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IPC's Micro-90® Extends Life Of Filter Membranes For Wastewater Customer
March 11, 2009
The care and cleaning of filter membranes is essential to the success of any water treatment operation. International Products Corporation's Micro-90® is used to clean industrial filter membranes. One of IPC's customers treats industrial wastewater generated by the engine plant of a major automotive manufacturer. At this facility, up to 168,000 gallons of wastewater are treated per day using an ultra filtration membrane system. Their initial two-step process used caustic and acid materials. For the past six years, the company has used Micro-90® Concentrated Cleaning Solution. A 1% solution of Micro-90® not only removes the organics and metals that blind the membranes, it provides savings through reduced energy, reduced chemical use and less downtime. 100% recovery is achieved after every Micro-90® wash, and they have yet to replace any of their membranes after six years of operation.
Micro-90® is a mild, yet powerful, multipurpose, alkaline cleaning concentrate that has long been used in laboratories, industrial applications, and critical cleaning processes. Micro-90® is a unique chelating detergent that contains ionic and non-ionic ingredients, which combine to produce a variety of cleaning actions. Micro-90® lifts, disperses, emulsifies, sequesters, suspends, and decomposes soils, then rinses them away leaving the surface absolutely clean. Micro-90®'s target soils include oil, grease, wax, tar, flux, particulates, hard water stains, and biological debris. Micro-90® is highly effective at defouling filter membranes and can be validated in critical cleaning applications.
Other cleaners from International Products Corporation include: LF2100®, a liquid low-foam cleaner; Micro® A07, a citric acid cleaner; Surface Cleanse/930®, a concentrated neutral cleaner; Zymit®, a low-foam dual enzyme and detergent formula; and Zymit® Pro, a protease enzyme cleaner. These non-toxic products can be used in automotive plants to remove oil, grease and mineral deposits.
International Products Corporation specializes in the manufacture and distribution of environmentally-friendly specialty cleaners and temporary assembly lubricants at their ISO 9001-Certified facility in Burlington, New Jersey. Their state-of-the-art manufacturing, packaging, warehousing equipment and on-site laboratory are equipped for analytical work and continued development of products. Products are readily available worldwide through their network of global distributors. For more information, visit www.ipcol.com.
