Agricultural applications often underscore the need for solutions to venting, filtration, diffusion, wicking or absorption issues. Chemical containers can leak. Electronic devices can be damaged by dirt, water, dust, or extreme variations in temperature, humidity and pressure. Aquaculture installations and wastewater treatment ponds may need to operate more efficiently and cost-effectively. Wells, friction-generating parts, and solar-operated devices also face challenges in their need to vent.
Polystar Technologies’ sintered porous media provides solutions for these challenges. Whichever sintered plastic material is required for venting, filtration, sensor, component, or aeration needs, Polystar Technologies can help find solutions to the issues you face.
Chemical Container Venting
Because they need to breathe when containing pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, soil fumigants, desiccants, or even plant growth regulators, agricultural containers can benefit from sintered, porous plastics. Without venting, these containers could bulge, collapse, or leak when altitude or temperature changes take place. Venting solutions from Polystar Technologies provide a safe and reliable way to accommodate temperature and pressure differentials that could cause containers to deform, leak or burst. Benefits for participants in the agricultural supply chain include:
- Chemical Manufacturers - Defective products, whether the chemicals or the containers they come in, can decrease manufacturers' productivity and efficiency. Such defects can significantly affect profitability, increase the potential for litigation, and negatively affect brand image.
- Container, Cap & Closure Manufacturers - Conducting a Root Cause Analysis to diagnose and resolve packaging problems can be time-consuming, expensive, and negatively affect customer satisfaction levels.
- Distribution Partners - Leaks can create huge risks in logistics for distributors, as well as for product end-users.
- Society - Leaks can easily become spills, and create environmental hazards which result in the need for expensive and time-consuming clean-ups. Taking proactive steps to avoid issues that can affect profitability, increase the potential for litigation, or negatively affect brand image are effective ways to ensure profitability and growth.
Look to Polystar Technologies to help find solutions to the issues you may face with chemical container venting.
Aeration
Aeration supplies the oxygen needed to metabolize microorganisms and also provides a mixing function that facilitates contact between those microorganisms and organic matter. Fine pore or microporous diffusion of air results in high oxygen transfer efficiency (OTE), because smaller bubbles provide more bubble surface area per unit volume and increased OTE.
The use of plastics materials through the sintering process enables components to control fluid and gas flows with specific porosity. Sintered to create a uniform pore structure, porous plastics have the ability to resist many chemicals and withstand high pressure and a wide range of temperatures. Thus, they afford a greater consistency of product.
Polystar Technologies sintered, porous media can provide improved efficiencies for many agricultural aeration applications, whether in wastewater treatment or in various types of aquaculture. Look to Polystar Technologies to help you find solutions that help you increase efficiencies and decrease costs.
Sensors, Monitors & Control Panels
Electronic devices used in agricultural settings need to operate reliably in extreme environments where high heat or temperature and pressure variations can cause damage. As a result, many electronics manufacturers need cost-effective NEMA and IP type solutions to protect their components and devices from dust, dirt, moisture, or other contaminants. Additionally, these electronics often need venting for pressure and temperature equalization. Because some electronics need to operate in extremely sensitive chemical environments, these enclosures may also need to meet NEMA 3X, 3RX, 3SX, 4X, 6P requirements regarding protection from corrosive agents.
Polystar Technologies’ sintered porous media provides solutions for these types of challenges. Whether polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyethylene (PE) or other plastic media needed to protect from water, dust, oils, corrosive agents, or other airborne molecular contamination (AMC), Polystar Technologies can help find solutions to the problems you face.
Solar Panels, Pumps & Equipment
Like many microelectronic devices and equipment, solar devices used in agricultural settings need to operate reliably in environments where high heat or variations in temperature and pressure can damage sensitive electronics. Like many electronics manufacturers, solar equipment manufacturers in the agricultural sector seek ways to keep dust, dirt, moisture and other contaminants out, while allowing venting to equalize pressure and temperature. Employing sintered porous media from Polystar Technologies can therefore:
- Facilitate heat exchange and prevent fogging or condensation in environments where temperature and pressure changes can create fogging or condensation.
- Allow for the venting of sensitive electronics that could be damaged by high heat.
- Protect electronics and boxes from the ingress of dust, water, other contaminants, or even keeping out wasps and other insects.
Polystar Technologies sintered porous media provides solutions for all types of challenges faced by solar equipment manufacturers. Whether it is polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyethylene (PE) or other plastic media, look to Polystar Technologies to help find solutions to the issues you face.
Lighting & Optical Enclosures
Like many sensitive electronics, lighting fixtures, cameras, and other optical equipment need to operate reliably in environments where damage from high heat, rapid temperature extremes, or pressure variations may occur. Manufacturers of these types of products need to keep dust, dirt, moisture and other contaminants out, while permitting venting for pressure and temperature equalization inside and outside of each lighting enclosure. Employing sintered porous media from Polystar Technologies can:
- Facilitate needed exchanges to prevent fogging or condensation when temperatures and pressures can quickly change.
- Allow for the venting of sensitive electronics that could be damaged by high heat.
- Protect electronics from the ingress of dust, water or other contaminants.
Breathable, porous plastics from Polystar Technologies provide an efficient and economical way to extend the life of lighting and optical enclosures used in agricultural settings.