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Due to their potential hazardous nature, chemicals are classified for proper identification and safety during production. Chemical classification depends on their properties, structures and functions. In the chemical industry, you can regard them as basic chemicals such as acids, chemical products to produce plastic materials and finished chemicals for use in cosmetology. As a manufacturer or engineer, you want to know their reactivity when using chemical processing equipment.

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Horizontal chemical scraper centrifuge

Horizontal chemical scraper centrifuge

For slurries difficult to discharge, a scraper can improve process reliability, effic…

Industrial leaf filter for chemicals

Industrial leaf filter for chemicals

In recent years the removal of sulphur has received increasing attention because of saf…

IKA CMX_2000 for spcialty chemicals

Inline solid-liquid mixer for specialty chemicals

Incorporating solids into liquids is a critical process in producing pai…

Industrial vacuum conveyor

Industrial vacuum conveyor

Oftentime utilized as an alternative to mechanical conveyors when a requirement for dust free conv…

Horizontal Agitated Media Mill

Horizontal Agitated Media Mill

If you are looking for high end-product fineness for suspensions with good flow properties wit…

Vertical agitated wet media mill

Vertical agitated wet media mill

Agitated media mills are media mills that employ an agitated (or stirred) grinding media act…

Air flow classifier

Air flow classifier

Air-flow classifier (pneumatic product feed) for the fine classification of talc, calcium carbonate, bento…

High performance classifier

High performance classifier

For ultrafine classifying operations in inline mode of all types of fine to medium-fine products,…

Air classifier mill

Air classifier mill

Suitable for the comminution of numerous products and it's utilized in every branch of industry. It is als…

Hammer mill

Hammer mill

A hammer mill crushes aggregate material into smaller pieces; the most common applications can be found in food, ch…

Spiral jet mill

Spiral jet mill

Jet mills are frequently used in the pharmaceutical industry and also for the production of fine-grade chemical…

Conical screw mixer

Conical screw mixer

When you want to mix segregative, free-flowing powders and pastes that require perfect mixing quality and …

Conical screw vacuum dryer

Conical screw vacuum dryer

The conical screw vacuum dryer is particularly suitable for the final drying of powders, granules,…

Flash drying system

Flash drying system

Flash drying refers to the removal of moisture by a stream of hot gas that goes through a stream of small …

Roller compactor for briquettes

Roller compactor

The roller compactor is used for briquetting larger throughputs. Briquetting is the compression of powders int…

Laboratory roller compactor

Laboratory roller compactor

For the laboratory or small amount compaction, granulation and briquetting of mineral and chemica…

Laboratory fine impact mill

Laboratory fine impact mill

A laboratory fine impact mill is used for fine and ultrafine grinding, for defibration, and for c…

Laboratory hammer mill

Laboratory hammer mill

A Laboratory hammer mill in pharma design for the comminution of pharmaceutical and chemical products. …

Laboratory multi-processing systems

Laboratory multi-processing systems

When creating new products whose grinding properties cannot always be predicted in advan…

Laboratory spiral jet mill

Laboratory spiral jet mill

Ideal for the ultra-fine size reduction on a laboratory scale of dry materials up to Mohs' hardnes…

Laboratory horizontal agitated ball mill

Laboratory horizontal agitated ball mill

Tabletop model for the wet grinding of small to ultra-small product batches down to…

Spheronizer

Spheronizer

A spheronizer produces spherical pellets with a smooth surface and a narrow particle size distribution.

