Albert Waalkens, MSc., Pure Infinity Styrene emission in the Composite industry Styrene is a component that is used as solvent in the making of polyester products. Everybody knows the material where boats are made of: that is either polyester or composites. The material is increasingly used in the production of cars, busses and planes. Also…
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Styrene is released to air during the production of composites. This is part of composite industry because the styrene is released from the resin. There are emission limiting production methods, but styrene emissions are ultimately inevitable in all production methods. In this blog we make a comparison between the different solutions for styrene emission in…
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Innopack Systems and Pure Infinity have been working together for 10 years. In the flexographic market, Pure Infinity provides Innopack’s customers with the most competitive VOC treatment systems available: the VOCUS and -since 2019- also the new BONCUS system. Both systems provide solvent emissions treatment technologies based on biology, which will have a much lower…
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Industrial emissions have been under the microscope for the last few years. There’s a green switch happening and companies EU wide need to think about their environmental policies. Many companies, also in the flexographic industry, struggle between keeping government and consumer happy with their emissions on one hand and making profit with their companies on…
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As an environmental technologist, Pure Infinity owner Albert Waalkens observed already early that our environment benefits more from governmental and organizational solutions, rather than asking consumers to consume less. With that in mind he is convinced that the biggest benefit will come from making the source of the goods that are used and consumed green…
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The first BONCUS system – a solvent air emission treatment system that converts the air emissions from a flexographic printing company into energy- is ready for commissioning. There is finally a payback model for the waste solvents in the flexographic industry. Pure Infinity has developed this technology for air treatment together with the University of…
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Finland-based Exel Composites has completed a four-year project called Next Air Biotreat that explored biotrickling filtration as a way to limit styrene emissions. One of the most widely-discussed concerns among the composites industry is how to control styrene – a volatile component of polyester resin. In the past, researchers have tried to clean the styrene-contaminated…
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[VOC removal VOC removal from air emissions in industry is mainly based on the European Directives. These are in place to protect the environment from these VOC’s or also referred to as solvents. VOC’s generally create photochemical SMOG. SMOG is causing increasingly health problems in densed populated area’s in Europe. Health Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)…
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