kn_base=new Array( new kn_recs( "580 transmission program","Kokomo","Indiana","USA","Automotive industry","Aqueous cleaning","Series 86 Suparator(R) separation systems.","Engine manufacturing","New transmission line being installed","Oil control on central wash reservoirs and central coolant filtration systems","Units specified, not yet installed.","","","","","","Unknown","","Unknown","Daimler Chrysler"), new kn_recs( "Aardé Recycling nv-sa","Houthalen","","Belgium","Environmental","Aqueous cleaning","84/540/002+91/275/203A","Recycling of oil filters from automobiles","Filters were pressed together into blocks of scrap, thereby squeezing out the oil. Blocks dripping with dirty, black oil need washing prior to transportation.","Control oil concentration in washer to enable washing at the existing, extreme, contamination level.","Suparator® system keeps up with heavy contamination, effectively keeping the cleaner alive for more than 4 weeks.","Degreasing","Crushing","Recycling","Spray washer (belt)","","Alkaline","deemulsifying","Chrisal",""), new kn_recs( "ACPC/Cardic","Antwerp","","Belgium","Automotive industry","Other, non-aqueous cleaning","91/200/104F","Cleaning of cars, offloaded from ships.","Wax was removed using a solvent/water mixture. Solvent recovery involved floating layer separation.","To maximize recovery without getting high water content.","","De-waxing","Transportation","Transportation","Spray washer (tunnel)","","Solvent","Ejects wax","",""), new kn_recs( "Air Canada","Montreal","","Canada","Aviation industry","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GR02+91/2x50/104F","Aircraft maintenance","Aircraft wheel washer buffer tank gives a floating layer with oil, grease and sludge (carbon from brakes and grease from bearings).","To improve the quality performance and bath lifetime of the cleaner.","Equipment installed successfully maintained the quality of the cleaner.","Cleaning","Disassembling","Inspection","Cabinet washer","Proceco","special","deemulsifying","special",""), new kn_recs( "Air France","Paris","","France","Aviation industry","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GR02+91/2x50/104F+rake skimmer","Aircraft maintenance","Aircraft wheel washer buffer tank gives a floating layer with oil, grease and sludge.","Improving the quality performance and bath lifetime of the cleaner.","Equipment installed successfully removed oily sludge layer from washer tank surface. Additional rake skimmer was installed on 86/240 to assist in forwarding oily sludge to oil trough. Second wheel washer was fitted with same system within 6 months.","Cleaning","Disassembling","Inspection","Cabinet washer","Proceco","special","deemulsifying","special",""), new kn_recs( "Alu Premetaal","Gennep","","The Netherlands","Manufacturing","Wastewater","86/240GR02+91/2x50/104F","Dye-casting of aluminum parts for automotive industry.","Plant risked being shut down by authorities due to excessive oil emission into municipal sewer.","Eliminate oil emission into sewer and minimize the cost associated with frequent oil separator clean-out.","Less than 1 mg/litre of oil in effluent;200 liter pure oil removed every week.","","","","","","","","","Corus"), new kn_recs( "American Showa","Blanchester","","USA, Ohio","","Wastewater","","","High oil loading contaminated ultra filtration system","Eliminate contamination of filters, minimize back-flush and waste volume.","Improved downstream polishing - lower overall treatment costs- recovered oil recycled.","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Appleton Electric","Columbus","","USA, Nebraska","Manufacturing","Aqueous cleaning","","Plating of parts","Recontamination by floating oil compromised entire plating process.","Control oil concentration in cleaning bath to minimize oil carry over en avoid compromising other baths.","Bath life extended, plating process improved, and oil previously disposed as oily water waste now recyclable.","Degreasing","Manufacturing","Plating","Immersion cleaning (plating line)","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Autolive Automotive Safety Prod. b.v.","Amsterdam","","The Netherlands","Automotive industry","Aqueous cleaning","","Manufacturing of airbag engines","Heavy grease. used to protect parts against corrosion, caused short bath life and malfunction of conventional oil separating device which was a disk skimmer.","Effective oil and grease separation and extension of bath life.","Disk skimmer was successfully replaced with 86/240/002 Suparator oil separator. Bath life doubled to 3 months.","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Benteler AG","Schwandorf","","Germany","Automotive industry","Machine coolant","86/240GR02+91/2x50/104F","Hydroforming of suspension parts for automotive","High loading with tramp oil and particles in the emulsion caused the sealings in a hydro-forming installation to regularly fail","Reduce failing of seals and improve availability of production equipment.","Oil removal enables