Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Our claim
The future of the earth is important to us. That is why we – the EUROPURE team – decided many years ago to do everything we can to treat water in a way that benefits not only our customers but also the environment.
Our journey – the path to a chemical-free solution
In 1997, our first contact with waterjet cutting systems took place. At that time, we were contacted by Flow Europe as specialists in a group of cooling water circuit engineers to remedy water quality deficiencies in high-pressure pumps. As a resukt, we developed a first-generation water treatment system for waterjet cutting systems.
In close cooperation with Bystronic (Switzerland), we developed a much more compact second-generation water treatment system as early as 2010. The cooperation with Bystronic helped us to gain extensive knowledge of possible defects in water quality and their effects on the inner workings of a waterjet pump. We worked with Bystronic until 2017, when they stopped producing waterjet cutting machines.
Some water quality issues required the use of chemistry for a long time, which is why chemistry was also used in our first and second generation systems. The general change in thinking – also in our company – as well as stricter environmental regulations and growing customer concerns led us to use various filter technologies to reduce the dosage of chemicals as early as 2010.
We invested in R&D and jointly developed a filter material testing station, which we used to test the majority of filter materials available worldwide for their filter performance and impact on water quality.
Next-generation filter technology
Filter by definition: device, appliance with which solid substances are separated from liquid or gaseous substances (DUDEN definition “filter”)
During the next decade, the car industry will switch from gas-powered cars to electric („ion-powered“) cars. Filter technology has already developed in this direction over the last decade. Advanced filter materials work with ionic charges and can thus generate targeted reactions to remove unwanted specific contents. Advanced filter materials can change the entire properties of the water without adding chemicals. This generation of new filter materials is therefore much more than a filter by definition and these are the materials we work with.
Sustainability is very important to us
That is why we have developed a recycling plant for filter materials. 82% of the filter material is being reused!
To obtain largely clean water, we use a process known in science as the “Advanced Oxidizing Process (AOP)”. In this process, oxygen is the only active substance.
The filter material has a highly porous metallic surface that is pre-charged with oxygen ions. This pre-charge stimulates the production of further ions that react with the impurities in the water. All metallic ingredients and a large number of other substances are oxidized and filtered out in this way. Over time, the surface of the filter material becomes dirty and the oxidation process ends.
This is how the 3-stage regeneration process works:
Cleaning, 30 min.
The filter material is washed intensively until its surface is clean.
Disinfection, 10 min.
Regeneration, 60 min.
Pre-loading with oxygen ions.
Capacity
60 – 80 filter cartridges per 100 minutes
280 – 340 kg per 100 minutes
20% more filter capacity with pre-loading and even heavily contaminated water becomes crystal clear!
