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"It's a cheapening of the process of manufacturing and the end product. Polish it up all you like. And the ECORE cage is NOT more rigid than the center tube on a PureOne. Is the Ecore cage "adequate"? Are the fiber ends and glue "adequate? Maybe? Yes? But they certainly are not equivalent to the endcaps and strength of the center-tube on a PureOne."
As you obviously haven't read the brochure, let me be the first to explain to you, there is no glue holding the end caps to the media.
So you had the fiber ends as foam, now you have them glued. Which is wrong.
The purpose of the end caps is to prevent oil from flowing past the media and going down stream unfiltered.
Now do you have any testing to suggest such is happening?
Wouldn't logically one conclude that competitive filter companies have tested the E-core design? And do you have anything whereby they show test comparisons of their product versus the E-core?
Otherwise why keep "assuming" you have answers when clearly you're jumping to conclusions.
Besides private labelling for various companies, including their competitors..Champ also does OEM business.
Would you not conclude..dood..that Champ knows what the testing requirement of a center tube is?
Now do you have any testing that the nylon cage collapses at less pressure than a metal one to back up your claim? I personally have taken people on plant tours and you can crush a metal lock seemed center tube with one hand. So can women. When you look down the center tube, see a straight seemed one..that's a lock seem core. There is also a spiral core. Those take more pressure to crush.
As for "cheapening the process"..how would you determine that when Champ tested, designed, and spent money on a purpose built production line which can manufacture the E-core and it cost them XX millions. Before the first filter was built. Why did they do that when they could have added just another metal endcap line?
btw..as your a newbie, I worked for Champ from 1982 to 2000. I never did, nor do I now, own any part of Champ, other than the filter I buy, as it was a Private held company. ( and yes I do buy my own filters)
I do not know what that has to do with how I answer posts but besides Champ..I was also on the technical committee of the Filter Manufacturers Council. That's the comittee that write and publishes industry tech service bulletins.
If you would do some research you'll not find where I have attacked any competitor. I even got grief over defending Fram.
My posts are to explain filtration. I don't care what brand you buy. It won't break Champ if you don't buy their stuff. Nor will it Purolator, Wix, Fram or any other filter manufacturer.
However, I will chip in when there is misinformation. And that leads me to responding to your posts..