filtration of fluid. Combined use of Suparator for oil separation and 3M Highflow for filtration installed.","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Bewa Recycling","Moerdijk","","The Netherlands","Environmental - Recycling","Condensate (steam)","86/320GR01+91/100/204A","Edible fat reclaiming","Steam condensate recovery system showed floating oil and grease, endangering the boilers.","Maintain quality of recovered condensate and eliminate risks for boilers.","Effective removal keeps boilers clean","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "BGT","Eindhoven","","The Netherlands","Galvanic industry","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GR01","Plating of parts","Oil build up in aqueous cleaning bath caused redeposition of oil on parts and forced frequent bath changes","Eliminate oil film and redeposition of oil on parts: maximize bath life.","With the addition of an overflow compartment and the Suparator® installation, the oil problem was eliminated.","Cleaning","Manufacturing","Plating","Immersion cleaning (plating line)","Custom","unknown","unknown","unknown",""), new kn_recs( "Bodycote Lindberg","Waterbury, CT","","USA, CT","Heat treatment","Aqueous cleaning","86/240T separator+91/275/204A","Hardening and carbon nitriding of steel fasteners.","High residual oil on parts after post-quench wash causes serious air quality problems due to smoke production in the tempering oven. Poor performance of quench oil recovery system, using belt skimmer, resulted in high oil purchase and waste oil disposal","Eliminate smoke problem and improve quench oil recovery operation.","Quench oil was recovered with less than 0.1% water. Proposed HVAC solution projected at $800,000 was no longer needed. Abrasive blasting of fasteners prior to plating could be eliminated as a result of improved cleaning of parts. Due to higher availability","Degreasing","Quenching","Heat treatment","Spray & dunk washer","Can-Eng","None","hot water","","Bodycote"), new kn_recs( "Brabantia","Overpelt","","Belgium","Manufacturing","Aqueous cleaning","86/240/GR02+91/2x50/104F","Cleaning parts, deep-drawn from pre-polished stainless steel plate.","Deep drawing from pre-polished plate required use of significant amounts of heavy oil, which corrupted the washing process.","Eliminate problems with oil contamination in washer and extend lifetime of the cleaner.","The installed system kept the bath clean. Bath life increased from 1 month to 4 months.","Cleaning","Production","Assembling","Spray washer (tunnel)","","Neutral","","Neutral",""), new kn_recs( "Bulten Automotive","Bergkamen","","Germany","Manufacturing","Aqueous cleaning","86/240/002+91/275/204A gravity feed system","Hardening of steel bolts and nuts for the automotive industry.","High oil and dirt loading forced frequent bath changes. Apart from the high cost, this resulted in production loss.","Cleaning bath for bolts;high oil loading resulted in short bath life","Skim & Treat® removes free oil effectively;lifetime of bath over 1 year. Coalescer separator on second bath replaced with same Suparator system one year later.","Degreasing","Quenching","Heat treatment","Spray washer (rotating barrel)","","Alkaline","deemulsifying","DST",""), new kn_recs( "Caradon Stelrad","Nuth","","The Netherlands","Manufacturing","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GR02 plus 91/2x50/104F","Production of radiators for central heating systems.","High oil loading, with high production volume, caused bath life time to drastically drop. Subsequent rinse and phosphating seriously contaminated due to carry over. Bath content 20.000 liters.","Control pollution level in cleaning bath to extend lifetime and eliminate pollution of subsequent pre-treatment steps.","Contamination level in bath (20.000 litres) under control within one week from installation. Subsequent baths gradually became cleaner due to elimination of contaminant being dragged in. Phosphating and electrophoretic coating process safeguarded.","Cleaning","Production","Phosphating","Spray washer (tunnel)","","Alkaline","deemulsifying","Chemetall","Caradon"), new kn_recs( "Carlisle b.v.","Zevenaar","","The Netherlands","Manufacturing","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GF01 plus 91/275/204A","Manufacturing of parts for brakes.","Residual metal working oil on parts dictated oil removal system to be installed on new washer.","Improving the quality performance and bath lifetime of the spray tunnel washer of automotive parts.","Oil is successfully separated from the cleaner. Oil is disposed of as waste oil.","Cleaning","Production","Assembling","Spray washer (belt)","Metalas","","deemulsifying","",""), new kn_recs( "Caterpillar","Pontiac","Illinois","USA","Heavy equipment","Aqueous cleaning","","Fuel injection system;pre-wash and wash stages for parts.","Cleaning is critical to parts (can cause engine malfunction). As a result, cleaning bath is exchanged every 3 days.","Maintain cleaning quality over longer period to