAATI’s core.
SAATI Filtration specializes in the production of technical precision fabrics (with
monofilament and multifilament yarn) and components in polyamide, polyester
and polypropylene, with special finishing treatments.
The products are used in a wide range of different filtration fields, such as,
automotive, water, healthcare, appliance, consumer electronics, food & milling,
along with many other industrial applications.
Thanks to our direct presence in many countries, it is easy for the customers to
reach us, wherever they are located, and our response is always prompt. Our staff
has a high level of technical expertise and dedication, we are always aiming to find
the best solution for the customer’s requirements. SAATI sales representatives and
engineers understand customers’ applications, and work closely with the staff in
the production and R&D departments to offer a customized solution in a form that
best meets their customer’s needs.
At SAATI, we have a real commitment to innovation and to the continuous research
of processes and materials that make real improvements in production and service.
SAATI acts in the market with this attitude, offering sieving and filter fabrics and
components that answer to the most demanding needs in filtration application.
Every phase of production is carefully monitored, employing frequent in-house
testing and rigorous inspection to ensure consistent quality. All SAATI products are
manufactured in accordance with UNI ISO 9001 standards.
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FOCUS ON CUSTOMER and INNOVATION
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4. SAATI is environmentally conscious, especially regarding water, one of the most
precious resources on Earth.
Manufactured with FDA Polymers approved, the SAATIAQUA range of products is
designed to suit every water filtration need.
Within the Filtration Division, SAATIAQUA is focused on the specific applications
of water treatment:
SAATIAQUA
Waste water treatment
Irrigation
Domestic water filtration
Drinking
Aquaculture
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5. Thanks to our deep understanding of technical fabrics and filtration, we have the
capability to supply products and solutions which can contribute to making water
more suitable for the desired end use. In particular, our components play a primary
role in the purification of water, in solid/liquid separation, and in all processes
where it is necessary to remove contaminants which are present in water and
aquaculture.
ALTERNATIVELY to metal wire mesh, SAATIAQUA fabrics are fully recyclable being
made of the same polymers used in plastic filter housing.
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6. Water is one of the most precious resources on Earth and for this reason, it
should not be wasted.
SAATI helps industrial water treatment equipment manufacturers to find the
right woven mesh according to their specific needs.
SAATIAQUA precise monofilament fabrics are the perfect choice for drum filter,
disc filter and other waste water treatment equipments.
For this application, SAATI-Filtration has developed a wide range of woven
polyester mesh characterized by following properties:
n Excellent breakage resistance
n Moisture resistance
n Corrosion resistance
n Good dimensional stability
n Precise uniform mesh openings and wide open area provide exceptionally
accurate filtration and low pressure drop
n Long life time
Waste water treatment
Criteria for the choice of the filter media depends on water quantity required by
irrigation system and its pressure and capacity. Other key factors to choose the
right filter media are water quality and impurity level present in water.
SAATIAQUA fabrics are manufactured to withstand aggressive physical or
chemical agents and from all the every elements normally used in the sewage
irrigation field.
SAATI is able to offer a wide range of finishing processes and mesh openings
according to the fertilizer’s type and application.
Some features of SAATIAQUA’s fabrics are:
n Designed to keep suspended organic and inorganic (sands, rubble, seaweed,
mucilage or minerals such as iron and manganese) particles in the water
n Low pressure drop
n Easy to wash
n Excellent breakage resistance
n Precise selective filtration accurate filtration and low pressure drop
IRRIGATION
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7. All water normally used at home comes from water channels and it might contain
suspended solids such as sands, rust and other small particles.
These particles can damage equipment, taps and home appliances;
In order to avoid foreign particles entering into domestic equipment, it is
necessary to implement a surface filtration through washable net cartridges.
The main purposes of cartridges is to minimize the possibility of clogging,
improve the water’s quality and extend the equipment’s life.
SAATIAQUA fabrics are inserted into the cartridge core; thanks to its
monofilament fiber, it enables an uniform opening and also allows a consistent
filtration capacity, avoiding pressure drop.
