Aalto – Mechanical separations

AALTO University has standard equipment for separation processes and for analysis in lab-scale. There are for instance membrane filtration units such as Alfa Laval LabStak M20 in which a number of Alfa Laval membrane filter sheets and support- and spacer plates are stacked and compressed in a vertical frame. The plates are circular and have a design characterised by establishing a series connection of the membrane sheets contained in the membrane/plate stack. For biotechnical downstream processing micro/ultra filtration device with 2 m² microfilter (Millipore Pellicon) is utilized in addition to centrifuges and a continuos separator (Alfa-Laval LapX202).