FILTER ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FILTER ELEMENT

A filter element for placement in a housing of a filter system comprises a filter media pack and a sealing arrangement comprising a seal and a seal carrier. The filter media pack includes, for example, pleated filter media or fluted filter media. The seal carrier includes an axial side coupled to at least a portion of the axial face of the filter media pack by a thermal weld manufacturing process. The coupling of the seal to the seal carrier may be obtained by manufacturing the sealing device using a multi-material injection molding manufacturing process. The disclosure further relates to a method for manufacturing a filter element comprising a hot welding step and a multi-material injection molding step. 一种用于放在过滤器系统的壳体中的过滤器元件，包括过滤介质包和密封装置，该密封装置包括密封件和密封件载体。该过滤介质包包括例如褶皱式过滤介质或带槽纹过滤介质。该密封件载体包括轴向侧，该轴向侧通过热焊接制造工艺联接至该过滤介质包的轴向面的至少一部分。该密封件与该密封件载体的联接可以通过用多材料注射模制制造工艺来制造该密封装置而获得。本披露进一步涉及一种用于制造过滤器元件的方法，该方法包括热焊接步骤和多材料注射模制步骤。