Laboratory mill for small batches

Laboratory mill for small batches

The Alpine Picoline is a series of miniature laboratory machines for processing samples do…

Pusher centrifuge

Pusher centrifuge

Pusher centrifuges are continuously operating filter centrifuges and can have several basket stages dependin…

Vertical scraper centrifuges

Vertical scraper centrifuges

Vertical Bottom discharge Centrifuges work discontinuously, discharging the solids to the bottom…

Vertical top discharge centrifuge

Vertical top discharge centrifuge

Discharge solids vertically upward through manual action, optionally using a filter bag or…

Mobile pilot plant centrifuge

Mobile pilot plant centrifuge

The system is perfectly suited for pilot plants as well as small-quantity productions in the fi…

Continuous high impact mixer

Continuous high impact mixer

A high-impact mixer can help you to produce a homogeneous mixture when you are mixing powders an…

Volumetric fillers for viscous liquids

Volumetric fillers for viscous liquids

When you are filling viscous liquids, you can reach good precision and high-speeds us…

Laboratory conical screw mixer

Laboratory conical screw mixer

A laboratory conical screw mixer is often used in the pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals secto…

Laboratory conical screw vacuum dryer

Laboratory conical screw vacuum dryer

The laboratory conical screw vacuum dryer is particularly suitable for the final dryin…

Laboratory high shear impact mixer

Laboratory high shear impact mixer

A Laboratory high shear impact mixer can be used to simulate different processes; from sl…

Hygienic belt dryer

Hygienic belt dryer

A belt dryer typically applies the product through an infeed chamber onto a perforated horizontal belt, wh…

Small scale pelleting press

Small scale pelleting press

Many industries require reliable pelletizing equipment with smaller scale production capacities. …

Top loading arm

Top loading arm

Load or unload liquids from the top of the tanks safely and securely for trucks, railcars, small or big contain…

Horizontal pressure leaf filters

Horizontal pressure leaf filters

Reliable and low maintenance filtration of fluids with high dirt load is essential to many i…

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Chemical process equipment is vast and requires proper selection

Chemicals are often toxic and require extra care for operators (according to acceptable operator exposure level – AOEL), as well as waste water cleaning systems. In this sense, chemical process technology has made production of chemicals easy and less hazardous. When producing chemicals, keeping potential risk in check is mandatory to protect the environment and human health. So using personal protective equipment isn’t all that you need when using the chemical process equipment. Make sure to take account of chemical reaction kinetics and equipment design by doing thorough investigation of the process. The scarcity of raw materials may be a challenge to manufacturers, who also need to mind strict industry regulations. One of them is the US Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), which prohibits the export of five specific mercury compounds.

Chemical reactors, the key equipment to produce chemicals

Chemical reactors are key to producing chemicals. They have a design and configuration that provides proper environment such as temperature and presence of a catalyst for the chemicals reaction to take place. There are two main types of chemical reactors: the batch reactor and the continuous reactor. The former usually makes products with different reactants, as in production of colorants and drugs in the pharmaceutical industry. The latter consistently produces ammonia and other chemicals in large quantities.

Dry milling is also one of the core processes in manufacturing chemical products, as it controls particle size and removes excess moisture from products. It is advisable to dry at a low temperature because very high temperatures can melt products. You need to monitor the flow of production from the upstream production process (sourcing of raw materials) to the downstream activities, such as purification of chemicals into finished products. This is to ensure good product quality and improve profitability.

Some chemical products and their industrial applications

Industries that use big processing plants buy chemical products in order to make intermediate products. Chemical products like toners, dyes, nitrogen fertilizer, synthetic resins, glue, glycerin, fine chemicals and others work as ingredients of these finished products. The materials and the manufacturing process depend on the industry and final consumer of the products. You can use glycerin in the pharmaceutical industry, for foods and soaps. Also, synthetic resins have wide application in the plastic industry. To provide colors to materials in the textile industry, use dyes. The automotive and furniture industries use adhesives in production.

EU regulations moving towards green chemistry

The release of chemicals, whether in liquid, solid or gas states, can pollute the underground water, soil and air, which in turn poses health risks to humans. To tackle this, the European Union has put in place strategies to ensure the minimal usage and production of harmful chemicals. The strict EU’s regulations aim to put chemical exposure to check from production level to disposal level. They intend to achieve this by phasing out the use of highly toxic chemicals like mercury chloride except their use is essential and promoting green chemistry for sustainability. For example, instead of producing mercury-based batteries, there are alternatives like alkaline.

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