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Filtration+Separation June 2007
Racine to acquire Asahi/America flow meters Racine Federated of Racine, Wisconsin, USA, has taken ownership of Asahi/America’s entire flow meter stock and has assumed responsibility for all operations surrounding both product lines. Asahi/America, Inc, a manufacturer and distributor of corrosion resistant thermoplastic fluid flow solutions, will no longer sell, service or support the Universal Vortex Flow Meter and FloSonex Ultrasonic Flow Meter product lines. “We feel this will allow Asahi/ America to dedicate more resources to our core product lines including thermoplastic
valveus, actuators and piping systems,” said Dan Anderson, Asahi/America’s vice president of sales and marketing. The addition of this vortex shedding product line increases Racine Federated’s offering of flow measurement equipment and fluid management solutions. It will be fully integrated into the Wisconsin facility by the third quarter of 2007, including the construction of a Class1000 certified clean room for meter production, especially for semiconductor and other industries with such requirements. www.racinefed.com
Thermo Fisher sells solvent evaporation Riverlake Partners, LLC, a US-based private equity firm, has acquired Genevac Ltd, a manufacturer of solvent evaporation systems, from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Riverlake will merge Genevac into its platform investment, SP Industries, Inc. “By integrating our lines of complementary laboratory equipment products, we can provide our international customer base with a more robust product offering,” said Charles L. Grant, CEO of SP. Two of Genevac’s major product lines include the Genevac EZ2 and HT Series Evaporators and the miVac Concentrators. www.genevac.com
Texas selects Siemens for submerged membranes The city of Waxahachie, Texas, USA has chosen Siemens Water Technologies to supply a 20.5 mgd (million gallons/day) submerged membrane filtration system for Phase 1 of a new Robert W. Sokoll joint venture surface water treatment plant. The system consists of four individual Memcor CS trains, fed with settled water from the Tarrant Regional Water District raw water pipeline in North Central Texas. The 3.3-million plant is expected to begin operation in April 2009.
compared to other membrane technologies. Other advantages of the system include a physical barrier against harmful parasites like Cryptosporidium and Giardia as well as bacteria, flexibility in handling raw water fluctuations while providing consistently highquality effluent and sustained capacity, and fully automated operation, including verification of system integrity, Siemens says.
The companies plan to expand the facility in 20 mgd phases to prepare for their growth as well as their wholesale customers’ growth over the next 50 years. By 2060, the City and Rockett SUD and their customers expect they will need more than 80 mgd (302.8 mld). By the time construction of each phase is completed, the plant reportedly will be able to treat this capacity. www.siemens.com
Located approximately 48 km (30 miles) south of Dallas, the City of Waxahachie has partnered with Rockett Special Utility District (SUD) to jointly construct the water treatment plant. Drinking water from the plant will help serve the northern half of the city as well as Rockett SUD and numerous wholesale customers across the county. The City chose the Memcor CS system because it decided that the system provides the lowest cost per gallon of treated water
This new plant could help bring water to dry parts of Texas.
In brief Koch Membrane Systems Inc (KMS), has been selected to provide reverse osmosis (RO) equipment to the city of Goodyear, Arizona, USA. Separation Process Inc, the city’s consultant, chose the 18 inch diameter Mega Magnum® spiral element from KMS as the backbone of a 0.5 MGD brackish water RO system. To supply potable water to growing areas, the city plans to transport the MegaMagnum system to outlying sites closer to the well-heads. The system will operate as a swing-unit so it can be moved to other locations as necessary. Since Goodyear plans to move the system and produce potable water, maximizing the amount of water that can be produced by a transportable system is critical, KMS says. The MegaMagnum element pressure vessel’s footprint is about 50% of that of an 8 inch element rack, which allows the city to reduce the transportation and civil costs associated with the project substantially, KMS says. www.kochmembrane.com Membrana GmbH has signed a licensing agreement with Chinese filtration device and system integrator Dalian OKM Industrial Ltd, which allows OKM to manufacture and market filtration devices for water treatment utilizing Membrana’s UltraPES 0.7 and 0.8 ultrafiltration membrane in China. OKM filtration products manufactured and sold in China will be marketed as Ultra-Flux™ filtration devices. (Ultra-Flux is a trademark of Membrana GmbH.) The agreement grants OKM exclusive rights to sell water filtration devices in the People’s Republic of China with the Ultra-Flux name. Membrana and OKM have been working together for over four years and there are already more than 50 systems installed in various industries in China utilizing UltraPES membranes in OKM filtration devices. www.membrana.com
