Fibra-Cel® сellulose fiber filter aids

Improved pre-coating in beer and wine filtration

Our Celite Fibra-Cel range are cellulose-based products ideal for rapid pre-coating in beer and wine filtration, especially when old or damaged screens are being used. The Celite Fibra-Cel range offers a stable cake formation and can protect the filter cake against unwanted pressure shocks. It also aids filter cake release during filter wash-offs.

Multi-functional product properties:

• Precoats rapidly. Fibers quickly bridge openings in filter screens and cloths, especially openings too large to be precoated with ordinary diatomite or perlite filter aids. 
• Promotes longer cycles. Fibers protect septums and prevent blinding. 
• Cleans rapidly. Releases quickly and cleanly from filter septums by backwashing or rinsing. 
• Forms a stable cake. Fibrous layer resists pressure shocks to the filter cake.
• Prevents filter aid bleed-through. Fibers form a stable base after pre-coats and admixes of diatomite or perlite. 
• Prevents mechanical leaks. Fibers can precoat comparatively large openings around gaskets and filter leaf seats. 
• Separates liquid phases. Absorptive properties can separate different liquid phases from each other, for example, water in olive oils.
• Facilitates waste disposal. Spent cake may be incinerated to reduce volume for disposal.

Fibra-Cel filtration applications:

• Alkaline solutions – where even small amounts of soluble silica are objectionable.
• Beverages – excellent cake stability while preventing filter aid bleed-through.
• Food products – superior clarity and cake stability with a pure cellulose filter aid.
• Petroleum – removes emulsified water.
• Plating solutions – excellent solids removal and cake stability with nonsilicous filter aid.

Fibra-Cel products:

100% Cellulose pre-coating grades

• Fibra-Cel® BH-10
• Fibra-Cel® BH-20
• Fibra-Cel® BH-40
• Fibra-Cel® BH-65
• Fibra-Cel® BH-100
• Fibra-Cel® SW-10
• SW-5

Cellulose pre-coating blends

Cellulose-diatomite blends:

• Fibra-Cel® 5F
• Fibra-Cel® 7F
• Fibra-Cel® 11F

Cellulose-perlite-diatomite blends:

• Fibra-Cel® 5FP
• Fibra-Cel® 7FP
• Fibra-Cel® 11FP