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News Release from: Membrane Extraction Technology | Subject: Metcell
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 02 June 2003
Pressure's on for this vessel
Specially-designed stainless steel high pressure cell for laboratory applications including nanofiltration separations and reverse osmosis
Membrane Extraction Technology has launched what it says is an eagerly-awaited new product: Metcell, a stainless steel, high-pressure stirred cell that is suitable for nanofiltration (NF) separations and for reverse osmosis (RO) using aqueous and non-aqueous solvents All components of the assembled system are pressure rated to 69bar (1000psig)
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 14 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Stainless steel, high-pressure stirred cell is suitable for nanofiltration (NF) separations and for reverse osmosis (RO) using aqueous and non-aqueous solvents
The Metcell empowers laboratory chemists in the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industry to perform the following rapid product purification and impurity removal; rapid product concentration; solvent recovery and reuse; separations of two soluble products based on molecular weight difference; solvent exchanges; and membrane testing for ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis.
The Metcell can also be used as a lab-scale reactor for catalysis, hydrogenation and bioreactions, and it can be run as a continuous filtration system.
It offers a fast and economical alternative to distillation and chromatography.
Other features include: Dedicated, pre-assembled Met gas unit including an isolation valve, vent valve, pressure regulator, pressure relief valve, and pressure gauges to allow safe and simple operation of a high pressure system through connection to a gas cylinder.
Connection port for an HPLC pump, allowing charging of solutions into the Metcell without opening the cell, particularly useful when solutes are oxygen/moisture sensitive or when continuous operation is required, eg, permeate recycle.
A 35mm-wide removable PTFE coated stirrer bar is used to promote excellent mixing down to low liquid volume holdups.
Easy to clean and sterilise, allowing it to be used for different experiments in quick succession.
The Metcell has already generated interest among several major pharmaceutical companies, both in the UK, the USA, and in Europe.
MET foresees widespread use of this equipment and anticipates that it will become instrumental to the development of new applications and processes.
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