Typical applications of Mott precision porous metal products.

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This applications list is a quick review of the varied uses that have been developed for Mott precision porous metal products. Use this list as a handy reference, coupled with the unique design properties of porous media, to see how Mott products can solve problems for you.

Mott engineers can develop new ideas for product design or product and process improvement, using porous media in imaginative ways. Their experience in this field, backed by a commitment to technical service, provides the specialized help you need. Put Mott to the test – ask for an application analysis or design review.

Filtration Applications

Chemical/Petrochemical

• Corrosive liquids, gases
• Air, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, argon, helium, ammonia
• Process steam
• Oxygen (filters cleaned and certified for 02 service)
• Solvents, ketones, esters, amines, liquid hydrocarbons, polymers
• Feedwater and makeup water
• High-temperature liquids, gases
• High-pressure ethylene gas
• Cryogenic fluids
• Ethylene glycol
• Catalyst retention, fluid bed reactors
• Catalyst recovery, slurry phase reactors
• Chemical waste processing prior to disposal in deep injection wells
• High-efficiency solids recovery or liquid cycling

Food/Beverage

• Process steam filtration
• Catalyst recovery from hydrogenation reactors
• Polishing of syrups, liquors and other liquids
• Carbon removal for decolorization operations
• Bleaching clay filtration

Medical/Pharmaceutical

• Liquid drug delivery
• Fluid cooling filters
• Oxygenation for bioreactors/fermentors
• Flow control/safety devices for medical equipment

Electronics

• Filtration of oxide slurries for magnetic tapes
• Filtration of ink for high-speed printers

Instrumentation

• In-line filtration
• Chromatography solvents
• HPLC pump inlet check valve protection

Textile

• Nylon 6 and 6,6 production
• Polyethylene
• Rayon

Refinery

• Filtration of FCCU Slurry Oil

Energy

• Porous metal septa for powered resin filter/demineralizers
• Condensate polishing

Other Applications

Gas-liquid contacting/sparging

• Carbonation
• Oxygenation
• Aeration
• Hydrogenation
• Dewatering oil

Nitrogen sparging

• Deoxidizing wines and other liquids
• Bulking mayonnaise and similar products

Chromatography column frits

Flame arrestors for instruments and analyzers

Breathers and vents

Wicks

Flow restrictors

Pressure snubbers

Fluidization

Vacuum lance for deaerating powders

Air platens for transport or support

Gas diffusion

Silencers

Fuel Cell Applications

Thermal Management

Designs for your applications.

Air film rolls/air bearings. Function: Guides surface-sensitive webs on a cushion of air during transport. Application Examples: Photographic film; magnetic audio, video or computer tape; pressure-sensitive adhesive tape; metal foils; polyethylene films.		Breathers/pressure equalizers. Function: Relieves pressure, allows pressure equalization while excluding contaminants. Application Examples: Vents, vent covers, tank vents, sound/speaker enclosures, mold vents, rate of rise pressure devices.
Flow restrictors. Function: Provides laminar flow and precise control/regulation of gas or liquid flows. Application Examples: Flow control of liquid drugs; gas mixing into beverages; safety devices on anesthesia machines; flow control in gas chromatographs, laminar flow elements, flow splitters, calibrated leaks.		Flame arrestors. Function: Prevents flammable gases from burning back to supply source. Application Examples: Welding torches, gas cabinets, gas analyzers, electrical enclosures.
Silencers. Function: Sound dampening/reduction. Application Examples: Sound attenuation for pneumatic devices.		Wicks. Function: Absorbs liquids for dispersion removal, or vaporization. Application Examples: Ink adsorption plates, thermal management heat pipes, butane lighters.
Spargers. Function: Distribution device for gas/liquid interfacing. Application Examples: Aeration; bulking, carbonation, hydrogenation, oxidation, oxygen stripping ozone delivery.		Fluidizers. Function: Uniformly disperses gas into particle bed. Application Examples: Aeration, bridge prevention in heat-treating powder hoppers.
Polymer filters. Function: Removes cross-linked and gelled molecules which lead to filament breakage. Application Examples: Nylon 6 and 6,6 production, polyethylene, rayon.		Instrument filters . Function: Protects critical instruments by providing maximum purity and optimal flow. Application Examples: In-line filtration, chromatography solvents, protects HPLC pump inlet check valves from particulate.