extend lifetime of cleaner and reduce chemical usage and disposal cost.","Suparator on line since 1998;Continuous oil control eliminated contamination on parts after washing. Cleaning bath is now exchanged every 75 days!","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Caterpillar","Techmosa","Mexico","USA","Heavy equipment","Aqueous cleaning","3 Suparator systems on line","FMT rotary immersion system;cleaning of parts","","","","","","","","","Unknown","","Unknown","Caterpillar"), new kn_recs( "Caterpillar","Peoria","","USA","Heavy equipment","Aqueous cleaning","","","","","","","","","","","Unknown","","Unknown","Caterpillar"), new kn_recs( "Chemetall/PLM","Malmö","","Sweden","Can manufacturing","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GR01 plus 91/200/204A","Extrusion of aluminum cans for beverages.","High volume production resulted in high oil contamination and usage of (valuable) cleaner components.","A solution was required to separate oil without chemicals.","Suparator® removes floating substance without any water. Further trials take place to optimize chemical concentrations.","Cleaning","Deep drawing","Finishing","Spray washer (belt)","","Acid","deemulsifying","Chemetall",""), new kn_recs( "Chub Lips","Dordrecht","","The Netherlands","Manufacturing","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GR02","Cleaning of parts for safes and vaults.","Heavy parts and cabinets for strong boxes and vaults are cleaned and degreased on a grid, above a collection pit, prior to coating (primer and topcoat). Cleaning fluid was discarded because of failing contamination control.","Optimization of the cleaning to ensure paint quality.The separation of oil and other pollutants to enable reuse of cleaner with acceptable lifetime.","Separation established successfully, resulting in a lifetime of the cleaner of more than 3 months.","Cleaning","Manufacturing","Finishing","","","","","Tristar",""), new kn_recs( "Cobic b.v.","Nuenen","","The Netherlands","Food industry","Wastewater","82/4.0.001 plus 91/275/204F","Manufacturing of creams and dairy products.","Rinse and wash water contained large amounts of fat (butter), which resulted in high COD levels and disposal costs.","Separate free fat's to reduce COD and disposal costs.","Skim & treat® with buffering and continuous treatment recovers most of the free fats.","","","","","","","","","Coberco"), new kn_recs( "Comet n.v.","Mechelen","","Belgium","Manufacturing","Aqueous cleaning","84/540/002","Manufacturing of stainless steel barrels for beer.","High oil loading from deep drawing heat treatment process caused unacceptable short lifetime of bath","Control oil level in bath and extend life time of cleaner.","Lifetime extended to 4-fold","Degreasing","Deep drawing","Welding","Spray washer (belt)","","Alkaline","deemulsifying","",""), new kn_recs( "Consolidated Systems, Inc.","Memphis","","USA, Tennessee","","Aqueous cleaning","86/240??? +91/????","","Excessive oil saturation resulted in unacceptably high consumption level of cleaner","","Oil separation and removal improved ten-fold with the installation of Suparator® system.","","","","","unknown","unknown","unknown","unknown",""), new kn_recs( "CVL Componentes de Vidro Ltda","São Paulo","","Brasil","Glass industry","Cooling water","82/15/002 (2 pcs)","Manufacturing of glass balloons for light bulbs.","Large amounts of viscous, sticky, oil in cooling water.","Recovery of the oil and enable reuse of cooling water.","Two Suparator® separation systems in parallel effectively remove water to enable re-use of cooling water and oil.","","","","","","","","","Philips"), new kn_recs( "DCX Worldwide Headquarters","Auburn Hills","Michigan","USA","Automotive industry","Aqueous cleaning","Series 86 Suparator(R) separation systems","Engine manufacturing","Overall program to upgrade existing washer with oil control and incorporate oil control with new washers installations.","Extend lifetime of the baths to increase availability (and production capacity). Minimize waste and overall maintenance and disposal cost.","","Degreasing","Machining","Assembly","Various washer types","","Unknown","Unknown","Unknown","Daimler Chrysler"), new kn_recs( "DSM High Performance Fibers","Heerlen","","The Netherlands","Chemical industry","Process water","86/240GR01 plus 91/275/204A special separation tank","Manufacturing of super strong fibers DYNEEMA","The process water, used for quenching of fibers, gets contaminated with over 250 liter of solvent per hour.","Process water needs to be treated to enable reuse of both the water and the solvent.","First installation started sept. 2001, second installation august 2002. Systems function autonomously to the full satisfaction. Solvent is separated and reused after treatment. Water less than 1 ppm solvent after last treatment step.","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Duroc","Antwerp","","Belgium","Galvanic industry","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GR02 + 91/2x50/104F","Electrolytic