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Chemical Industry

 

In hardly any other sector does safety have such a high priority as in chemistry. Where concentrated acids and explosive substances are part of day-to-day business, separators and decanters must show that they are made of strong stuff. All machines meet the most stringent quality requirements such as DIN EN ISO 9001 and are customized to the individual needs of each specific application. Westfalia Separator Industry as the technology leader with world wide operations is, therefore, able to select the special materials appropriate to each specific product, temperature and medium. And of course the separators and decanters from Westfalia Separator Industry are available in gas-tight, explosion-protected design and in compliance with the directive ATEX 95 (RL 94 / 9 / EG).

Applications of separators and decanters

a) In organic and inorganic chemistry:
Aldehydes / alcohols
Barium sulphate
Recovery of alkaline salts (boiler ash)
Celluloses and derivates
Printing colours / inks
Colours / paints / resins
• Aniline colourings
• Clear lacquers
• Coloured lacquers
• Epoxy resins
• Amide resins
• Phenolic resins (bakelite), etc.
Gum arabic
Catalytic segregation
Cosmetic and hygiene products
Alkalis
Luminescent materials
Solvent recovery and clarification
Nitration of aromatics
Nylon, caprolactam
Oil additives
Pesticides
Peroxides
• Recovery of peroxides
• Recovery of working solutions
Phosphoric acid
Polyacetates
Acids (inorganic and organic)
Suspensions with
• hydroxides
• metals
• oxides
• salts
Viscose, cellulose acetate

b) in petrochemistry and plastics manufacture:
Xanthan
Plastic suspensions (e.g. PVC, polyacetate)
Polycarbonates
PTA (purified terephthalic acid)
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