Practical Safety Training Program

Recently, the entire Res-Kem field team went through an all day practical safety training program.  The training included, Confined Space Entry, LOTO (Lock-Out Tag-Out) and JSA (Job Safety Assessment). This training is integral to Res-Kem's desire to eliminate injuries in our facilities as well as when we are working at or visiting our customer's plants.

Confined Space Entry Training

Preparing for a Confined Space Entry

 Hands-on LOTO (Lock-Out Tag-Out) Training

This program was a follow-up to our classroom program late last year.  People who attended the training were all of our field sales people, field service technicians, drivers and plant personnel.  The training took place at the Emergency Services Training Center in Sharon Hill, PA.

Contact us if you would like more information on this program.

Water Softener Shipped to Hawaiian Resort Hotel

A water softener was shipped to a luxury resort hotel on Maui.  The system will treat the water for the hotel's laundry.

Hot Water Softener with Stainless Steel Piping and Bray Butterfly Valves

System Specifications:

Operating Temperature	140F water for laundry
System Configuration	Single hot water softener with automatic bypass
Materials of Construction	Carbon steel tank, non-code 304L stainless steel face piping 304L stainless steel internals Cast iron Bray lug valves with 316 butterfly discs
Piping Connections	Welded
Valves and Actuators	Bray Butterfly Series 31 valves with Series 93 Air to Open/Spring Return actuators
Control Scheme	Single, time clock initiated regeneration with automatic hard water bypass

304L Stainless Steel Hub and Lateral Bottom Distributor

For Additional Information:
Res-Kem Industrial Water Softeners
For more information

Invitation to Attend "Impact of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials in Water on Your Carbon Filters" Seminar

You are invited to a free educational seminar on how treating drinking water with naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) can lead to activated carbon landfill disposal problems in as little as 7 months.

The seminar will be held March 6 at 9:00 AM at the Res-Kem-Aston, PA facility.

Register Now!

Why should you attend?

If your company uses activated carbon for the treatment of private well ground water for your plant's needs, remediation of ground water for VOC contamination, sulfur removal, radon reduction, this seminar has critical information that may impact the way you conduct your carbon exchange program.


Do you have is this problem? It depends.  There is a rock formation found in the region from central Pennsylvania through New England. Carbon filters can "Technically Enhance" the naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) to a level exceeding landfill allowable radiation levels.

Topographical Map of Pennsylvania Showing Rock Formations

Who is presenting?
This will be about a 1.5 hour, informative, interactive presentation from:

• Richard Croll - Radiation Health Physicist
• Jennifer Noll - Pennsylvania DEP
• Stephanie Carr - Calgon Carbon

Need more information?
Contact Michael Urbans
For directions to our plant in Aston, PA and agenda
Call 800-323-1983 or email

Condensate Polishing System Shipped to University in Rhode Island

A condensate polisher was shipped last week to a university in Rhode island to treat their steam condensate to save energy, reduce water usage and reduce water treatment chemical usage.

Res-Kem Dual Tank Condensate Polishers Designed to Treat a Maximum of 300 gpm

What is the Res-Kem water treatment application?	Sodium cycle condensate polishing to remove iron and hardness
What are the operating conditions?	Flow: Maximum of 150 gpm/vessel Pressure: 30-100 psi Temperature: Maximum of 200F Continuous
What is the system configuration?	Dual tank, parallel operation 30” in diameter tanks
What ion exchange resin was used?	15 cubic feet of Purolite C-150 highly cross-linked macroporous cation exchange resin in each tank
Materials of construction?	304 SS ASME code with a 100 psig design pressure 304 SS Hub and Lateral Galvanized Schedule 40 Flanged and Threaded Face Piping
Type of Valves?	AquaMatic High Temperature diaphragm valves

Additional Information:
Listing of Condensate Polishers Built by Res-Kem
Online Catalog of Res-Kem Condensate Polishing Equipment
Condensate Polisher Technical Bulletin
Condensate Polisher Application Checklist 
Purolite C-150 Technical Bulletin
For Technical Help From a Res-Kem Sales and Application Engineer

New Regional Service Center in Raynham, Massachusetts

On December 1st, we opened our new regional service center in Raynham, MA.  From this location, we serve Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts & Connecticut, southern New Hampshire & Maine.