Zinc plating of threaded rods","High volume production, combined with serious oil loading on rolled threaded rods, caused contamination of entire plating line.","Control oil and keep oil level low enough to prevent subsequent baths in the plating line to get contaminated with oil. Extend lifetime of the bath to an acceptable level.","Oil and floating matter was effectively removed with a Suparskim® skimmer and separated by a combination of a strainer and a compact Suparator® separation system. No change of cleaner needed anymore. Oil separation of 500 litres per week. (3 systems on 3","Cleaning","Production","Galvanising","Immersion bath","Custom","Alkaline","deemulsifying","unknown",""), new kn_recs( "EZH Waalhaven","Rotterdam","","The Netherlands","Power generation","Waste water","61/400/special (2x)","Power production","Lubricating oil, from leakage, mixed with condensate and cooling water and got occasionally discharged onto open water.","Eliminate emission of oil on to open water.","Efficient removal of floating matter (with a lot of sludge) eliminated problem.","","","","","","","","","EZH"), new kn_recs( "Ford Motor Co.","Various plants","","USA","Automotive industry","Aqueous cleaning","","","Poor separation of ATF used to bench test transmissions prior to shipment to assembly plant","Rationalize cleaning process and improve recovery of ATF.","Washer temperature reduced from 160°F to 115°F;ATF decontaminated and re-used.","Cleaning","Final testing","Shipment","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Ford Motor Co. Ltd.","Dagenham","","UK","Automotive industry","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GR02 + 91/2x50/104F","Honing of engine blocks","High amounts of honing oil regularly caused cleaning to malfunction unexpectedly. This resulted in a production stop on the entire production line.","Control oil level in bath to eliminate production loss. Maximise lifetime of the cleaner.","Suparator® system, in combination with 3M liquid filtration system, maximized bath life. Production loss was eliminated. Second system installed 2001.","Cleaning","Honing","Assembling","Spray washer (belt)","unknown","unknown","deemulsifying","unknown",""), new kn_recs( "General Electric Nuclear","Ontario","","Canada","Nuclear industry","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GR02 (2x) + 91/050/104A (2x)","Manufacturing of heat exchangers for nuclear power plants.","Removal of traces of oil from zirconium tubes was critical due to its use in nuclear installations.","Maintain the cleaning baths (two step cleaning) free from oil traces.","Oil level successfully controlled in both baths.","Cleaning","Manufacturing","Assembling","Immersion cleaning (ultrasonic)","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Graf Holland b.v.","Enschede","","The Netherlands","Machine building","Aqueous cleaning","","Manufacturing of parts for cloth production.","","Improving bath life time of the immersion cleaning .","Gravity feed configuration with Suparator® model 86/240/002.","Cleaning","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "GTO","s Hertogenbosch","","The Netherlands","Galvanic industry","Aqueous cleaning","","Plating of parts","","","","Cleaning","Manufacturing","Plating","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Härterei Wiederkehr","Fällenden","","Switzerland","Heat treatment","Aqueous cleaning","","Hardening of steel parts","High amounts of quench oil caused problems in immersion cleaning baths.","Improvement of quality performance and oil recovery.","Gravity feed configuration with Suparator® model 86/240GF01.","Degreasing","Hardening","Heat treatment","","","","","","Hans Schaub AG"), new kn_recs( "Heat Treatment Ltd.","Auckland","","New Zealand","Heat treatment","Aqueous cleaning","","","","Improvement of quality performance and oil recovery.","One Suparator® separation system connected to two cleaning baths with fixed Suparskim® skimmers.","Degreasing","Hardening","Heat treatment","Immersion cleaning","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Heinz","Elst","","The Netherlands","Food industry","Waste water","91/275/104F + Skim & Forward system","Manufacturing of Tomato Ketchup","High amounts of fat and fibers build floating layers in raw water tanks. Suspended and floating matter causes biological treatment plant performance to fluctuate between 70 and 90%. pH would drop to 4.","Continuously remove all floating matter to avoid overloading biological treatment plant and to eliminate or reduce expensive clean outs of raw water tanks.","Efficiency biological treatment improved from 70-90% to 90-95% and pH value changed from 4 to 5.","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Hi Shear","Torrance","","USA, California","","Aqueous cleaning","","","High oil loading caused problems with in-process wash - parts had to have pre-wash spin to remove excess oil.","Eliminate labour intensive pre-wash spin.","Suparator installation upgraded oil separation and removal