Experience The Power Of Clean Water In Food Manufacturing With Tekleen Filters

If you work in food manufacturing, you know how important cool and clear water is. It cools, cleans, and keeps your operations smooth. However, dirty water with pollutants in the manufacturing process can disrupt your systems, slow your operations, and lower your product quality. As Tekleen’s Australian distributor, Purple Engineering, we have an innovative solution for this problem.

The Problem With Dirty Water

Water filtration is a cost-effective way to stop equipment fouling and scaling caused by dirty water. Dirt particles can settle on warm surfaces like heat exchangers, moulds, pipes, tubing, and sensors. They then cause fouling. Calcium and magnesium, which make up less than 2% of the fouling material, bond the dirt to the equipment. The rest are airborne particles, rust, sand, biological organisms, and other contaminants. Scale formation reduces heat transfer rates and increases water pressure drop through heat exchangers and pipes. A study by Carrier Corp. showed that even a 0.002” fouling can increase pumping needs by 20%.

The Solution Is Continuous-Cleaning Filters.

All water filtration systems are not the same. Since the carbon and sand filters need regular maintenance, you have to endure downtime and higher labour costs. We, Purple Engineering, as Tekleen’s Australian distributor, offer you great solutions for this. It is a continuous-cleaning filter that needs no maintenance. It is perfect for your processing plant. As it collects dirt on the screen, the line pressure at the filter outlet drops. When the pressure reaches a preset level, the backwash cycle starts. Within seconds, without stopping the main flow, vacuum nozzles suction the dirt from the inside of the screen. This inline full-flow automatic filter is perfect for cleaning dirty water. Yes, that means no more unscheduled shutdowns for maintenance and cleaning.

The Success Story Of Bruce Foods With Tekleen Filters

Bruce Foods Company is in New Iberia, Louisiana. They make Cajun and Tex-Mex foods at four locations in the United States. Their plant in Wilson, North Carolina, specializes in canned yams. 

The Challenge

They sterilize the yams to 240°F (166°C) and then cool them to 105°F (41°C) using water during the canning process. The water flows through the system at 800 to 1,000 gallons per minute. As part of their water conservation program, they recycle cooling water. However, since there was no filtration, the water picks up dirt, dust, and other impurities that can stain the exterior of the container.

Tekleen Solution Applied

Bruce Foods found a great filtration solution to solve this problem. They installed an automatic, self-cleaning water filter with a 100 µm screen from Tekleen. This filter size is enough to remove impurities without causing too much backwashing.

Benefits Of Automatic, Self-Cleaning Filters

No matter what type of processing application you have, automatic, self-cleaning water filters you are getting from us, Purple Engineering, as Tekleen’s Australian distributor, can reduce downtime and labour. 

How? 

They eliminate the need to clean and replace cartridges, bags, screens, and spray nozzles. Rinsing takes a few seconds and uses as little as two gallons of water. Since this happens without stopping the main flow, you can save money too.

Conclusion

We know how important clean water is for food manufacturing. That is why we, Purple Engineering, as Tekleen’s Australian distributor, give you an effective solution to solve all your dirty water problems. That great solution is Tekleen automatic, self-cleaning filters. These filters ensure pure water and help you reduce maintenance costs and downtime. They are a valuable asset for any processing plant.