At the Pogliano Milanese plant of Clariant Masterbatches, MITA built a cooling system for the extruding process that uses exchangers combined with several evaporative towers. In addition, MITA Water Technologies (now part of Axius Water) supplied a continuously regenerating sand filter that keeps the cooling water clean.
Clariant Masterbatches is a major global chemical company: it operates in more than 50 countries and employs more than 10,000 people worldwide. Its production includes a wide range of chemicals, including masterbatches, which are concentrates of pigments, dyes and additives used to modify the physical properties of plastics.
The Clariant Masterbatches business unit has a plant in Pogliano Milanese: a location that required the support of MITA Cooling Technologies to cool its extruders in conjunction with heat exchangers. The previously installed evaporative towers were in fact worn and excessively noisy: the two main focuses were therefore the durability of the new solution and noise containment.
An additional need for the company: the treatment of its wastewater.
MITA Cooling Technologies has selected together with Clariant two PME 4804 E Super Silent open circuit cooling towers: fiberglass construction to resist corrosion from particularly corrosive water (typical in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries), very low RPM to reduce noise.
Axial fans also ensure low pressure drops and consequent energy savings for standard machine operation.
Not only that. MITA Water Technologies, now part of Axius Water, provided a solution for Clariant’s process water treatment: a Filtrasand sand filter, model FS 3/1.5, to meet all the company’s needs for integrated water cycle management.
Undoubtedly a key factor in the success of the supply was the integrated water cycle management offerings from MITA Cooling Technologies and MITA Water Technologies. Both the cooling towers and the sand filter are suitable for corrosive process waters such as those in the chemical industry, with low energy use.
The extremely quick design and installation time, on the other hand, met with the explicit favor of the customer.
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