{"id":743,"date":"2025-09-12T12:28:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.filtrontec.de\/?post_type=projekt&#038;p=743"},"modified":"2026-01-19T11:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:14:32","slug":"air-filter-system-in-the-m5east-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"projekt","link":"http:\/\/filtrontec.de\/en\/projekt\/luftfilteranlage-im-tunnel-m5east\/","title":{"rendered":"Air filter system in the M5East tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>After FILTRONtec emerged as one of the winners of a worldwide technical qualification competition in 2004, the company received an order from the Road and Traffic Authority (RTA) of New South Wales (NSW) in 2009 to equip the M5East tunnel in Sydney with an air filtration system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the planning, delivery and installation of the entire air filter system, the project also included fans, silencers, fire dampers and the necessary electrical, measurement and control technology. 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