to the extent that the pre-wash spin de-oiling operation was eliminated.","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Inovan GmbH Co.KG","Birkenfeld","","Germany","Manufacturing","Aqueous cleaning","","","","","Gravity return configuration with Suparator® model 86/240GR02 with floating Suparskim® skimmer.","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Kemira Agro","Rotterdam","","The Netherlands","Chemical industry","Waste water","82/4.0/002 stainless steel + 91/275/204F (2x) + 91/2x50/104F (1x) + Skim & Forward (3x)","Manufacturing of fertilizer","Too high oil emission due to moderate (15 mg/liter) oil concentration in extreme high wastewater flow.","Eliminate the major sources for the oil, found at the end of pipe.","Waste water with high oil loading, from three different locations, as far as 150 meters apart, is treated in a central Suparator® separation system. Oil separation 200 liter/week (pure oil).","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Loa Lak","Tilburg","","The Netherlands","Finishing industry","Aqueous cleaning","52/400/002","Electroforetic coating of steel parts.","High volume washing of steel parts (mainly for the automotive industry) caused unacceptable short intervals between bath changes. Bath content 7.000 liters.","Maintain low oil concentration and extend lifetime of the cleaner.","Daily 10 to 15 liter pure oil are removed. The lifetime of the bath increased from 2 to 6 months.","Cleaning","Manufacturing","Phosphating","Spray washer (tunnel)","","Alkaline","emulsifying","Chemetall",""), new kn_recs( "Mack Avenue Engine Plant 1 (Mack 1)","Auburn Hills","Michigan","USA","Automotive industry","Aqueous cleaning","Series 86 Suparator(R) separation systems","Engine manufacturing","Upgrade 26 existing washers.","Extend lifetime, reduce waste, reduce overall cost.","Delivered 26 unit;8 or 9 units have been installed with great feedback.","","","","","","","","","Daimler Chrysler"), new kn_recs( "Matino","Kyritch","","Germany","Electronics industry","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GR02 + 91/275/204A","Manufacturing of inner parts for TV picture tubes.","Extreme deep-drawing of thin sheet steel requires the use of large amounts of oil. This will case the in-line washer to fail, due to high oil loading, with 24 hours.","Control oil level in bath and extend life time to over 2 months (regular maintenance interval in full-time production).","Bath life no longer determined by oil loading. Oil recovered with less than 0,1% of water.","Cleaning","Deep drawing","Heat treatment","Spray washer (tunnel)","Niemeijer","Alkaline","deemulsifying","Henkel",""), new kn_recs( "Mead Johnson","Nijmegen","","The Netherlands","Food industry","Waste water","91/275/204F","Manufacturing of baby food products.","","","","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Meyer Froozen Food","Kruiningen","","The Netherlands","Food industry","Waste water","91/275/204F","Production of frozen chips and fries","","","","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Mifa","Venlo","","The Netherlands","Manufacturing","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GF01 (2x) + 91/2x50/104F (2x)","Manufacturing and surface treatment of aluminum parts.","Oil build up in aqueous cleaning bath caused redeposition of oil on parts and forced frequent bath changes","To eliminate oil film formation and redeposition of oil on parts: maximize bath life.","Two systems were installed, on baths 1 and 2. Oil problems were eliminated.","Cleaning","Manufacturing","Surface treatment (anodizing etc.)","Immersion tanks","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Nedal Aluminium","Utrecht","","The Netherlands","Manufacturing","Cooling water","84/540/002 + 91/275/204F + skim & forward system","Extrusion of aluminum for lamp posts for public lighting.","Grease in cooling water causes pollution of entire cooling water system.","Automatic removal of all floating matter in cooling water basin (LxWxH=30x10x4 meter).","Effective removal of grease with skim & treat","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Nemef","Apeldoorn","","The Netherlands","Manufacturing","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GR02 + 91/2x50/104F","Production of door locks and closure systems","Due to oil loading, the lifetime of the cleaning/phosphating bath (5.000 liter) was 2 months, resulting in high maintenance and disposal costs.","Control oil level in bath and extend the lifetime.","Oil level successfully controlled;bath life extended to 6 months (limited by sludge production and accumulation).","Cleaning","Manufacturing","Finishing","Spray washer (tunnel)","","Acid","deemulsifying","Brent","Black & Decker"), new kn_recs( "NKF Kabel","Delft","","The Netherlands","Electric equipment","Condensate","84/540/001 + 91/100/204S (7x)","Electric cable production","In impregnating the high power cables, condensate is recovered from the various vessels. This condensate is highly contaminated with the impregnating