Res-Kem's New Regional Service Center in Raynham, MA



At our Raynham facility, Res-Kem:

• Has local stock of most filter cartridges, ion exchange resin tanks (with 1 cuft, 3.6 cuft, 12 cuft, 30 cuft and 42 cuft volumes), replacement valves, valve parts, etc. used in your plant.  If you have something usual, we can maintain local inventory with our replacement part supply contracts.
• Using our own truck fleet, provides exchange DI service for industrial, high purity and ultra high purity water production.  As required, we pick up and deliver tanks filled with activated carbon, cation resin, anion resin and/or mixed bed ion exchange resin tailored to your specific quality needs.  We can provided virgin resin exchanges and/or segregated resin handling for your most critical needs 
• Repairs virtually all water treatment equipment from any manufacturer including RO systems, softeners, multi-media filters, carbon filters, greensand filters, EDI/CEDI equipment, UV systems and more.  
• Monitors and maintains your water treatment equipment through PM (Preventative Maintenance)programs to virtually eliminate unplanned system shutdowns.

Need Help?:

For Service DI

For PM programs

For broken equipment

For more information on Res-Kem's water treatment equipment

...or call 800-323-1983

Mighty Little Chemical Pump-Stenner ECON FP

What fits in the palm of your hand an can pump up to 30 GDP at 80 psi?  The new Stenner ECON FP pump!   The ECON FP is an extremely versatile chemical pump. 

What makes this pump special?

• This one little pump can receive signals from either 24VAC, dry contact signal, or flow switch.
• The Pump Control Module (PCM) is built in.
• All wires are color coded for easy installation. 
• The control panel is an easy to read back lit LCD.  
• Also, it could be the safest Chemical on earth.  Why?  Normally, chemical pumps need 120-220 volts to operate. Not the FP!  Since it can accept low voltage or dry contact signals so your risk of electric shock is greatly reduced. 
• The FP has a DC motor and electronic circuitry eliminating all the moving clutch parts found in the Classic Stenners. 

Note to plumbers Well Drillers and Water treatment professionals: 
NO MORE Jerry rigging the well switch for power.   Don't get me wrong, you still need to plug into 120 volt power, but not 220 volt.  The FP's signal options gives the installer safer power sources.  Water Treatment professionals rejoice! 

Selling Clack, Culligan, Eco-Water or Pentair products?
The FP will interface with the newer high end electronics available with these companies.  YES!  Just plug in the FP to your water softener valve, program the electronics, and the FP will run!  
What makes this pump special?


What else makes this pump so special? 

• Even more, better, is the new tube housing assembly. Tube change outs are a breeze. Just snap off the cover and install the tube, return the cover over the tube and start pumping! 
• Even more, more better, the FP is Stock Item.
• Even most better, the FP costs about 35% less than a Classic Stenner combined with a PCM. 

Please note Res-Kem is a business to business company.

Please contact us at 800-323-1983 or sales@reskem.com for a product bulletin

Ultrapure Water System Starting Up at Nanotechnology Center in Philadelphia

Res-Kem supplied, to a new nanotechnology center in Philadelphia, an ultrapure water system. The start up will commence this Monday. The system is designed to produce water with three different qualities to supply:

• 10 gpm to process cooling equipment
• 40 gpm to laboratory benches and humidification equipment
• 75 to 125 gpm to recirculation loop feeding process tools

Ultrapure Water System Produces a Maximum of 125 gpm of UPW

Ultrapure Water Loop Specifications

Parameter	Specification	Measurement Location	Instrument or Analysis Method
Resistivity (% of time)	< 18.2 M-ohm-cm (100%)	On-line	Thornton 770 MAX
TOC	< 2 ppb	On-line	Sievers 500RLE
Dissolved Oxygen	< 5 ppb average 10 ppb maximum	On-line	Swan Oxytrace
Particles	< 80 particles/liter >=0.05 micron	On-line	PMS Ultra D150
Bacteria	< 1 CFU/liter	Off-line	Low nutrient agar
Al, Ca, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Na, Ni, Pb, Zn	< 5 ppt	Off-line	IC
Boron	0.1 ppb maximum	On-line	Sievers
Dissolved Si as SiO2	< 50 ppt	On-line	Swan

The system is designed to allow for easy expansion to double the makeup rate to the ultrapure water recirculation loop.

