Monthly Archives: April 2017

DuraMem® and PuraMem® membranes are now available as a valuable addition to our Chemically Resistant Membranes product line. Duramem® and Puramem® polymeric membranes, made by Evonik, are market leaders for Organic Solvent Nanofiltration (OSN).

How about a nice tall glass of ice-cold beer… made from recycled sewage water? Did you hesitate? Well, now let’s think about it: most breweries use some combination of hops, malted barley, yeast, and…. well… clean water! But beer from recycled wastewater? That’s exactly what took place March 19-10 at the 2017 WateReuse California Annual Conference in San Diego.

You spoke and we listened! Many of you expressed difficulty in finding additional application or technical specifications while viewing a product page on www.sterlitech.com. Thanks to your feedback, each tab is now individually outlined and highlights when moving your mouse cursor over a given tab; information is just one click away! Simply place your mouse curser over the “Application/Specification” tab near the middle of the page (example shown to the left) and click. This will open the tab, and you will then have all pertinent information on your screen.

For consumers using disk, syringe, and capsule filters it is a common FAQ: How long will my filter last? Or, to put it another way: How much fluid can I expect to pass through my filter before it clogs? This seems to be a simple and reasonable question for a filter consumer: Would any of us purchase a product without an understanding of its service life? However, this apparently simple question is deceivingly complex as a multitude of factors influence filter service life. Service life can be defined as the total volume of fluid that is passed through a normal flow filter until it becomes clogged; this is commonly referred to as total throughput. It is nearly impossible to predict total throughput, even with a good understanding of the application. So, as a filter manufacturer, how would we suggest approaching this challenge?