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. GEA Westfalia Separator Process 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 GEA Westfalia Separator Process 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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