Saati offers a complete range of precision woven fabrics and filter tubes to suit
customers’ production needs.
DOMESTIC WATER FILTRATION
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8. SAATIAQUA monofilament woven fabrics are a great alternative to non-woven
materials and they are subjected to the strictest tests daily in order to guarantee
the highest quality and safety standards.
For these reasons, SAATIAQUA fabrics are ideal in the manufacturing of filter
cartridges for pitchers especially for “Intensive Pre filtration”, in order to keep
particles from tap water, and “Final filtration”, with the purpose to retain the
particles mixture.
DRINKING
Aquaculture is a growing, vibrant and important production sector for high
protein and healthy food.
Saati supplies a wide range of hi-tech fabrics, surface treatments and custom-
oriented precise fabricated parts for the plankton and larvae screens, laboratory
analysis and fish culture equipment.
SAATIAQUA Polyester screen’s benefits:
n Excellent resistant from Sodium Hyperchlorite
n Long life
n Ideal in the construction of sieves, screens and zooplankton nets for the
aquaculture industry
n Polyester screen does not lose its elasticity after the sterilization cycle in an
autoclave
AQUACULTURE
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10. FABRICS
SAATIAQUA includes a wide and complete range of avant-garde technical fabrics woven with monofilament yarns
in different polymers such as polyester (PET) and polyamide (PA6.6).
SAATIAQUA precision fabrics provide a narrow and consistent aperture size distribution, leading to accurate and
predictable filtration. The weave pattern ensures a low pressure drop and consequently an interrupted flow. On
top of all this, all of our fabrics can grant exceptional mechanical performances, and are developed to resist up to
particularly high tension levels.
The monofilament fibers are non-shedding to reduce the risk of particulate contamination.
The fibers are woven to exceptionally tight tolerances, creating uniform pore sizes, excellent strength,
and good dimensional stability.
Mesh opening
Tread diameter
Mesh design (main examples)
SAATIAQUA key features
TRESSEN TW2/1 warp
weft
DUTCH TW2/2 warp
weft
PLAIN warp
weft
warp
weft
TWILL 2/1
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11. SURFACE TREATMENTS
Plasma Treatments SAATI has pioneered the use of cold plasma to modify the
screen fabrics surface properties. The plasma treatment increases the fabrics
hydrophilicity making it far more wettable. This also enhances the bond of
subsequent coatings and plastics while leaving the undersurface properties
completly unaffected. The intensity of the treatment can also be modified to meet
customers unique requirements.
Hydrophilic Treatments Optimizes the wetting process of the fabric’s surface in
terms of speed and effectiveness.
Hydrophobic Treatments This enables the separation of water from oil-based
products such as fuels.
Metalization Light, flexible polyester fabrics can be metalized with nickel so they
reflect electromagnetic energy and dissipate static charges.
Dyeing Fabrics can be dyed to virtually any colour. They are used for computer
anti-glare screens, fashion shoes, hand bags and racing car air filters. Food grade
dyes can be used. Select one of our many standard colours or have one specially
matched.
Medical Grade Finishing Fabrics destined for medical applications are cleaned in
a non-water based proprietary system. This finishing ensures that the fabric meets
specific pyrogen levels and compliance with USP Class VI.
Antistatic Finishing An antistatic treatment can be applied to reduce the build-up
of static charges often associated with synthetic fabrics.
Besides all these, we can study in partnership with the customers special different
treatments according to specific application, needs and required performances.
In addition to the deep know-how in weaving, SAATI has unsurpassed experience
in surface treatments, and knows how to finish the fabrics in order to enhance their
mechanical performances, or to add further functional properties.
Almost any surface treatment can be applied including customers own proprietary
coating.
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12. The Filtration Division of SAATI not only designs and produces precision woven
fabrics but has the ability to engineer them into finished or partly finished products.
Thanks to processing equipment and long experience, SAATI provides fabrics cut-
to-fit, lot-to lot consistency and high quality custom fabricated parts, in almost any
requested shape.
Some examples of our fabrication capabilities are:
SAATIAQUA: FABRICATED COMPONENTS
RIBBON
SAATIAQUA fabrics can be economically slit using heat or, if a closer tolerance
and a better quality are needed, the fabrics can be ultrasonically slit.
