Lanxess Inaugurates New Production Lines Water Treatment Solutions

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“Even before being brought into operation, our new food-grade filling unit has attracted major market interest,” adds Tegtmeier. The centerpiece is the “white zone” of the new plant, which was designed according to the “black and white” principle. This principle was originally developed and used in the mining industry and serves to keep clean (“white”) and contaminated (“black”) work areas separate. The white zone is supplied with filtered air and is under positive pressure to prevent impurities in the surrounding environment from entering. The specially trained personnel who work there also wear protective clothing.

Inside this hall, which covers some 300 square meters, products are fed from several silos into big bags and drums on stainless steel pallets so that they can immediately be weighed, labeled and transported. A rail-bound transportation system is used instead of conventional forklifts. Packaging material can be delivered via three truck ramps. Before being transported to the adjoining storage and dispatch building, the containers are transferred fully automatically onto wooden pallets and sealed in weatherproof film. There is an additional buffer storage area next to the workroom.

Customized Drinking Water Treatment

Weak acid cation exchange resins are predominantly used in cartridges for household water filters and in installed domestic water systems, which are becoming increasingly popular. They remove calcium and magnesium ions, which can cause mains water to become hard, and in some cases also ions that are harmful to human health such as lead and copper, depositing other safe ions in the water instead. This improves both the quality and taste of drinking water. Recently, using particular ions to enrich drinking water has also been gaining in importance. In some regions of Italy, for instance, special ion exchangers charged with calcium or magnesium ions have been used to treat water that is very low in minerals.

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