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High-performance self-cleaning filter for viscous adhesives

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Leading acrylic resin manufacturer optimises its adhesive production by replacing traditional static strainers with automatic self-cleaning filters

Lucite International Group Ltd. (known as Lucite) is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of acrylic-based products. As part of the Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, the company has many manufacturing plants around the world, producing polymers, monomers, composites and resins for various applications including dental, medical, coatings, adhesives and glass.

At its production plant in Newton Aycliffe, UK, Lucite manufactures a number of premium speciality polymers and resins, specifically designed and developed alongside its customers.

Lucite had previously experienced difficulties when filtering an adhesive resin, used in the production of surgical plasters. A key stage of the resin process line is filtration – ensuring oversize contamination such as foreign particles and agglomerates are removed.

This guarantees the quality and consistency of the product – a key requirement for a medical application – as well as protecting the downstream process of membrane filtration.

However, filtration of these high-viscosity, sticky adhesives can be difficult, and Lucite had encountered problems when using traditional static basket strainers to carry out the filtration process.

Having previously relied upon the Self-Cleaning Russell Eco Filter® for other applications, Lucite consulted Russell Finex once again for a solution to filtering the adhesive resin.

The solution was an EF803 Self-Cleaning Russell Eco Filter®. These inline filters provide an efficient solution to ensuring the quality of high-viscosity liquids such as adhesive resins and have the capacity to meet Lucite’s required throughput of 400 litres per hour.

The company also utilises additional Russell Finex separation equipment on a separate production line at it's Newton Aycliffe site, including vibratory separators to ensure the quality and consistency of polymer beads.

Read the full article here: Adhesive manufacturer improves product quality with automatic self-cleaning filter

Russell Finex has 85 years supplying innovative separation solutions to a range of different industries. Contact Russell Finex to find out more information about the automatic in-line filter and how it can fit into your new or existing processing line.

Russell Finex

Russell Finex

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Russell Finex is a worldwide leader in fine mesh separation technology, designing and manufacturing vibratory sieves, separators, ultrasonic mesh deblinding systems and liquid filters.

With a wealth of experience Russell Finex strives to improve the product quality and productivity of companies processing liquids and powders. Our easily operable machines are simple to clean and provide excellent health and safety features to protect operators. All equipment is manufactured in an ISO: 9001 recognised environment and is authorised for use in areas regulated by the latest European ATEX legislation.

Our products are supplied to over 140 countries to a range of processing industries. Our state-of-the-art testing facilities at our UK, Belgium, USA and India offices allow customers to test their product on our machines prior to purchase, giving them total peace of mind that the recommended solution will solve their processing problems. Furthermore our products can be customised to suit each company’s individual requirements.

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