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Millipore Sigma Filters for Microbial Management
For over 50 years, MilliporeSigma has supplied breweries around the world with microbial management solutions to monitor and remove microorganisms and other contaminants from beer. Trusted as the “gold standard” by generations of brewers, MilliporeSigma products for clarification, pre-sterile and sterile filtration will ensure microbial stability while maintaining quality, clarity, flavor and aroma. Gusmer is proud to offer a full range of MilliporeSigma products, including those for filtration and microbial monitoring at bottling and throughout the brewery.
Total Cost of Filtration An efficient facility must operate on a Total Cost of Filtration basis. This method of operating recognizes that superior filter performance will yield better process economics over time. ATotal Cost of Filtration approach also recognizes that factors influenced by filter performance are often more costly than the filters themselves. These factors include: • Filter cartridge cost • Beer lost or damaged • Bottling line downtime and labor • Cleaning and sterilization water and chemicals • Quality assurance personnel and materials • Product holds • Product spoilage and recalls Ahigh quality filter cartridge is key to maximizing total throughput and reducing the total cost of filtration. What sterile membrane is best for your process? The membrane is the most important component of a cartridge filter. There are a variety of different membrane options available to the brewing market with polyvinyldene fluoride (PVDF) and polyether sulfone (PES) being the most common. MilliporeSigma’s PVDF cartridge filters provide many critical advantages over those with PES membranes.
MilliporeSigma uses robotic technology in its filter assembly clean room to assure the highest quality in their Vitipore II filter cartridges (pictured above).
The Vitipore II PVDF final membrane offers: • Lowest protein and color binding • Highest membrane area and number of pleats per device • Most throughput • Only major symmetric beverage membrane • Higher membrane robustness and stress tolerance • Most reliable integrity testing The Vitipore II Plus offers an additional 0.5 µm mixed cellulose esters prefilter layer in the same device. Click on the QR code to download the MP 04 Application Brief for more information on PVDF and PES membranes.
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