Removal Technology: SolmeteX Separators
SolmeteX is a developer and manufacturer of products and systems that perform targeted, upstream heavy-metal binding and recovery. Our patented and patent-pending separation technology allows clients to preempt the need for costly cleanups and avoid expensive litigation.
SolmeteX clients include manufacturing and processing plants, biopharmaceutical companies, municipalities, environmental consulting firms, as well as dental practices ranging from U.S. Navy and teaching hospital clinics to one-chair offices.
SolmeteX, Inc. makes several amalgam separators that remove both particulate and dissolved Hg. They are based on Keyle:X® resin, a thiol-based mercury sorbent that has one of the highest capacities for any non-carbon material (3.4 eq/liter). It functions in pH ranges from 1 to 14 and has a binding constant of 10(29).
The SolmeteX Hg5® system works on the vacuum side of dental suction systems and removes both particulate and "dissolved" Hg. The cost for the Hg5® system pictured is $695. Replacement cartridges cost $150. The recycling of used cartridges is covered in the cost of the system. The system easily fits into the confined spaces of many dental operatories and requires no electricity to operate.
SolmeteX, Inc. also makes systems that can handle larger clinics. The Hg20® system pumps the effluent from the air/water separating tanks of the dental vacuum system into a treatment tank where oxidation takes place. The oxidized wastewater is then pumped through a series of cartridge filters and Keyle:X® resin. Prototype systems have been tested at the Naval Dental Center, Great Lakes, Illinois and at the Branch Dental Clinic, Ingleside, Texas.
For more information, visit the SolmeteX web site.
SolmeteX clients include manufacturing and processing plants, biopharmaceutical companies, municipalities, environmental consulting firms, as well as dental practices ranging from U.S. Navy and teaching hospital clinics to one-chair offices.
SolmeteX, Inc. makes several amalgam separators that remove both particulate and dissolved Hg. They are based on Keyle:X® resin, a thiol-based mercury sorbent that has one of the highest capacities for any non-carbon material (3.4 eq/liter). It functions in pH ranges from 1 to 14 and has a binding constant of 10(29).
The SolmeteX Hg5® system works on the vacuum side of dental suction systems and removes both particulate and "dissolved" Hg. The cost for the Hg5® system pictured is $695. Replacement cartridges cost $150. The recycling of used cartridges is covered in the cost of the system. The system easily fits into the confined spaces of many dental operatories and requires no electricity to operate.
SolmeteX, Inc. also makes systems that can handle larger clinics. The Hg20® system pumps the effluent from the air/water separating tanks of the dental vacuum system into a treatment tank where oxidation takes place. The oxidized wastewater is then pumped through a series of cartridge filters and Keyle:X® resin. Prototype systems have been tested at the Naval Dental Center, Great Lakes, Illinois and at the Branch Dental Clinic, Ingleside, Texas.
For more information, visit the SolmeteX web site.
Hg5® system for small 4- to 5-chair clinics.
Hg20® system for large dental clinics. This system is installed in the Tri Service dental clinic located in the Pentagon, Washington, DC.