Innovative water filtration system delivered

August 30, 2008 Saint Paul, MN: Caztek Engineering, announced today that it delivered an innovative water filtration system to a precision EDM shop.

The precision EDM (Electrical Discharge Machining) process frequently calls for a large supply of clean, de-ionized water for carying away metal particles. This water is then recycled in a closed-loop process. In an effort to significantly reduce the maintanance down-time the new equipment specification called for a larger capacity, automated system.

Engineers at Caztek delivered with a plc driven system that monitored the water quality in real-time. The system has redundant particle filtration as well as de-ionization beds to allow on-the-fly switching at the end of the filter life to eliminate any routine-maintenance related down-time.

"The system is up and running as designed and we are confident that we have exceeded the design expectations by building a system that can run 27/4, even through filter element changes" states C. Sienkiewicz. "Due to the increased capacity of the system, the maintenance interval has been increased 100 fold and the real-time water quality monitoring will alert an operator to pending maintenance well in advance of a shut-down condition"

Although the bulk processing system is of significantly higher performance than the previous stand-alone systems, the impetus for the project was economic as well. The customer has confirmed both a tangible direct cost savings due to the increased maintenance interval and element selection, as well as an elimination of the weekly machine down-time due to filtration maintenance.

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Caztek Engineering is in the business of providing innovative engineering solutions to a variety of customers including those in the aerospace, medical and industrial sectors.