Macrolite®
Step Up to the Ultimate in Filter Media Performance: Macrolite® Engineered Ceramic Media
For filtration applications that demand high flow rates and increased effluent quality, Macrolite® Engineered Ceramic Media delivers more performance on a smaller equipment footprint. Macrolite media spheres optimize filtration performance with a host of key features:
- Filtration capability down to 3 microns, due to its remarkably uniform physical properties and greater surface area
- Tough and durable; a chemically inert medium with excellent resistance to acids, caustics, oxidants, and ferric salts
- Available in four sizes
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Particle Uniformity Boosts Flow, Reduces System Footprint
- Compared to conventional aggregates, Macrolite filtration spheres are engineered with extraordinarily uniform composition, shape, size, sphericity, and density
- Typically lets you boost flow rates to 10 gpm/ft2 and can dramatically upgrade your system’s performance and efficiency
- Macrolite dampens changes in influent composition better than traditional filtration media, to produce quality effluent—time after time
Macrolite Can Handle a Greater Load
- Lets you minimize bed size, reduce the equipment footprint and lower your capital costs in new bed installations versus conventional media
- Requires less backwash energy
- Requires less chemistry, because of its structure and surface properties
- Result: Lower operating costs for your plant
Traps More Solids Down to 3 Microns
Macrolite maximizes total filtering surface area for a given bed size, because:
- Macrolite spheres’ surface composition promotes colloidal attachment
- Remarkably uniform spheres enhance transport mechanisms within the filter bed, for more colloid-to-granule contact
- Result: a Macrolite bed can filter down to 3 microns, vs. 10 microns for a conventional aggregate bed
Better Performance Against Giardia and Cryptosporidium
- Provides a critical barrier against cyst-based contaminants, removing significantly more than other conventional aggregate media
Macrolite®
Macrolite particles are remarkably uniform, with greatly enhanced surface features for more filtration contact area
