Worldwide applications

Solid-liquid separation with Ferrum centrifuges

Thanks to our vast experience in the solid-liquid separation with centrifuges and our broad-based know how, we are in an excellent position to tackle your challenges.
FERRUM has more than 300 applications on over 6200 centrifuges in use worldwide.

                          

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Applications in the chemical industry

Main Product Group

Products

Application

Reference customers

Centrifuge Type

Chlorides

NaCl
Sodium chloride

Table salt,
waste water

Worldwide

Pusher centrifuges

Sea / Lake salt /
Evaporator salt

Chemical industry

Worldwide

Pusher centrifuges

KCl
Potassium chloride

Hot leaching or Flotation

Worldwide

Pusher centrifuges

NH4Cl
Ammonium chloride

Soda industry

Worldwide

Pusher centrifuges

TCCA
Trichloroisocyanuric acid

Chemical industry,
Desinfectant

Worldwide

Scraper centrifuges

DCCNa
Sodium
Dichloroisocyanurate

Chemical industry,
Desinfectant

Worldwide

Scraper centrifuges

Sulphates

Na2SO4
Sodium sulphate anhydride

Mines,
by-product from spinning baths

Worldwide

Pusher centrifuges

Na2SO4*10H2O
Sodium sulphate decahydrate

By-product from spinning baths

Worldwide

Pusher centrifuges

CaSO4*2H4O
Gypsum

REA from coal power plants,
copper plants, others

Worldwide

Gypsum centrifuges

K2SO4
Potassium sulphate

Potash industry

K & S

Pusher centrifuges

MgSO4
Magnesium sulphate

Epsom salt

 

Pusher centrifuges

(NH4)2SO4
Ammonium sulphate

By-product of caprolactam, coking plants, fertizlizer

Worldwide

Pusher centrifuges

FeSO4 * 7 H2O
Iron sulphateheptahydrate

Titanium dioxide process

British Titan, Kemira, Hankook

Pusher centrifuges

Chlorates

NaClO3
Sodium chlorate

Oxidants, bleaching agents

SNPE France

Pusher centrifuges

KClO3
Potassium chlorate

Oxidants

France

Pusher centrifuges

Nitrates

NaNO3
Sodium nitrate

Fertilizer

SQM Chile

Pusher centrifuges

KNO3
Potassium nitrate

Fertilizer

Haifa Chemicals,
SQM Chile

Pusher centrifuges

Lysine

Pharma
animal food additive

China
Indonesia

Pusher centrifuges

 

Urea

Diff. processes

Fertilizer

Worldwide

Pusher centrifuges

 

Intermediate Products

Sodium bicarbonate
crude

Soda industry

China, India, Poland, Russia

Pusher centrifuges

 

Sodium carbonate
Monohydrate

Soda industry

Brunner Mond, Solvay, Russia

Pusher centrifuges

 

PAP
P-aminophenole

Chemical industry

Worldwide

Scraper centrifuges

 

Fibrous Products

Nitrocellulose
Chips / Fibers

Explosives,
paint industry

Worldwide

Pusher centrifuges

 

CMC

Synthetics surface protection

 

Scraper centrifuges

 

Various

Calcium tartrate

Food industry

Distilleries

Pusher centrifuges

 

 

Applications in the fine chemical and pharma industry

Main Product Group

Products

Application

Reference customers

Centrifuge Type

 

Fine Chemicals

Sodium bicarbonate
refined

Food industry

Solvay

Pusher centrifuges

 

Pigments

Paint industry

 

Scraper centrifuges

 

Herbizides
Insectizides

Agro chemicals

 

Scraper centrifuges

 

Sodium cyanide

 

Germany, Australia

Pusher centrifuges

 

Carbofuran

Agro chemicals

Worldwide

Scraper centrifuges

 

Pharmaceuticals

Antibiotics
Vitamines
APIs (all kinds)

Health, pharmaceutical products

TEVA, Novartis, Roche, Boehringer Ingelheim, others

Scraper centrifuges

 

Intermediates

Pharmaceutical products

Evonik, Bayer, others

Scraper centrifuges

 

Starch

Various

Food industry

Remy, others

Scraper centrifuges

 

 

Applications in the mineral processing

Main Product Group

Products

Applications

Reference customers

Centrifuge Type

 

 

Mining

Rock phosphate

Phosphate treatment plants

 

Pusher centrifuges

 

Rock salt (NaCl)
Sea Salt

Phosphate treatment plants

Worldwide

Pusher centrifuges

 

Potassium chloride
from Flotation

Fertilizer

MDPA, Deep Sea, Russia, Canada

Pusher centrifuges

 

 

Applications in the petrochemical industry

Main Product Group

Products

Application

Reference customers

Centrifuge Type

 

Basic products

Adipic acid

Polyamides
Nylon 66

Rhodia, Du Pont, ICI, Monsanto, Bayer, BASF, Solutia, China

Pusher centrifuges

 

Bisphenol A

Polycarbonate
Plexiglas
synthetic resins

DOW, Union Carbide, Toyo

Pusher centrifuges

 

Caprolactam

Nylon 6

TPL, GHCL, India

Pusher centrifuges

 

Paraxylene

Synthetic fibers

Exxon, Esso

Pusher centrifuges

 

ABS
MBS

Pure resins

Formosa Plastics,
Marbon Chemicals

Pusher centrifuges

 

Polyethylene

Resins

Höchst

Pusher centrifuges

 

PP

Resins

ICI

Pusher centrifuges