fluid.","7 sources of condensate with high concentration. of solvents","Skim & treat with centralized removal of solvents and oil","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "NTZ","Nijmegen","","The Netherlands","Finishing industry","Aqueous cleaning","84/540/002 + 91/275/204A + Gravity feed system","Coating of parts and equipment of all sizes, shapes and materials.","Immersion cleaning bath gets polluted with oil, causing an oil film to build. Oil gets redeposited on the parts.","Eliminate the oil film formation and extend the lifetime of the bath. Safeguard the coating process from contamination.","Implementation of a Skim & Treat(R) solution keeps bath oil film free.","Cleaning","Manufacturing","Finishing","Immersion tank","","unknown","unknown","unknown",""), new kn_recs( "Philips Lighting","Maarheze","","The Netherlands","Electronics industry","Aqueous cleaning","83/540/001","Reel-to-Reel plating of metal parts for electronic equipment.","Requirement for minimal disposal (zero-waste) dictated high performance oil recovery system.","Eliminate bath changes. Recovery of oil.","Polypropelene tank with 52/400/003 Suparator® device. Lifetime of cleaner over 1 year.","Cleaning","Degreasing prior to plating","Plating","Reel-to-Reel electro static immersion","","Alkaline","deemulsifying","Henkel","Philips"), new kn_recs( "Philips Lighting Poland","Pila","","Poland","Glass industry","Cooling water","82/15/002 (4 pcs)","Manufacturing of glass balloons for light bulbs.","Large amounts of viscous, sticky, oil in cooling water.","Recovery of the oil and enable reuse of cooling water.","4 pcs separation systems remove over 50 liter of oil every day. Water can be cooled down and reused without further treatment.","","","","","","","","","Philips"), new kn_recs( "Philips Mecoma","Eindhoven","","The Netherlands","Electronics industry","Aqueous cleaning","52/400/003 (6x)","Manufacturing of inner parts for TV picture tubes.","Extreme deep-drawing of thin sheet steel requires the use of large amounts of oil. This causes the in-line washer to fail, due to high oil loading, with 24 hours.","Control oil level in bath and extend life time to over 2 months (regular maintenance interval in full-time production).","Bath life no longer determined by oil loading. Oil recovered with less than 0,1% of water. Solution implemented in all 6 washers. Bath lifetime over 2 months.","Cleaning","Deep drawing","Heat treatment","Spray washer (tunnel)","","Alkaline","deemulsifying","Henkel","Philips"), new kn_recs( "Polymetal SA","Lyon","","France","Finishing industry","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GR01 + 91/2x50/104F","","","Improving the quality performance and bath life time of the immersion cleaning in the Galvano line.","Oil and floating matter was effectively removed from the surface with the Suparator® separation system.","","","Plating","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Pratt & Whitney Canada","Quebec","","Canada","Aviation industry","Other, non-aqueous cleaning","89/040GR01 + 91/????","Surface treatment of aircraft engine parts.","Fan blades, before being etched, are partly covered with wax to protect the surface locally. After the etching, the wax is removed with a heated fluid. The wax floats to the surface of the bath and re-deposits on the parts.","Continuous removal and recovery of the wax.","Wax is removed and separated from the cleaning fluid successfully, and is reused.","Wax removal","Chemical treatment","Assembling","Immersion bath","","none aqueous","","",""), new kn_recs( "Priema b.v.","Hoevelaken","","The Netherlands","Metal working industry","Aqueous cleaning","89/040GR01 + 92/075/104E","Metal forming and deep drawing.","Aluminum parts for fuel tanks for trucks are deepdrawn, using large amounts of oil. In de process of deep drawing, aluminum oxide is formed which seriously contaminates the first cleaning step, resulting in a short bath life.","Removal of all the free oil with as much of the aluminum oxide as possible. Achieve acceptable lifetime for the bath.","Suparator® system removes dirty, black-greyish oil, with most of the aluminum oxide in it. Bath went from dirty (black-grey fluid) to clean in 10 days time.","Cleaning","Deep drawing","Shipment","Spray washer (cabinet)","Zippel","Alkaline","deemulsifying","Bio-Chem Alu Star Extra & Kraftreiniger H&M",""), new kn_recs( "Saab Automobile AB","Trolhättan","","Sweden","Automotive industry","Aqueous cleaning","88/5.0/001 integrated oil & solids removal system.","Surface treatment car bodies","The first cleaning step in the finishing of car bodies yielded a high contamination level of the cleaner with short bath life (2 weeks). Yet particles got carried along into subsequent pre-treatment and finishing steps, causing defects in the paint.","Improve removal of pollutants (oil and particles) from the car bodies, and implement on-line removal of all pollutants, eliminating the carry over of specifically particles and improve bath life.","Suparator