filter testing News
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IFTS expands its facilities
The Institute of Filtration and Techniques of Separation (IFTS) is to move into two new buildings in Agen, southwest France. The IFTS’s income has grown by around 15% in average over the last 10 years to reach €3 million in 2011.This continuous growth of both income and team has made the current building, extended in 1999, too small. Built with the financial support of Europe, ...
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New Coagulant Improves Water Quality
Our new coagulant significantly improves water quality. At Jenfitch we conducted a study at a potable water plant in Northern California. We significantly reduced all factors that contributied to the plants initial water quality. Using the standard jar testing method and filterability protocol (see attached “Jar Testing Procedure and Filterability Test Procedure-modified”), we found ...
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Filter testing: Automatic particle counters and fluid contamination monitors
Automatic Particle Counters and Fluid Contamination Monitors are widely used in filter testing and fluid contamination analysis laboratories and in industrial facilities to monitor filters and cleaning processes and machines. However, their roles and ways they are used need to be properly understood. Christophe Peuchot, Gerard J. Lynch and Nicolas Petillon of IFTS ...
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Filter testing with ultrafine particle
FilterTesting * UltrafineParticles * Filtration * StandardizedTesting * YourResearch Standardized filter testing using ultrafine particlesRespirators and masks are tested around the world to define how well they protect us against particles that can carry viruses. Perhaps this is the time to think about filter testing and the importance of proper filtration in general. Many of us know how ...
By Airmodus Oy
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New order for Filtralite for water treatment works in Norway
maxit as has signed a new contract with the Norwegian water company Vestfold Interkommunale Vannverk (VIV) for delivery of Filtralite for the upgrading of their water treatment works at Seierstad outside the city of Larvik. VIV installed Filtralite as the top layer in one of their dual media filters as a test already in 2003. Parallel to the full scale test they ran a pilot plant for ...
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Calcium fluoride recovery by VacuDry®
econ industries and SAKAB are currently developing a new process for the recovery of calcium fluoride from filter cakes accrued during stainless steel processing. To recover the valuable calcium fluoride, the filter cake needs to be dried, which is difficult due to the properties of the filter cake. Laboratory tests carried out in 2012 demonstrate that the VacuDry® technology is the ideal ...
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Whitehouse Scientific sponsors Filtration Society’s 2012 conference
Whitehouse Scientific is once again a major sponsor of The Filtration Society’s annual conference and exhibition, which returns on 2-3 October 2012 at the Mercure Chester East Hotel, Christleton, Chester, UK. The main one-day event this year focuses on ‘Filter Characterisation’ and will be preceded by a Filter Testing Short Course. Dr Graham Rideal, CEO of Whitehouse ...
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Our tester was successfully supplied to Saijin Biotech for testing
The filter integrity tester of our company has been successfully supplied to Saijin Bio to conduct filter integrity testing, helping Saijin Bio to improve its integrity test efficiency and reduce operating costs. According to Saijin Biofeedback, their test efficiency in bubble point, pressure decay, diffusion flow and water intrusion tests has increased by 18%, and their investment costs have ...
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ASTM D7752 - 11 standard practice for evaluating compatibility of mixtures of hydraulic fluids
Hydraulic fluid compatibility is important to hydraulic equipment users because a mixture of incompatible fluids may produce a substance that is markedly inferior to its constituents. Even in identical base stocks, the formation of a precipitate may occur as a result of additive interactions. In this practice, compatibility will be determined using ISO ...
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Thriving Whitehouse Scientific celebrates 30 years in business
In 1983, pre-internet and in a year that saw early public access to mobile phones and the first incarnation of Microsoft Word, Dr Graham Rideal set about applying his unique scientific experience and expertise to the development of glass microsphere standards whose hallmark is absolute reliability and traceability. Thirty years on, Whitehouse Scientific is a thriving global business with a ...
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Filtration, Cake Washing & Drying: Lab Testing to Pilot Testing to Project Installation and Performance Guarantees
The presentation will discuss lab testing, pilot testing, scale-up, installation and performance guarantee for the BHS candle filter technology. The overall scheme can be used by process engineers to develop optimum filtration solutions for pressure or vacuum, batch or continuous and high-solids to clarification applications. This customer presently filters a specialty chemical in a filter press ...
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Agilent Technologies introduces three new LTE design verification and conformance systems
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced its new design verification and conformance systems for LTE. The three systems extend Agilent's GS-8800 series for cellular design verification and conformance and are intended for engineers testing LTE devices to meet the TS 36.521-1 standard. All three use the Agilent E6621A PXT wireless communications test set as their core signalling engine. ...
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FILTECH 2013 – Magnet for the Filtration World
With FILTECH 2013 taking place from 22-24 October 2013, the City of Wiesbaden will turn into the world’s top meeting-place for all those involved with Filtration & Separation and adjacent sectors. 300 companies will present their cutting-edge products and innovations to an international audience of buyers, sellers, users, designers, R&D experts, and the academic world. The ...
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Whitehouse Scientific shows ‘challenge testing’ know-how at World Filtration Congress
Whitehouse Scientific is relied upon around the world as a provider of high quality particle sizing standards and calibration microspheres, and will exhibit its unique range of filter calibration products and services at the 11th World Filtration Congress in Graz, Austria from 16-20 April 2012. This will include details of Whitehouse Scientific's method for determining the cut point of filter ...
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Safeguarding public health and protecting the environment
Stormwater and wastewater from domestic, industrial, and commercial activities has the potential to contaminate the water table. Regular filtration-based tests help water quality engineers assess and treat wastewater appropriately to meet international standards. Learn more about the international standards of water testing and filters that meets these standards in your ...
By Cytiva
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AWT in Haiti—Part 2
The AWT duo of President-Elect Marc Vermeulen, CWT, and Jason St. Cyr, CWT, was hard at work again yesterday with Pure Water for the World (PWW). To read about their first day, check out this post. AWT’s charity partner, PWW not only installs water filters in underserved communities, but it also follows-up with monitoring trips with the recipient families. This ongoing service is what the ...
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Exhibitors to Showcase Advanced Filtration Products and Services at WFC13
The major emphasis of World Filtration Congress is on our exceptional level of educational and technical offerings. Attendees will come from dozens of countries to learn from each other during seven plenary sessions, 30 keynote lectures, 285 oral presentations and panel discussions, 11 short courses and dozens of student and industry posters. This unparalleled quality of knowledge sharing is made ...
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Neptech Offers Free Sample of New Line of Emission Filters
Neptech launches new line of filter products for use in emission testing and chemical analysis. These products have been tested and proven to exceed industry standards and are priced well-below major competitive brands. Free Test Sample Offer To demonstrate the quality and performance of these new filter elements Neptech is offering free samples to select customers for testing and evaluation ...
By Neptech Inc.
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Auto shifting filter press commissioning
Fiter press with auto shifting and drip tray, belt conveyor installation and commissioning . There are some reminders before starting the filter press friend: People must not stand in front of the filter press hydraulic cylinder. For the first time,pls set the pressure gage max 10 Mpa to test if the filter press will stop or not when it reachs this pressure, if it don’t stop, pls ...
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Infographic - Meeting the standards for wastewater testing
Safeguarding public health and protecting the environment Stormwater and wastewater from domestic, industrial, and commercial activities has the potential to contaminate the water table. Regular filtration-based tests help water quality engineers assess and treat wastewater appropriately to meet international standards. Learn more about the international standards of water testing and filters ...
By Cytiva
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