For more Information:
Contact us if you would like presentation about this project
Modular Ultrapure Water Systems
On-line Industrial Water Treatment Catalog

Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material in Your Water

NORM means Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material and TENORM stands for Technically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material.   The USEPA states "TENORM is produced when radionuclides that occur naturally in ores, soils, water, or other natural materials are concentrated or exposed to the environment by activities, such as uranium mining or sewage treatment."  Res-Kem sees the potential for TENORM in filters and softeners treating well water in areas where naturally occurring radioactive materials NORM are found.

As a result, Res-Kem will be adding an additional test before we replace media or particularly when entering tanks. We will bring instrumentation to test for TENORM radiation.  Unfortunately, if we detect radiation, we will have to button the system back up and depart.

Again on the USEPA's website "NORM consists primarily of material containing potassium-40 and isotopes belonging to the primordial series. The principal primordial radionuclides are isotopes of heavy elements belonging to the radioactive series headed by the three long-lived isotopes uranium-238 (uranium series), uranium-235 (actinium series), and thorium-232 (thorium series). ... At background concentrations, the naturally occurring radionuclides in the uranium, actinium, and thorium series contribute about one-half of the natural background external radiation, and over 80 percent of the background including radon, to which all humans are continuously exposed."
  From a Clean Harbors bulletin on the subject, typical sources of NORM and TENORM wastes include

• Oil and gas industry
• Geothermal energy production
• Coal combustion
• Mining of uranium and metals
• Phosphate production
• Municipal water treatment
• Abandoned mines and processing facilities
• General manufacturing

Temporary Exchange Softeners for Unplanned Equipment Repairs

Temporary, skid mounted softeners can get you back up and running when unplanned repairs are required to your in-house zeolite softeners.   Depending on the extent of the problems, repairs can take several weeks or longer.  Tanks are simply hooked up to your water source via cam-lock connections and 2" industrial Goodall hose.  As the tanks exhaust, Res-Kem will bring new tanks with regenerated resin.  No backwash is required, no salt is required and no hard piping is required.  

Skid-mounted Exchange Water Softener form Res-Kem

In order for water tube or firetube boilers to operate efficiently they need low hardness quality feedwater. If you've recently had a boiler opening and discovered scaled boilertubes due to non-functioning boiler pretreatment zeolite softeners and ineffective boiler internal chemical treatment. Res-Kem can provide ASME code 100 psig temporary skid mounted softeners good for flow ranges- 15-120 gpm. These tanks can be provided within a 150 miles radius of our locations in near Philadelphia, PA, New Britain, CT, Avon, MA and Colonial Heights, VA.

The tanks are delivered via a Res-Kem truck with a liftgate for dock deliveries or ground deliveries.  We transport the tanks short distances within your plant to the point of use via a motorized pallet jack.

 

Failing Water Softener.  Look familiar?

Siemens Selling Water Treatment Business

The big news in the water treatment industry for this past week has been Siemens' announcement to sell the water treatment equipment and water systems service business.  Bloomberg announcement states that the Siemens Water Technologies division includes wastewater, municipal and industrial water purification services and membrane filtration systems.  Most of these technologies were parts of the former US Filter Corporation acquired by Siemens in 2004 from Veolia Environnement for $993 million.  

According to a statement by Siegfried Russwurm, member of the Siemens AG Managing Board and CEO of the Industry Sector, "This business shows only minor synergies with our industrial portfolio, as the skills for water treatment are primarily based on chemical expertise. Instead of investing into that business, we want to gear our resources toward our core portfolio."

In related news, Kemira Oyj, Europe’s largest supplier of chemicals to treat water, will not be bidding for the water business of Siemens AG.