Industrial, refinery and mining fluid process systems cover a
multitude of different fluids, not only water.
The Scale-X
magnetic fluid conditioner MFC is effective in treating fluids and
substances that are diamagnetic. Included in
this category is a large range of fluids which
have a tendency to block the process system vessels, pipes, pumps,
valves and tanks with scale build up that is hard to remove.
Two of the very common scale build ups found in water and
other industrial and mining process fluids are the inorganic scales
of gypsum (calcium sulphate) and calcite (calcium carbonate). These
are commonly treated by magnetic fluid conditioners and can be
totally eliminated. Organic scaling compounds are also common in
industrial and mining systems and are treatable by magnetic fluid
conditioners.
Steel
pre-treatment systems using zinc phosphate solution scale at a very
fast rate. Spray nozzles usually require
cleaning weekly, and the pipes, tanks and clarifier usually need to
be cleaned on a fortnightly or monthly basis.
The following example of magnetic fluid treatment of steel
pre-treatment systems is typical of the application of this
technology to industrial and mining fluid process systems.
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Industrial, refinery and mining fluid process systems cover a multitude of different fluids, not only
water. The
Scale-X
magnetic fluid conditioner MFC is effective in treating fluids and
substances that are diamagnetic. Included in this category is a large range of fluids which have a tendency to block the process system vessels,
pipes, pumps, valves and tanks with scale build up that is hard to remove.
Two
of the very common scale build ups found in water and other
industrial and mining process fluids are the inorganic scales of gypsum (calcium
sulphate) and calcite (calcium carbonate). These are commonly treated by magnetic fluid
conditioners and can be totally eliminated. Organic scaling compounds
are also common in industrial and mining systems and are treatable by magnetic
fluid conditioners.
Steel pre-treatment systems using zinc phosphate
solution scale at a very fast rate. Spray
nozzles usually require cleaning weekly, and the pipes, tanks and clarifier
usually need
to be cleaned on a fortnightly or monthly basis.
The following example of magnetic fluid treatment of steel pre-treatment
systems is typical of the application of this technology to industrial and
mining fluid process systems. |
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Scale-X MFC’s Installed on
an
Industrial Process System
Industrial
applications can have
organic and inorganic scaling problems.
Steel Pre-treatment Systems
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Installation: Steel pre-treatment systems vary in complexity and
size from small dip tanks to very large automobile body dip tanks and sprays and
also to continuous sheet steel production runs in large steel mills.
The Scale-X magnetic fluid
conditioners can be installed
externally or internally to the process piping and are installed at, or just
prior to, identified scaling points, usually just before entry to tanks, sprays
and troublesome piping. The Scale-X MFC
is maintenance free. A typical
steel pre-treatment system may have many scaling points and may require the
application of multiple stages of Scale-X
MFC's.
Cause:
Zinc phosphate is an
inorganic mineral scale and is very scaling.
Also, these systems operate on the edge of precipitation and severe scaling
takes place throughout the system. Spray nozzles often need to be
dismantled and cleaned typically on a weekly basis. Also zinc phosphate tends to heavily scale the walls of the
tanks. The piping sometimes
requires weekly cleaning. In
addition to these problems, it is difficult to ensure that the steel product,
when exiting the pre-treatment process, is free of small pieces of the zinc
phosphate scale which has broken loose in the system thus reducing quality of
final product.
Maintenance:
Regular maintenance and down time is required to maintain these systems.
Application of Scale-X
MFC's can eliminate this scale build doing away with the need for regular
maintenance. The scale stays soft
and settles out in the low velocity locations such as the clarifier and the dip
tank.
A typical example is a Ford Motor Company car
body steel pre-treatment plant that required the exit spray nozzles to be
cleaned every week due to scale blockages. After installation of the Scale-X
MFC's, the spray nozzles did not require de-scaling again and stayed clean on
a continuous basis. Also, the paint
finish was improved as the zinc phosphate solution stayed cleaner without the
previous clumps of scale depositing on the car bodies.
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Scale-X MFC’s Installed on
a
Steel Pretreatment System
Scaling and regular
maintenance
can be totally eliminated and
product quality improved.
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Reduced
Production Losses from Scale Build-Up: Scale-X MFC's keep the fluid clean and free of stray pieces
of scale that has broken free thus ensuring a higher quality finished product. Maintenance
down time for some factories is carried out on weekends, however, for steel
mills and other production lines that run continuously, down time is very costly
in production output. As Scale-X MFC's can eliminate
the maintenance down time and maintenance costs, they pay for their installation many times over each year through saved maintenance
costs and increased production.
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