Production Technology involved: heat-ultrasonics.
TUBULAR RIBBONS
Two layers of filter media are simultaneously slit with heated blades to form a
continuous tube.
Ultrasonically welded tubular ribbons, although similar in construction to heat slit
items, can be produced in a wide range of sizes, including very small ones.
Two or more narrow layers can be attached using ultrasonic slitting, a fine filtration
media can be supported or protected with a coarser one.
Production Technology involved: heat, ultrasonics.
SHAPES
Cold or Laser cut parts can be provided in almost any shape or size with nominal
dimensional quality. One or more layers of fabrics can be ultrasonically cut or
sealed into virtually any shape using a PC controlled plotter, assuring a faithful
reproduction of design.
Production Technology involved: cold (die-cut), ultrasonics, laser.
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13. TUBES - RECTANGLES
For all applications requiring molded cylindrical filters, SAATI offers fabrics tubes
and rectangles with two open ends, cold or laser cut to length.
Many applications can accept the quality of a cold cut tube in view of its economic
advantage. On the contrary, if the component must have one and sealed and one
end open, SAATI is able to combine the two technologies in the same process and
supply tubes with one ultrasonically sealed end.
Ultrasonic technology is also applied for realization of rectangle filters.
Production technology involved: cold, heat, ultrasonic.
PLEATED COMPONENTS
Mono or Multi-layer pleated components such as pack, ribbon and cartridges, can
be manufactured for all applications requiring high filtration capacity in a narrow
space.
Production technology involved: heat and ultrasonics.
SEWING
SAATI can supply a wide range of sewn products (bags, sleeves and belts) and
many edging, joining and reinforcing solutions.
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14. SAATI is able to laminate different combination of products for every filtration need:
LAMINATION CAPABILITY
Woven fabric + Woven fabric
Key features
n Progressive filtration
n Combination with different functionality
n High protection from dust and metal particles
n Strict airflow control
n Possibility to have Hyphobe®
coating for water
and oil repellency
n Aesthetic solution
Woven fabric + Non-woven
Key features
n High dust holding capacity
n Pre-filtration function
n Protection against heavy particles
n Stiffness and good workability
n Combination of different polymers
Woven fabric + Film
Key features
n Extreme protection
n Waterproof
n Combination with different functionality
n Stiffness and good workability
n High mechanical - chemical resistance
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16. w w w . s a a t i . c o m
Europe
USA
China
WORLD HEADQUARTERS
SAATI S.p.A.
Via Milano, 14 - 22070 Appiano Gentile (CO), Italy
Phone +39 031.97.11 - Fax +39 031.933.392
info.it@saati.com
BRANCHES
SAATI AMERICAS CORP.
201 Fairview Street Extension - Fountain Inn, SC USA 29644
Phone +1 864.60.18.300
info.us@saati.com
SAATI TECHNICAL FABRIC (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
Cross of Saida 2nd Branch Road and Saida Century Avenue,
Xiqing Economic Development Area - Tianjin, China, 300385
Phone +86 22.23.96.08.43 - Fax +86 22.23.96.21.16
info.cn@saati.cn
SAATI DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Ostring 22 - 46348 Raesfeld, Germany
Phone +49 0.28.65.95.800 - Fax +49 0.28.65.95.80.10
info@saati.de
SAATI SERIGRAFIA IBERICA, S.A.
P.I. Mijares - C/ Industria, 13 - 12550 Almazora- Castellon, Spain
Phone +34 96.45.50.688 - Fax +34.96.45.51.049
SAATI KOREA LTD.
IT valley B101, Hogye-dong Dongan-gu
Anyang-Si Gyeonggi-do 431-848, Korea
Phone +82 31.421.6957
SAATI FRANCE SAS
74 Route de Bapaume - 80360 Sailly Saillisel, France
Phone +33 12.300.7700
SAATI RUSSIA
23 Shvetsova str. - 198095 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Phone +79 06.278.8343
Russia
Korea