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Nature Works - Glass Filter Media
Nature Works Glass Filter Media is a filter media made from virgin granulated glass, designed to replace the silica sand in any standard filter available on the market and intended for both domestic (swimming pool) and industrial water filtration.
It is the only water treatment filter media that provides maximum performance; reusability; energy, water and chemical savings; certified purity and total safety during installation. It is an ecological, recycled and recyclable product that reduces the environmental impact of water treatment.
Thanks to its advanced Anti-Compaction Technology, its smooth edges and its polyhedral morphology, it prevents the appearance of biofilm and chloramines. It does not require flocculants and reduces pressure loss to a minimum. The quality of Nature Works® Glass Filter Media is guaranteed by international product, production, water treatment and traceability certifications.
- The aseptic properties and the Anti-Compaction Technology of Nature Works avoid the formation of biofilm. This important characteristic is accredited by accreditation laboratories.
- Biofilm is responsable for chloramines, clogging and channeling in the filter mass. With the use of Nature Works you will find a difference straight away.
- The crystal silica is a compound mineral that can be found in rocks and sand and may be found in filtration sand. A long term exposure to this compound could lead to various lung problems.
- Free silica is considered a cancerous substance by IARC (International Agency for Cancer Research).
- Nature Works® avoids this hazard as it has no Free Silica in its composition. Certified by Bureau Veritas Certification number BV ES026775-A-CPI.
- The efficiency of Nature Works is based on the elimination of the most common particles you can find in a swimming pool that make the water go misty. This simultaneously maximizes savings and efficiency.
- The utility of a filter media is determined by a compromise between micron rate and clogging capacity.
Savings and Efficiency
Energy savings
The Anti-compaction Technology has been designed to keep the micro channels that form in the filtering mass open. When they are kept unblocked, the pressure in the filter stays at its minimum level and the clogging capacity stays at its maximum level, resulting in the following savings:
- Up to 60% of the pump consumption*
- Up to 10% of the heating consumption*
At the same time as we save energy, due to keeping the micro channels open, we also manage to save water as we reduce backwashing. This means:
- Up to 35% in water consumption when backwashing*
Most of the chemicals used for the maintenance of the water are aimed at eliminating biofilm. The certified absence of this gives us:
- Up to 30% saving in the cost of chemical products*
Durability
Anti-Compaction Technology
Most of the filter medias available on the market come to the end of their useful life prematurely due to the effect of compaction (caking), a process where the segregation of fine and thick grains block the microchannels of the filtering mass.
In order to avoid this result, Nature Works® has developed the Anti- Compaction Technology®, a precise selection of the calibre of the grain, designed to extend the useful life of the media indefinitely.
A single layer to achieve maximum durability
Nature Works only needs a single layer, with only one grain size, to offer a maximum performance, unlike other filter media that require multiple layers of different grains to be effective.
This means Nature Works can be used time and time again. In the case of having to be taken out for any reason, such as damage to the filter or changing the water traps, you just take it out and reuse it in a safe and easy way.
Safety is a basic quality when it comes to products used for water treatment for human use. For this reason at Nature Works we subject our glass to an advanced micro grinding to eliminate sharp and cutting edges.
With this process we obtain a glass that is harmless and completely safe to handle.
Purity
Purity certified for human use
The filter media is in constant contact with the water once it is installed, therefore it is fundamental that it is free of contaminants that could end up in the water.
Nature Works is a completely sterile product made from clean virgin flat glass, with a purity level of at least 99,999%, certified by Bureau Veritas, which corresponds to the lowest possible detection limit.
Warranty origin
Nature Works is made from recycled virgin glass, in other words, new glass that has never been transformed.
This is the only way to guarantee the absence of bacteria or any other microscopic contaminants.