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Filter Aid

Lightweight and inert, Silbrico Perlite is a natural and cost-effective filter aid that imparts no taste or odor. It provides optimum clarity, variable flow rates, easy cake release and twice as much filtration as diatomaceous earth. Compatible with standard filter equipment, Silbrico Perlite is available in a full range of grades for a wide variety of applications.

See the next section for more details on each of the uses listed below.


Uses

Food and beverage

Bio-chemical

Industrial

Process chemicals

Metal workings

Energy

Air/gas

Other

Kosher Certified FDA Gras Codex Approved

Particle sizes range from approximately
1 to 70 microns

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The advantages and uses of Silbrico Perlite are truly too vast to convey here, but if you have a challenge, we have a solution. Ask us how we can put Silbrico Perlite to work for you!

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Filter Aid

Lightweight and inert, Silbrico Perlite is a natural and cost-effective filter aid that imparts no taste or odor. It provides optimum clarity, variable flow rates, easy cake release and twice as much filtration as diatomaceous earth. Compatible with standard filter equipment, Silbrico Perlite is available in a full range of grades for a wide variety of applications.

See the next section for more details on each of the uses listed below.


Uses

Food and beverage

Bio-chemical

Industrial

Process chemicals

Metal workings

Energy

Air/gas

Other

Particle sizes range from approximately
1 to 70 microns

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Kosher Certified FDA Gras Codex Approved


Food and Beverage

Imparting no taste, odor or color, perlite is perfect as a filter aid for food and beverages, including:

  • Fruit Juices
  • Sugars
  • Vegetable Oils
  • Artificial Sweeteners
  • Syrups
  • Flavoring
  • Honey
  • Gelatin
  • Rendered Fats
  • Fry Oil
  • Reclaimed Oils
  • Casein
  • Baby Formula
  • Fish Oils
  • Fats
  • Fat Additives
  • Beer
  • Wine
  • Soy Sauce
  • Sake
  • Probiotics
  • Vinegar
  • Hydrolyzed Vegetable Proteins

Bio Chemical

A variety of grades and permeabilities make Silbrico Perlite ideal for difficult filtrations of bio-based materials, including:

  • Enzymes
  • Citric Acid
  • Glutamic Acid
  • Lysine
  • Vitamins
  • Polysaccharides
  • Antibiotics
  • Fatty Acids
  • Ethanol Stillage
  • Bio-Based Chemicals

Industrial

Non-hazardous, inert and with no special requirements for disposal, Silbrico Perlite is very cost-effective to use for industrial filtration, including:

  • Wastewater
  • Commerical Laundries
  • Stone & Granite Top Cutting
  • Foundries
  • Landfill Leachate Treatment
  • Inks & Printeries
  • Pigment Dispersions
  • Metal Smelters & Refiners
  • Plasters
  • Steel Furnaces
  • Automotive & Equipment Manufacturers
  • Corrugated Container Fabricators
  • Petroleum Refineries
  • Molton Sulfur
  • Presses
  • Leaf Filters
  • Rotary Vacuums
  • Tube/Candle
  • Indexing Belts

Process Chemicals

Very low solubilities make Silbrico Perlite an ideal filter aid for a wide variety of chemical process filtrations, including:

  • Resins
  • Intermediate Chemicals
  • Bleach
  • Acid Reclamation & Recycling
  • Catalyst Recycling
  • Polymers
  • Glycerin
  • Fatty Acids
  • Lignin & Wood Pulp Byproducts
  • Sodium Silicate

Metal Workings

Low absorption rate of expensive coolants and oils, plus a high rate of removal of metal oxides and fines, yields savings and improved performance in various metal workings applications, including:

  • Cutting & Honing Oils/Coolants
  • Aluminum Mills
  • Sheet Plants
  • Precious Metals Reclaiming

Energy

Silbrico Perlite enhances filtration efficiency when used with sorbents in biodiesel purification and stabilization for a variety of feedstocks. Energy applications include:

  • Biodiesel
  • Microalgae
  • Ethanol Stillage
  • Coal Fired Boiler Baghouse Precoat (For Air Emissions)

Air/Gas

Silbrico Perlite protects fabric filters from heat and premature blinding from oils and process fines, extending filter bag life and reducing cost of baghouse operations and maintenance. It can be used with filters for various uses, including:

  • Flat Glass Furnaces
  • Asphalt Plants
  • Coal Boilers
  • Aluminum Furnaces
  • Cement Kilns
  • Smelters

Other

Silbrico Perlite is a superior filter aid for so many applications, it's impossible to list them all. Some other uses include:

  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
  • Groundwater Treatment
  • Pool Filtering
  • Residential Mediums

Particle sizes range from approximately 1 to 70 microns

We make our unique filter aids by expanding and milling perlite to specific grades using Silbrico’s stringently controlled processing techniques for consistency and purity. The various grades utilize the jagged interlocking structures to create billions of microscopic channels that provide optimum flow rates and sparkling clarity for a wide variety of uses. Learn more about this superior line of filter aids we call Sil-Kleer.

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