E X H I B I T 23(b)
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                         Consent of Independent Auditors
Board of Directors
Pall Corporation:

We consent to the  incorporation by reference in the  registration  statement on
Form S-8 of Pall Corporation, covering the registration of 400,000 shares of its
common  stock and 400,000 of its common share  purchase  rights  authorized  for
issuance  under its 2001 Stock Option Plan for  Non-Employee  Directors,  of our
reports dated August 29, 2001 relating to the consolidated  financial statements
and related  schedule of Pall  Corporation and  subsidiaries as of July 28, 2001
and July 29, 2000 and for each of the years in the three-year  period ended July
28, 2001. Such financial statements and related schedule and our reports thereon
are  incorporated  by reference  or appear in the annual  report on Form 10-K of
Pall Corporation for the fiscal year ended July 28, 2001.


                                            /s/KPMG LLP





Melville, New York
January 17, 2002