Adroitly Address Wastewater Challenges – Chemical Processing

Address Wastewater Challenges: Chemical Processing Industrial wastewater management and the ability to address wastewater challenges are critical issues for chemical and petrochemical plants. These challenges are driven by increasingly stringent regulatory standards, rising water costs, and looming water shortages. PRAB, Inc. builds and customizes advanced solutions to avoid these challenges while reducing operational costs and maintaining compliance with the strictest environmental […]

How to reduce energy waste in the manufacturing sector – Processing Magazine

Energy efficiency is top of mind for many manufacturers working to develop sustainable practices. Those who pursue energy cost reduction as part of those initiatives position their company for better margins and promote a high-growth, low-inflation economy. And when it comes to energy waste, there is plenty of room for improvement. Industry uses more than one-third of all energy consumed […]

Taking control of wastewater treatment – Pharma Manufacturing

The reduction of water consumption and focus on wastewater treatment is a growing trend in the pharmaceutical industry. With several motivating factors influencing this prioritization, wastewater treatment has become an increasingly critical part of pharmaceutical manufacturing business operations over the last decade. Fortunately, pharma can employ different strategies to go beyond compliance, and begin the process of positively impacting global […]

Control Wastewater Treatment – Efficient Plant

Industrial Wastewater treatment has become an increasingly critical part of plant operations over the past decade, and manufacturing companies in all industrial sectors are prioritizing water consumption reduction. Compliance with ever-tightening federal wastewater treatment, handling, and disposal regulations requires finishing industry executives to focus on the issue. Additional motivating factors for recycling wastewater include strengthening a company’s public image, improving […]

Ultrafiltration Systems with Smaller Footprints – IEN

PRAB, Inc. (Kalamazoo, MI) has introduced two compact versions of its turnkey Ultrafiltration (UF) System. PRAB’s ultrafiltration membrane technology separates organics, emulsified oils and suspended solids from process water, incoming water, wastewater and metalworking coolant to reduce haul-away costs up to 90%. All components and tank assemblies are mounted on a single skid that is configured for a smaller footprint […]

Steps to Take Control of Wastewater Treatment – Products Finishing

Wastewater treatment has become an increasingly critical part of plant operations over the last decade, and manufacturing companies across all industrial sectors are prioritizing the reduction of water consumption. At the heart of any system is the equipment. For finishing shops that are concerned about the impact their wastewater has on both the environment and their bottom line, there are […]

The Fluid Waste Management Choice – Water & Wastes Digest

Ultrafiltration (UF) excels at the clarification of solutions containing suspended solids, bacteria, and high concentrations of macromolecules, including oil and water. This is a pressure-driven process using membranes that are characterized by their molecular weight cut-off. No chemical additives are required. Ultrafiltration removes a variety of suspended solids and organic impurities from water and other solutions for optimum water management, […]

Evaporators Provide Economical Solution – Water & Wastes Digest

About the author: PRAB Inc. can be reached at www.prab.com or 888.324.2576. Evaporation is not only a natural phenomenon, but also a clean separation technology that has been recognized as a powerful technique for several industrial wastewater treatment processes to completely separate heavy metals, salts, boron, hardness ions, phosphates, surfactants and solids, which reduces wastewater volumes and produces high quality, […]

The Surprising Value in Fluid Recovery – Production Machining

Located in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, Anthony Screw Products Ltd. is a precision machining company that produces a range of custom parts including fittings, washers, nuts, bolts and pulley hubs. Company President Rod Anthony has more than 25 years of experience working in every position in the plant’s manufacturing process. Even with this unique and total understanding of the operation, he […]

Coolant Recycling System Improves Tool Life, Reduces Costs – Modern Machine Shop

As a supplier to some of the world’s largest aerospace companies, Koss Aerospace has taken a number of key steps to enhance overall efficiency and eliminate waste by committing to lean manufacturing, continuous improvement and green initiatives. Among those steps was the addition of a PRAB Guardian coolant recycling system to address cutting fluid capacity issues and to improve other […]