Crossflow filters' longer path-length boosts performance

Excluding

Stratapac,

11%. dropped

by

represents quarters

which

improvement

posted

for previous

this year.

For more information, contact: Pall

449 5786.

East Hills, NY 11548, USA.Tel: +I 516

US-based

A/G

Corporation

has announced

its MidGee

crossflow

Membrane

Koch Inc

Systems

of

Wilmington,

Massachusetts, introduced

a

pretreatment chemicals

line

new

and for

of

maintenance

reverse

pr6ducts

osmosis

and

membrane

systems

RO

product

line

cleaners

the convenience

and-sealants

and bio-

product

range

is based

dendrimer

which

has

many

over

advantages phosphate-based

on

techunique standard

the

claims Koch. For

the

ensure

recoveries

with

denaturation.

can

to

to a syringe solutions

be

compact

crossflow

filtration

system

a miniature

pump, control

valve, convenient

mounting

platform

and reservoir

kit. They are

of membrane

scaling.

the pretreatment free,

it

does

biological

control

Also, because

not

contribute

in a liquid

compatible conveniently from

in

to

factors

tissue

or powder including may

injected

into

a single tank,

buffer

exchange

are

chromaiography

be

diagnostic

feed-

says the

company.

from

particle

continuous

of

column

purification cell

suspension

clarification,

and

fractions,

concentration, colloidal

culture

concentration

buffer protein

For more information, contact: Koch

suspended

Membrane Systems Inc, 850 Main Street,

concehtrationiremoval.

washing, lysate

concentration,

solids removal

and virus

Wilmington, MA 01887, USA. Tel: +I 978 657 4250. Fax: +I 978 657 5208.

Membrane Technology No. 112

Hampshire

Prevention

Conference.

Monadnock

at the Seventh

region, 350

about certified

in the

employs

people

in

a

environment

as IS0

9000. The award

was given to the Jaffrrey facility for its success

with

reduction

a solvent

project

usage:

that was starred

in early 1997.

as

volumes

larger

of

capacity

minimal

to

number projects.

For

Drego,

California

maximum

product

wasrewater

and are ideal

for critical

applications of

such

reagents,

media,

and

example,

in

San

the company

is

to purie

to a reservoir

drinking

The company

water. that

equipment

the

that

culture

with

project

processing

company

to for is use

combines

membrane

activated

tank,

hopes

its filters

an aeration-type

sludge

a

to a level sufficient

hollow-fibre

the

in

allow its return

serum,

says

components,

the

Rayon

treatment

in a project

proposing

biologicals,

diagnostic culture

as the

pharmaceuticals,

in

technology of wastewater

participating

sterilisation

‘

a report

is using its hollow-fibre

hold-up

for

i

press, Mitsubishi

membrane

and cartridges.

feature

Mitsubishi promotes membrane technology

Company

and

the

receive

an

prototype

in

to

for a working

2000.

Corporation, 25 Harbor Park Drive, Port Washington, NY 11050, USA. Tel: +I 516

film properties investigated

484 3600, Fax: +I 516 434 3637.

Industry’s

need

Adhesives target membrane filter market

longer

UK

company

launching adhesives

a

designed E3130

is

the

of

ultrathin

specifically

the two-part the range.

For more information, contact: AIG

among

Technology Corporation, 101 Hampton

used

epoxies They

others, for

and

water

are

included

in

membrane and

the

to seal,

location

filters beverage

films

of

trying

that and

to see if

of polymers

in

14 nm thick

have

shape the

and

size,

same

and

way

in the bulk

as

material.

gpphcations ’

Biological polymers

scientists

is still unknown,

in

no

State University

the

same

molecules

films

PoIymer

molecules

behave

E3230

are used

these

they are currently

for the membrane filter market. E3030,

that

boundary

range

thinner

in the same way as

at Pennsylvania

Permabond new

where

behave

bulk polymers. say

for

films may one day hit rhe

boundary

or

concentration, exchange,

held

the

filter evaluations

of and

1999

New

polymer

recovery

antibodies

the

Governor’s

a ceremony

and eliminate

of laboratory

including

growth

of

awarded

Annual

Japanese

For more information, contact: Pall

range

monoclonal

supernatants,

and

wide

Micro-

products,

Award for Pollution prevention at

order

and microfiltration

applications

chemicals

and bio-ighibitors

a

ultrafiltration

virus,

All pretreatments,

anti-sealants

available

is

ofits

and

Hampshire

to

back-pressure

pore sizes for a variety

line is phosphate

pretreatment

are available

waters

to crystal

fouling.

Koch’S form.

prior

for more efficient

New

designed

company.

peristaltic

‘was recentIy

According

the same materials

process capsules

media

anti-

ion control

and as part “Upscale

are

scale-up

construction

tissue

with crystal modifier

formation

they

by containing

which

compared

precision

a long

are manufactured

company’s

simplify

MidJet

includes

provide

the

buffers,

can be incorporated

flow

with

bio-pharmaceuticals,

easily.

a

grade

high

using adhesives,

filtration

be

that

chemicals

capsules

so that

says

its pretreatment

sterilising

in

which

service life.

recovery

can

has facility

filtration

manufacturing

layel; over

to provide

rates and throughputs

flexible

the

sealants,

pm

are

Supor

contain

0.2

membrane

They

minimal

They

connected

high

example,

company

they

a final

Program”,

of

rate and pressure,

filters

and

0.8 pm pre-filter

of

by a

electronics

Pollution

250P are they

built-in

The

control

scale-up

with its proprietary

need for multiple

cartridges

and

simplify

its

The Jaffrey Facility, locared

membrane,

without

crossflow

precise

concentrated

to

US which’ are

integrity-tested,

such

is generated

into the company’s

and homopolymer-

based anti-s&ants,

the

in the

available

these

Unlike

pump.

disposable

The

is

stirred

polarisation

by

which

removed

that

using

devices,

is caused

tubing,

critical

and speed

minimise

quickly

hyper-branched

of

cells or dialysis tubing.

shear

for

and they offer

to achieve

product

pretreatments

designed

solutions,

velocity,

says

concentration

diaflltration

recirculation of

inhibitors.

nology

are

Incorporating

includes

for reduction

and scaling,

The

filters

biological

100%

with .the original

of filter

Pall says that SpiralCap

cm path-

the company

laboratory

recirculation

cost-effectively

says the company.

for organics,

the

rapid

that

custbmers

maintain

and efficiently,

fouling

that

cartridges

and Kochtreat,

help

operate

membrane

in a 31

conventional

Called Kochkleen

The

operations.

difficult

(RO) systems. the

times.

and/or

has

USA,

designed

Now made

a

range

a

that

BioPharmaceutical

has

pharmaceutical-grade

surface area for faster processing

19 cm version,

Membrane

Launched

Corporation

announced

home for US manufacturing

Biopharmaceuticals,

capsules

to provide

I length, compared

separation technology

company,

are

in a longer

Millipore

Jaffrey, New Hampshire,

division of Pall Corporation,

greater

path-length

:

that

filters

now manufactured

Chemicals maintain reverse osmosis systems

Pall

Technology

Brief

Miflipore wins award

Filter capsules simplify scale-up

Corporation, 2200 Northern Boulevard, 484 5400, Fax: +I 516 484 5228.

In

USA. Tel: +I 781 449 5774, Fax: +I 781

Crossflow filters’ longer pathlength boosts performance

sales

25.5%,

a dramatic

on the results

Avenue, Needham, MA 02494-2628,

sales grew by

Microelectronics’

in thin

Go-membranes

films and

of include

lipid

bio-

layers.

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