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Stop by and See Sterlitech at Pittcon!
Sterlitech's Trade Show Tour continues at Pittcon! Pittcon 2013 in Philadelphia PA, March 17-21, Booth #153 Attendees are encouraged to stop by and say hello, or visits can be scheduled by...
View ArticleNew Toray Reverse Osmosis Membranes Available From Sterlitech
Toray has discontinued the production of their 80B Reverse Osmosis Membrane. But fear not, because they have also started producing a successor, called the 80E, that Sterlitech will be offering on our...
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Sterlitech Adds Watersep to Our Secret Menu
Starting today, Sterlitech’s selection of Hollow Fiber Filter Cartridges will no longer be available on our website. These filter cartridges from Watersep were ideal for cell culture clarification,...
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Lockheed Martin Patents an Energy-saving Reverse Osmosis Membrane
The name Lockheed Martin invokes images of high tech aircraft, secret weapons, and other technologies that seem a whole lot more exciting than a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane. However, Perforene™,...
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Stop by and Visit Sterlitech Corporation at ASM 2013
Sterlitech will be attending the 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Denver! We'll be hanging out at booth #810 with examples and information about our latest and greatest...
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3M Sterilization Indicators Leaving the Online Store
Beginning on June 1, 2013, Sterlitech will no longer be offering 3M Sterilization Indicators as part of our online store. We can custom order them if you need them, but we will not be replacing them...
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Phasing Out Solid Phase Extraction Products
Come June 1st, Sterlitech will be phasing out our selection of Empore Solid Phase Extraction products. As with the other products we've recently phased out, we can still custom order these for you if...
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50 Years of Filtration Technology History
The world can change a lot in fifty years. Fifty years ago, there was no Zimbabwe, Hershey still sold chocolate bars for a nickel, and the Beatles were new on the scene. Filtration technology has...
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Ultrasonic EcoMembrane Wins Honorable Mention for Innovation
It's no secret that water is essential to our lives. Aside from the daily essentials like drinking or washing, water plays a role in many different industrial processes, whether it be as a solvent, a...
View ArticleCF042 Crossflow Cell In Action
If you've ever wanted to see a bit of reverse osmosis in action, here it is. In this video, we use CF042 Acrylic Cell to separate blue dye from water. This demonstration is run at 200 psi and uses a...
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New Water and Wastewater Analysis Page
We are unveiling a new Water and Wastewater Analysis page on our website. This new page neatly gathers products especially useful in water analysis such as MCE membranes, microbiological filter...
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The Delicious Tales of Natural Filter Media
Sterlitech Corporation prides itself in manufacturing and marketing some of the most advanced filtration products around. Our filters use materials like PTFE, PVDF, and PES, and others with...
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Hollywood Director Advocates for Oceanic Research
A few weeks ago, James Cameron, director of Hollywood blockbusters "Titanic" and "Avatar," testified before the U.S. Senate's Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee, urging them to...
View ArticleNew Sepa CF II Assembly Tutorial Video
Today, we have a new video that shows you how to assemble a Sepa CF II cell and get it ready to perform reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration or microfiltration at pressures up 1000 psig (69...
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Etching the Tracks in a Track-etched Membrane Filter
Place a polycarbonate (PCT) or polyester (PET) membrane under an electron microscope and you'll something similar to the picture here: a smooth surface perforated with neat, cylindrical holes. In this...
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UNICEF Uses Membrane Distillation to Make Sweat Drinkable
People do strange things for attention. Children throw tantrums, celebrities shave their heads and UNICEF builds a machine to take the sweat from your clothes and turn it into drinking water. UNICEF,...
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Product Application: Isotopic Analysis with Grade F Borosilicate Filters
Water, whether seawater or freshwater, is rarely just H2O. Dissolved nitrites and nitrates in particular play a key role in the survival of aquatic flora like seaweeds. In 2005, Matthew R. McIlvin...
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Cutting Flat Sheet Membranes
Sterlitech offers a wide selection of membranes that have been pre-cut for use with our Sepa CF II Cells, CF042 Crossflow Cells, and HP4750 Stirred Cells. However, if you want to cut your own...
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Frequently Asked Questions About Membrane Filters
As a leading manufacturer and marketer of membrane filters, Sterlitech fields a lot of burning questions about membrane filtration for our customers. In this article, we tackle some of the most...
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Preconditioning Flat Sheet Membranes for Use
Flat sheet membranes that are not pre-conditioned may have different behaviors and fluxes, which will give inconsistent results (microfiltration membranes are an exception). Figure 4 below illustrates...
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