Water plays an important role in most industrial processes and
is often mixed with oil as a result. Removing oil from water early and often by way of skimming is key in
maintaining a healthy process. In fact, if ignored, oily water could be detrimental to your
productivity, reputation, and ultimately, your bottom-line.
In this post, we’ll present six potential consequences if oil is not separated and removed from water...
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In just about every industrial process on earth, whether
it’s making
steel or cosmetics, food
processing, mining, railroads, or
construction, water plays an important role in a company’s operations.
Similarly, in most, if not all of those same industries, oil
plays some kind of role. It may be lubrication oil, fuel oil, or the process itself may consume or
produce oil—such as in chemical Topics:
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AS PUBLISHED IN MANUFACTURING TODAY MAGAZINE | VOLUME 18, ISSUE 1
When some think about oil on water, they think only of oil
spills in open water. “But mixing oil and water is quite common in the manufacturing world,” Jim Petrucci
says. “People who use water to any degree in manufacturing are going to get oil in it, whether it’s on
purpose or by accident,” he explains.
When manufacturers want to remove the...
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Oil skimmer reduces cost, increases performance and decreases material waste
Food manufacturers
are tasked with managing oil in the wastewater from their manufacturing processes on an ongoing basis.
Recently, a privately-held snack food manufacturer that produces potato chips established a goal to increase chip production by 20 percent. However, increasing production also meant increasing the amount of cooking oil discharged into the wastewater from washing the fryers used to cook the chips....
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