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InoCep® ceramic hollow fibre membranes allow ultrafiltration and microfiltration to take place in extreme conditions, with long service life, in a wide range of applications:

Metal/Surface Engineering

Treatment of hot/cold rolling emulsified oily wastewater from steel companies
Oil removal in degreasing/chemical baths for reuse (metal machining/picking)
Treatment of wastewater from grinding processes, glass and glass fibre production

Chemical/Oil Industry
Separation of catalysts
Purification of ethylene glycol
Filtration of dyestuffs, paints
Clarification of fuel ethanol stillage
Concentration of polymer suspensions and metal hydroxide solutions
Separation of fuel oil
Deasphalting of vacuum residual oil

Food & Beverages/Sugar Industry
Filtration of hot sugar cane juice
Clarification of glucose syrup
Filtration of dextrose hydrolysate
Production of small scale drinking water systems
Clarification of glycerin, gelatine, fruit juices, cornstarch and soy protein hydrolysate, beer and wine.

Water/Wastewater Treatment
Pretreatment in RO systems
Treatment for municipal wastewater / grey water / commercial laundry / vehicle wash water reuse
Treatment of dye / pigment and textile industry effluent

Industrial Chemicals Recycling
Filtration, recovery and reuse of: cooling lubricant, drilling emulsions, used oil
Electrophoretic paint effluent
Screen printing (high flash) solvents
Phosphatization bath (soil elimination)
Organic/cleaning solvents
Electrodeposition bath
Dye penetrant testing effluent
Marine bilge water (deoiling)
Hydrogenated oil catalyst fines

Biopharmaceutical/Life Sciences
Separation, purification and concentration of microbil cells, enzymes, antibiotic broth, organic acids, proteins, vitamins, amino acids, solvent extracts, nutraceutical products
Clarification of fermentation broths
Separation for biomass recovery, endotoxin removal in vaccine production
Separation for bacteria and pyrogen removal in high purity system such as antibiotics and enzyme production
Cleaning in place solutions (CIP)

Milk & Dairy
Removal of bacteria and spores
Concentration of skim/whole milk
Clarification (defatting) and concentration of whey protein
Filtration/concentration of lactoferrin and butter milk
Adjustment of whey protein/casein ratio
Concentration of milk solids for ice-cream mix
Recovery of cleaning chemicals


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