IFTS Pilot Units are used for confirming Solid/Liquid or Membrane Separation test results and can be used on-site at a customer's industrial location.

IFTS has the following technologies available for pilot test programs:  

• Lamellar Decanter
• Centrifugal Decanter
• Disk Separator 
• Ultracentrifuge
• Hydrocyclones
• Filters with Cartridges, Bags and Candles
• Deep Bed Filters
• Filter Press
• Rotary Drum Filter
• Centrifuge Filter
• Filters with Membranes

IFTS, Inc. USA President Jerry Lynch, left, and IFTS France Managing Director Vincent Edery, center, speak with an attendee at the IFTS tabletop exhibit.

The American Filtration & Separations Society's (AFS) annual Spring Conference was held in Houston, Texas from March 24-26th. The conference was focused around the topics of Oil & Gas and Chemical Processing.  

President of IFTS, Inc. USA, Jerry Lynch, presented a half-day course on liquid filtration testing and test methods.  

Vincent Edery, IFTS Managing Director and Pascal Ginisty, Manager of Research and Technical Studies in Agen, France presented an overview of devices, methods and standards used in Liquid Solid Separation and applications for oil and chemical processing. The methodologies and tools used by IFTS to face these challenges were discussed along with examples of results obtained in various pilot programs and applications.  

Approximately 230 participants attended the three-day conference held at the Houston Marriott Westchase.   

The 2014 AFS Fall Conference 'Next Generation Filter Media Conference, Embracing Future Challenges' will be held in Chicago, Illinois from October 14-15th.