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Filtration+Separation June 2007
Racine to acquire Asahi/America flow meters Racine Federated of Racine, Wisconsin, USA, has taken ownership of Asahi/America’s entire flow meter stock and has assumed responsibility for all operations surrounding both product lines. Asahi/America, Inc, a manufacturer and distributor of corrosion resistant thermoplastic fluid flow solutions, will no longer sell, service or support the Universal Vortex Flow Meter and FloSonex Ultrasonic Flow Meter product lines. “We feel this will allow Asahi/ America to dedicate more resources to our core product lines including thermoplastic
valveus, actuators and piping systems,” said Dan Anderson, Asahi/America’s vice president of sales and marketing. The addition of this vortex shedding product line increases Racine Federated’s offering of flow measurement equipment and fluid management solutions. It will be fully integrated into the Wisconsin facility by the third quarter of 2007, including the construction of a Class1000 certified clean room for meter production, especially for semiconductor and other industries with such requirements. www.racinefed.com
Thermo Fisher sells solvent evaporation Riverlake Partners, LLC, a US-based private equity firm, has acquired Genevac Ltd, a manufacturer of solvent evaporation systems, from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Riverlake will merge Genevac into its platform investment, SP Industries, Inc. “By integrating our lines of complementary laboratory equipment products, we can provide our international customer base with a more robust product offering,” said Charles L. Grant, CEO of SP. Two of Genevac’s major product lines include the Genevac EZ2 and HT Series Evaporators and the miVac Concentrators. www.genevac.com
Texas selects Siemens for submerged membranes The city of Waxahachie, Texas, USA has chosen Siemens Water Technologies to supply a 20.5 mgd (million gallons/day) submerged membrane filtration system for Phase 1 of a new Robert W. Sokoll joint venture surface water treatment plant. The system consists of four individual Memcor CS trains, fed with settled water from the Tarrant Regional Water District raw water pipeline in North Central Texas. The 3.3-million plant is expected to begin operation in April 2009.
compared to other membrane technologies. Other advantages of the system include a physical barrier against harmful parasites like Cryptosporidium and Giardia as well as bacteria, flexibility in handling raw water fluctuations while providing consistently highquality effluent and sustained capacity, and fully automated operation, including verification of system integrity, Siemens says.
The companies plan to expand the facility in 20 mgd phases to prepare for their growth as well as their wholesale customers’ growth over the next 50 years. By 2060, the City and Rockett SUD and their customers expect they will need more than 80 mgd (302.8 mld). By the time construction of each phase is completed, the plant reportedly will be able to treat this capacity. www.siemens.com
Located approximately 48 km (30 miles) south of Dallas, the City of Waxahachie has partnered with Rockett Special Utility District (SUD) to jointly construct the water treatment plant. Drinking water from the plant will help serve the northern half of the city as well as Rockett SUD and numerous wholesale customers across the county. The City chose the Memcor CS system because it decided that the system provides the lowest cost per gallon of treated water
This new plant could help bring water to dry parts of Texas.
In brief Koch Membrane Systems Inc (KMS), has been selected to provide reverse osmosis (RO) equipment to the city of Goodyear, Arizona, USA. Separation Process Inc, the city’s consultant, chose the 18 inch diameter Mega Magnum® spiral element from KMS as the backbone of a 0.5 MGD brackish water RO system. To supply potable water to growing areas, the city plans to transport the MegaMagnum system to outlying sites closer to the well-heads. The system will operate as a swing-unit so it can be moved to other locations as necessary. Since Goodyear plans to move the system and produce potable water, maximizing the amount of water that can be produced by a transportable system is critical, KMS says. The MegaMagnum element pressure vessel’s footprint is about 50% of that of an 8 inch element rack, which allows the city to reduce the transportation and civil costs associated with the project substantially, KMS says. www.kochmembrane.com Membrana GmbH has signed a licensing agreement with Chinese filtration device and system integrator Dalian OKM Industrial Ltd, which allows OKM to manufacture and market filtration devices for water treatment utilizing Membrana’s UltraPES 0.7 and 0.8 ultrafiltration membrane in China. OKM filtration products manufactured and sold in China will be marketed as Ultra-Flux™ filtration devices. (Ultra-Flux is a trademark of Membrana GmbH.) The agreement grants OKM exclusive rights to sell water filtration devices in the People’s Republic of China with the Ultra-Flux name. Membrana and OKM have been working together for over four years and there are already more than 50 systems installed in various industries in China utilizing UltraPES membranes in OKM filtration devices. www.membrana.com
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