oil & solids removal system, in combination with 3M liquid filtration system, maintains quality of cleaner at constant level. Bath (30.000 litre) was not changed for more than a year.","Cleaning","Production","Phosphating","Spray washer (tunnel)","","Alkaline","deemulsifying","Chemetall","General Motors"), new kn_recs( "Shell Ned. Raffinaderij","Pernis","","The Netherlands","Petro-chemical","Open water","Trial with model 86/240GR02","Refinery","Incidents in production occasionally cause oil film and oil sheen in the harbour.","Effectively fight any traces of floating oil in the harbour, without the need for full time operator attendance.","Installation supplied and put into operation end of 2001;effectively put to use several times.","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Siemens Automotive","Newport News","Virginia","USA","Electronics industry","Aqueous cleaning","87/.../001 + 91/2x50/104F","","Heavy use of three mini parts washers (MPWs) required frequent dumping of cleaner during working day.","Provide a centralised system for all three washers, eliminating use of the washer holding tanks, to store and maintain cleaner fluid, with integrated oil separation.","Suparator7 Series 87 system facilitated connecting three washers to it and incorporated a reservoir for contaminated cleaner, an oil separation section and a treated cleaner reservoir, capable of responding to 40 GPM demand for cleaner simultaneous from","Degreasing","Manufacturing","Assembling","Spray washer (cabinet)","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "SKF","Veenendaal","","The Netherlands","Manufacturing","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GR01 (2x) + 91/2x50/104F (2x)","Production of ball bearing parts","After hardening, rollers for bearings are quenched in oil and subsequently cleaned in an aqueous medium. The high oil loading, combined with the emulsifying nature of the oil, caused the bath life to be less than 24 hours.","Significant reduction of waste disposal costs.","The lifetime of the emulsifying cleaner extended from 24 hours to 7 days.","Degreasing","Quenching","Heat treatment","Spray washer (rotating barrel)","","Alkaline","emulsifying","Castrol",""), new kn_recs( "Smid & Hollander","Amsterdam","","The Netherlands","Petro-chemical","Condensate (steam)","52/400/ special","Steam condensate recovery from heating coils in storage tanks.","Defects in the steam heating system caused residual oil to enter the condensate recovery system and build a floating layer in the condensate holding tank. To avoid contamination of the boilers, the condensate holding tank was flown over to the sewers con","Eliminate or reduce loss of steam condensate by continuously removing every trace of oil from the surface.","Loss eliminated by continuously removing light and heavy (density> 1000 kg/m3) oil.","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Sodefit Lebrachu","Le Thiel-sur-Huisne","","France","Automotive industry","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GR02","","","Improving the quality performance and bath life time of the spray washer cleaning for automotive parts.","Gravity return configuration with Suparator® model 86/240GR02 with a Suparskim® skimmer.","","","","Spray washer","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Square D Co.","Lincoln","Nebraska","USA","Electronics industry","Aqueous cleaning","86/240 ????? + 91/050/104A (2x)","Manufacturing of parts for electric devices and appliances.","Recontamination by floating oil compromised entire plating process","Maintain low oil concentration and eliminate contamination of subsequent baths in plating line.","Bath life extended, plating process improved, and oil previously disposed as oily~water waste now recyclable.","Cleaning","Manufacturing","Plating","Immersion bath","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Ten Cate Plasticum","Tilburg","","The Netherlands","Plastic manufacturing","Condensate (other)","86/240 recirculation","Injecton molding of plastic parts and caps.","Leaking water and condensate accumulates in pits underneath extruders. Due to contamination with hydraulic oils, disposal of the oily water is costly.","Supply compact system through which oily water can be discharged onto municipal sewers.","Suparator® system with recirculation features allow discharge of oily water in small batches (max. 100 liter at one time). Disposal costs reduced to that for small amounts of waste oil.","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "The Torrington Company,","Torrington","","USA, Connecticut","Aviation industry","Waste water","","","High oil loading contaminated ultra filtration system","Eliminate contamination of filters, minimize back-flush and waste volume.","Improved downstream polishing - lowered overall treatment costs- recovered oil recycled.","","","","","","","","","Ingersol Rand"), new kn_recs( "The West Bend Co.","West Bend","Wisconsin","USA","Manufacturing","Aqueous cleaning","","Manufacturing of