RSSCase Studies
A collection of case studies that highlights new products in action and how vendors help chemical manufacturing companies succeed.
Table of Contents
Environmental Health & Safety
Case Study: RTOs Leave Nothing to HAPpenstance
In September 1998 the EPA promulgated a ruling in 40 CFR, imposing strict new standards to reduce emissions of toxic air pollutants from the manufacture of pharmaceutical products, including prescription and over-the-counter drugs. The agency’s rule was intended to reduce emissions of a number of air toxics and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), including methylene chloride, methanol, toluene and HCI. It was estimated at the time that the ruling would reduce air toxins annually by approximately 24,000 tons or 65 percent from contemporaneous levels. The affected pharmaceutical manufacturing processes included chemical synthesis (drawing a drug’s active ingredient) and chemical formulation (producing a drug in its final form).
Back to TopFeeding, dispensing and dosing
Case Study: Closed-System Chemical Dispensing Enhances Safety & Reduces Overall Operating Expenses
Traditional chemical dispensing methods may leave workers and the environment exposed to harsh chemicals and dangerous fumes. Container Technology resolved this problem using Colder Products Company’s new DrumQuik PRO system, a safe, easy and economic closed-dispensing solution for extracting chemicals from rigid containers such as drums, jerry cans and IBCs.
Back to TopFluid Handling
Case Study: Oil Eliminates Tar Buildup, Seizing in Vacuum Pump
Value Proposition: Technical know-how and a lubricant recommendation from Dow Corning applications engineers helped drive costs down. Application: Lubrication of vacuum pump in chemicals rocessing plant. Problem: High-purity synthetic oil was rapidly oxidizing, resulting in a buildup of tar and varnish that caused pump seizure every four to seven days. Solution: New technology ultra high-purity synthetic blend vacuum pump oil
Case Study: Smart Elbow solves plastics problem
Stainless steel sweep elbows were wearing through at ACRO Extrusion Corporation, causing considerable down time, product loss, and maintenance expense. The sweep elbows in their pneumatic conveying system were wearing through every week to two weeks, requiring frequent system shut down.
Back to TopHeat Transfer
Case Study: How can manufacturers ensure they are choosing the right heat transfer fluid
Reliable heat transfer fluids are vital to the ability of manufacturers to operate efficiently and productively. However, some heat transfer fluids can degrade over time, resulting in deteriorating performance, impacting operating costs and product quality. With these possible consequences, how can manufacturers ensure they are choosing the right heat transfer fluid, and prevent these problems from occurring?
Case Study: The Solex Heat Exchanger for Cooling Polypropylene Powder
Samsung General Chemicals manufactures various petrochemicals and polymers. The cooling step in their polypropylene line was a bottleneck that limited the amount of powder polypropylene that they could produce per year. The PP is used for a wide variety of applications ranging from packaging films to automotive components.
Operations Management
Case Study: ICO Polymers Standardizes Worldwide on Microsoft Business Solutions—Great Plains
BUSINESS/IT CHALLENGE > Implement one ERP system in all subsidiaries worldwide, so each country can better execute and deliver quality, value-added products to customers, effectively track sales and inventory data, and improve efficiency within the accounting department SOLUTION > Microsoft Business Solutions—Great Plains
Back to TopSeparations Technology
Case Study: Paint Manufacturer Replaces Vibrating Screen with DCF Filter to Solve Throughput Problems
Flex Bon Paints of Ft. Myers, Florida experienced overflow and noise problems with the vibrating screen on its paint fill lines. A new in-line filter, installed to replace the vibrating screen, had its own set of problems. After seeing an ad for Ronningen-Petter brand Mechanically-Cleaned DCF filters, Flex Bon engineers contacted Ronningen-Petter and got the help they needed. Flex Bon installed a Ronningen-Petter brand DCF-800 filter, forever solved the volume, and noise problems on its paint fill lines.
Back to Top