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Industrial Wastewater Treatment Planning for the Finishing Industry

April 9, 2020 3:56 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Prioritizing Water Use Reduction via Industrial Wastewater Treatment Equipment   Industrial Wastewater treatment equipment 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 [...]


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Ultrafiltration Systems with Smaller Footprints – IEN

April 2, 2020 5:09 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

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 [...]


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White Paper: 8 Problem Areas Affecting Metalworking Operation Profitability

March 27, 2020 4:51 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

button.submit_btn_form { min-width: 200px; background-color: #d01d24; min-height: 50px; color: #FFFFFF; border-radius: 10px; } Download     Address the Most Common Issues to Maximize GrowthBy Teresa Phillips, Senior Marketing Specialist, PRAB     A Practical Guide to Improving Throughput, Reducing Waste, and Increasing Margin Introduction Most metalworking facilities focus on machine uptime and labor efficiency, but profitability is often lost in [...]


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Application Review: Automotive Components Manufacturer Reduces Wastewater Volumes from Die Casting Process

February 5, 2020 10:15 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Download       Project Background A market leader, specializing in the manufacturing of die-cast aluminum and zinc components for the automotive industry produces a variety of parts that vary in weight up to 40 lbs. This customer aimed at reducing the wastewater volume coming from the production process, the relative high disposal costs, and to reuse the water within [...]


PRAB Guardian coolant recycling systems for metalworking operations

Ready to Lower Your Coolant Costs?

January 28, 2020 2:57 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

What are my options for filtering and reusing cutting fluid? There are many options available for filtering your spent cutting fluids. The solution will vary depending on the various factors of your specific application. PRAB offers a full line of equipment to choose from. Please contact one of our fluid filtration specialists to discuss your specific operational needs. What [...]


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Product Brochure: Magnetic Bag Filters

January 22, 2020 8:36 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Download     Cost Effective, Reusable MagnetsRetain 198% Greater Containment Levels than Conventional Filter Bags The Mag Bag has a multi-polarity design to attract microscopic ferrous impurities along the entire length of the 12” or 24” magnetic bars. A multiple-magnet configuration provides a powerful sphere of influence while still maintaining high production flow rates. According to independent field studies, ferrous [...]


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Product Brochure: PRAB Pressurized Bag Filter Housing

January 22, 2020 4:37 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Download     A Quality Filter Vessel for Lower Pressure Applications Description PRAB’s 100 PSI Size 1 and 2 liquid bag filter housings offer a quality filter vessel for lower pressure applications. The Size #1 & Size #2 100 PSI filter vessels effectively remove dirt, metal fines, chips, pipe scale and other contaminants from process liquids such as water, coolant, [...]


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Product Brochure: PRAB Tramp Oil Separator

January 22, 2020 3:29 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Download     Proven to Cut New Coolant Purchases Up to 75% Solve Issues Associated with Tramp-Oil Tramp-oil separators use gravity flow and coalescence to remove free-floating and mechanically dispersed tramp-oils, bacteria, slime, inverted emulsions, and more from individual machine sumps, central systems, and wash tanks. With a PRAB system you can cut new coolant purchases up to 75%, reduce [...]


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Product Brochure: PRAB Manual Centrifuge

January 14, 2020 3:20 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Download     Minimize Maintenance & Haul-Away Costs. Consistent, Reliable Operation with No Consumable Media Required PRAB Manual Centrifuges give you all the benefits of centrifugal separation (including no need for consumable media) plus the PRAB advantage of an easily removable rubber liner for simple cleanup. Use as a stand-alone unit or incorporate into a custom-engineered filtration system to improve [...]


PRAB semi-automatic centrifuge for coolant and fluid separation

Product Brochure: PRAB Semi-Automatic Centrifuge

January 13, 2020 8:52 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Download     Eliminate Consumable Media and Minimize Maintenance. Discharge Solids to Waste Drum Using no filters or consumables and very few moving parts, the PRAB Semi-Automatic Centrifuge moves solid particulate away from liquid and toward the rotor wall, where it is compacted and can be removed during cleaning.   Features: Carbon steel enclosure and aluminum rotor Bottom non-clogging 1″ [...]