Chemical processing operators face several challenges when trying to manage operational efficiency while delivering on-spec products. And this is because incoming feed quality and contamination levels can fluctuate dramatically based on ever-changing process conditions.
Our job is to help identify these issues as early as possible and prevent contaminants and impurities from migrating downstream, which can result in high costs to operations, including:
- Off-spec product production
- Damage to processing and filter equipment
- Unplanned maintenance
- Productivity loss
The efficiency of filtration and separation within your process is crucial to your operations’ reliability and the production of polymers and chemicals, which are a critical part of many goods we purchase and use in our daily lives. And that’s before you even consider the challenges you face as a business on operational costs, process performance and improving the end quality of your product.
This is where Amafilter® can help.
Whether you’re looking to improve your process streams, remove contaminants or protect downstream equipment, our range of filtration and separation systems deliver the right solution based on your specific needs.
All while improving process efficiency and overall business performance.
The right filtration solution is vital for the success and protection of your chemical processes – especially as chemical processing is susceptible to variations in feed quality and contamination levels. The slightest inefficiency can transfer downstream into other processes, leading to off-spec production quality, resulting in productivity and quality loss, maintenance costs, and unplanned downtime.
But by implementing the best filtration solution at crucial points in your process, these risks can be removed.
That’s why at Amafiler®, we take time to understand the filtration and processing challenges unique to your business by drawing on over 50-years of experience in providing filtration solutions to suit the unique individual needs of our customers.
We aim to improve your bottom line by optimizing your filtration operations, decreasing the risk of downtime and improving operational reliability.
Case study – Improving filtration quality and reducing maintenance costs at Cerdia Produktions GmbH.
Cerdia were struggling to achieve the desired filtration levels and process automation efficiencies they needed to accomplish with their current system. So, to maintain the existing process filtration effectiveness, the maintenance team at Cerdia Produktions GmbH started changing their process filter cloths three times a week.
The result
An increase in expenditure due to labour, maintenance and replacement cloths.
Amafilter®’s specialists worked closely with the team at Cerdia to better understand the specific issues they were experiencing with their existing filter system and identified that it wasn’t equipped with a backwash option.
Amafilter® experts advised Cerdia to install a Cricketfilter® system fitted with an automated backwash feature. A 1 m² surface area pilot unit was installed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the backflush system and how it was suitable for their chemical applications.
Following four weeks of pilot testing, the Cricketfilter® system proved highly effective and showed no signs of blockage. And following the successful trial, the Amafilter® team designed and manufactured a bespoke Cricketfilter® 2000W system for Cerdia Produktions GmbH.
Once installed, the system proved ideal and delivered the following benefits:
- filter cloths only needed to be replaced once every six months
- substantially reduced filter cloth expenditure
- the auto sequence backwash reduced maintenance intervention
Also, traditional candle/pulse tube filters have cylindrical elements which do not maximise the space inside the filter as efficiently as the flat element shape of the Cricketfilter®, which makes it possible to install up to 40% more filtration area in a tank than the traditional cylindrical elements.
In conclusion, the reduced investment costs enabled Cerdia to upgrade its system with a more robust and reliable process filter.