The client is an emerging European indoor air quality brand known for developing innovative products.<\/p>\n
Before entering the air purification category, the company had successfully introduced an air quality monitor through crowdfunding, generating considerable market interest. This response demonstrated demand for products that help consumers understand and manage indoor air quality.<\/p>\n
Building on this foundation, the client decided to expand from monitoring indoor air conditions to actively improving them through air purification.<\/p>\n
The objective was not to introduce another conventional purifier. The new product needed to reflect the brand\u2019s identity around thoughtful design, environmental responsibility, measurable performance, and product innovation.<\/p>\n
To transform this concept into a manufacturable solution, the client partnered with HisoAir.<\/p>\n","client_feedback_quote":"The filter needed to deliver more than particle capture\u2014it also had to balance sealing performance, reduced plastic use, branding flexibility, replacement cost, and manufacturing feasibility.","The_Idea":"
The client\u2019s existing monitor helps users understand indoor air quality conditions. The next logical step was to introduce a product capable of responding to those conditions and actively improving indoor air.<\/p>\n
The new purifier needed to combine:<\/p>\n
Because the replacement filter is both a critical performance component and a recurring point of customer interaction, HisoAir and the client focused particularly on its structure, sealing method, environmental impact, cost, and branding flexibility.<\/p>\n","The_Challenge":"
Developing an innovative air purifier required balancing performance, sustainability, cost, and manufacturing feasibility.<\/p>\n
Reducing Plastic in the Filter Structure<\/strong> For an emerging brand, dedicated plastic tooling would also increase initial investment and commercial risk.<\/p>\n Preventing Air Bypass<\/strong> Limited or intermittent glue application may leave gaps around the filter media, creating a potential path for untreated air to bypass the intended filtration layers.<\/p>\n Balancing Sustainability and Cost<\/strong> Supporting Future Product Changes<\/strong> HisoAir developed a more sustainable and manufacturing-friendly cylindrical filter structure for the client\u2019s new air purifier.<\/p>\n Instead of conventional injection-molded plastic rings, HisoAir designed the cylindrical filter with a paper-based frame.<\/p>\n The proposed structure can:<\/p>\n Because the paper structure can be adjusted without modifying a plastic mold, it also provides greater flexibility during prototyping and engineering refinement.<\/p>\n The paper frame also provides a printable surface for customized product and service information.<\/p>\n Depending on the client\u2019s requirements, the filter can display:<\/p>\n This allows the replacement filter to become part of the branded customer experience rather than remaining a generic internal component.<\/p>\n HisoAir applied glue potting technology around the filter media.<\/p>\n Rather than using only small or discontinuous glue points, the potting process creates a more complete interface between the filtration media and its supporting frame.<\/p>\n The design is intended to:<\/p>\n This ensures that filter performance is considered as part of a complete sealed airflow path, rather than relying only on the specification of the filtration media.<\/p>\n HisoAir evaluated the filter from both environmental and mass-production perspectives.<\/p>\n By reducing unnecessary molded parts and selecting a production-friendly sealing process, the proposed structure helps control:<\/p>\n This balance is especially important for an emerging brand that needs product differentiation without sacrificing future commercial scalability.<\/p>\n The purifier and filter system remain under development.<\/p>\n HisoAir continues to support:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","hisoair_solution_image":[],"client_feedback_name":"","The_Results":" The project has progressed from an air quality monitoring concept toward an integrated air purification product under development.<\/p>\n The current development work has established a differentiated cylindrical replacement-filter direction that combines reduced plastic use, flexible branding, more complete sealing, cost control, and manufacturing feasibility.<\/p>\n The purifier remains under development, with HisoAir continuing to support validation, prototyping, engineering refinement, and preparation for future production.<\/p>\n This project demonstrates that filter innovation is not limited to selecting higher-grade filtration media.<\/p>\n A well-developed filter must also consider structural sealing, material selection, replacement cost, branding, manufacturing feasibility, and end-of-life handling.<\/p>\n By combining a paper-based frame with glue potting sealing technology, HisoAir is helping the client develop a filter solution that is more flexible, manufacturing-friendly, and environmentally considered.<\/p>\n The project also highlights HisoAir\u2019s role as an engineering partner for innovative indoor air quality brands, supporting their transition from monitoring air quality to actively improving it through differentiated purification products.<\/p>\n","explore_platform_intro":"","involvement_title":"OUR INVOLVEMENT","case_capability_to":[],"application_case_from":[],"product_case_from":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hisoair.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/139399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hisoair.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hisoair.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hisoair.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hisoair.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Many cylindrical filters use injection-molded plastic rings or end caps. These components increase plastic consumption, require dedicated tooling, extend development lead times, and make future dimensional changes more difficult.<\/p>\n
Filter performance depends not only on the media grade, but also on how effectively the media is sealed to the surrounding structure.<\/p>\n
The new structure needed to reduce unnecessary material use without producing an excessively expensive replacement filter.<\/p>\n
As the purifier was still under development, the filter structure needed enough flexibility to support dimensional, branding, and information changes without repeated tooling modification.<\/p>\n","The_HisoAir_Solution":"Paper-Based Filter Frame<\/h2>\n
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Flexible Branding and Product Information<\/h2>\n
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Glue Potting Sealing Technology<\/h2>\n
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Design for Cost and Manufacturing<\/h2>\n
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Prototyping and Engineering Refinement<\/h2>\n
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