Value Versus Price - What to Look for When You Choose a Bleach Filter System

This year, US bleach producers will ship nearly 800 million gallons of sodium hypochlorite for use in a variety of applications - as the main ingredient in laundry bleach … as a bleaching agent in textiles, detergents, and paper and pulp … as an oxidizing agent for organic products … in petroleum products refining … as a disinfectant in water and wastewater treatment and sanitary equipment … in fruit and vegetable processing, mushroom production, hog, beef and poultry production, maple syrup production, and fish processing.

For most - if not all - of these applications, the product of choice is bleach that has been filtered to remove the heavy metals and suspended solids that occur as an inherent part of any bleach production process. The presence of these contaminants - which adversely affect the quality of the bleach and significantly shorten its shelf life - severely limit the markets you can sell into as well as appreciably affect the selling price of your bleach.

The obvious response to these market demands for high quality product is to filter your bleach - but the choice of an appropriate filtering system isn't so obvious. There are several technologies available to filter bleach, from bag and cartridge filters, to vacuum filters, to pressure filters. There are low end and high end options, widely varying performance standards, and significant differences in pricing. The key is to select the system that offers the best combination of benefit and cost.

It's the Same Old Story - You Get What You Pay For

The Powell Bleach Filter System can outperform any other system available in terms of design, performance, ease of operation and maintenance, and expected length of service life. However, as is always the case when it comes to quality, superior performance costs more up front, but is usually far more cost efficient in the long run. An objective evaluation of your filtering options against the above criteria, coupled with an analysis of cost versus value, will demonstrate clearly that the Powell Bleach Filter System is your best filtering investment.

Put a Powell Bleach Filter System on Your Site with Minimal Financial Impact

Many accountants maintain that flexible payment terms can do more to improve your cash flow situation than a bargain-basement price. Depending on circumstances and your situational preferences, Powell can offer financing in the form of a capital lease or an operating lease. Typically, capital or operating leases can be structured so you are not required to disburse cash until the equipment is delivered or - even more advantageous - the equipment is operating and generating cash flow. Payments can be designed to accommodate a variety of financial conditions and can even be structured on a skip, graduated or seasonal basis to more closely align with incoming cash flow. Contact us to learn more about leasing options.

System Design

The design of the bleach filter system is a key factor and ultimately impacts all other considerations. Some of the items to consider include the following:

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