cook ware.","High oil loading, in combination with a de-emulsifying cleaner, cause the build up of an oil film and recontamination of parts when lifted from the bath. Oil was removed by hand to enable production to continue","Control oil to eliminate problem of recontamination. Improve bath life.","The Suparator7 system, in 48 hours, reduced the oil concentration in a 5 weeks old bath from 101,000 ppm to 85 ppm.","","Degreasing after deep drawing.","","Immersion cleaning","","de-emulsifying","","",""), new kn_recs( "Trenton Engine plant","Trenton","","USA","Automotive industry","Aqeous cleaning","Series 86 Suparator(R) separation systems","Engine manufacturing","Early stages for 8 washer to be fitted with Suparator(R) oil control.","Extend lifetime, reduce overall cost, increase availability.","Two Suparator(R) separation systems installed several years ago;function well and are highly regarded.","","","","","","Unknown","","Unknown","Daimler Chrysler"), new kn_recs( "Van Leer Closure systems","Amsterdam","","The Netherlands","Manufacturing","Aqueous cleaning","84/1050/003 Gravity feed + 91/275/204A (3x)","Manufacturing of closure part for (oil) drums.","High oil loading from deep-drawing process caused bath life to be unacceptably short. Use of emulsifying cleaner, necessary in view of high oil loading, resulted in high carry-over of oil and contamination of entire plating line.","Optimise oil removal from cleaning baths to allow use of de-emulsifying cleaner. Minimize oil content of cleaning bath for maximum lifetime and minimal contamination of subsequent baths.","Integration of Suparator system eliminated oil as a bath life determining factor. Bath life tripled. Contamination level in all other baths (not exchanged after upgrade with Suparator) gradually dropped due to elimination of oil carry over.","","Degreasing prior to plating","","Immersion cleaning (plating line)","","Alkaline, de-emulsifying","","","van Leer packaging"), new kn_recs( "Ver.Glasfabrieken","Leerdam","","The Netherlands","Glass industry","Cooling water","84/7.0/001 + 91/275/201A (2x) + 91/100/201F","Manufacturing of drinking glasses.","Extreme contamination of quench water with oil, grease and glass dust resulted in high oil emissions into municipal sewer system and high disposal costs.","Remove pollutants from quench water to eliminate disposal problemens and possibly reuse water.","Suparator® system removes high volumes of oil and oily sludge. Oil concentration in effluent between 10 and 30 mg/liter (in up to 800 mg/liter).","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Verzinkerij Janssen Kinrooi bv-ba","Kinrooi","","Belgium","Galvanic industry","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GF01","Zinc plating","","Improving the quality performance and bath life time of the immersion cleaning in the Galvano lines.","","","Degreasing prior to plating","","Immersion cleaning (plating line)","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Volkswagen","Kassel","","Germany","Automotive industry","Aqueous cleaning","89/040GR01 + 92/????","","","Improving the quality performance and bath life time of the immersion cleaning bath.","","","","","Immersion cleaning","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Volvo Engine","Skovde","","Sweden","Automotive industry","Machine coolant","","","High tramp oil concentrations in machine coolant.","","Suparator® effectively removed tramp oil.","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Waltham Beef","Boston","Massachusetts","USA","Food industry","Waste water","85/540 + Skim & forward system","Meat processing","High fat concentrations in cooling water from the oven cause problems in disposing into the sewers.","Separate and recover fat to enable disposal onto sewers.","Effective removal of fat makes company meet regulatory requirements.","","","","","","","","",""), new kn_recs( "Wenger","Owatonna","MN","USA","Orchestral Eqpt Mfg","Pre-Coat Cleaning","","Music Stands, etc.","Company bringing aqueous cleaning in-house. New paint line purchase. No internal experience to draw from - had to use external research and industry sources of reference & expertise","Avoid the problems and high costs of other aqueous-based cleaning operation they had seen.","Washer runs 40hr./week Cleaner Bath life=6 mos.","","Tunnel Spray Washer","","","Precision Quincy","Alkaline","deemulsifying","Fremont - ???",""), new kn_recs( "Wittenbecher","Kyritch","","Germany","Electronics industry","Aqueous cleaning","86/240GR02 (2x) + 91/100/204A","Manufacturing of inner parts for TV picture tubes.","Short lifetime of aqueous cleaner;high cleanliness demands not met.","Continuous removal of oil to maintain cleaner quality and performance.","A combi system incorporating Suparator® for oil removal and 3M Highflow 740B filtration extended lifetime significantly, at the same time meeting the high cleanliness demands.","Cleaning","Deep drawing","Packing","Spray washer (tunnel)","","Alkaline","deemulsifying","Henkel","") );