{"id":86782,"date":"2026-09-17T06:59:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T06:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azud.com\/casos-de-exito\/automatic-filtration-for-continuous-operation-in-the-pvc-industry\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T09:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T09:35:06","slug":"automatic-filtration-for-continuous-operation-in-the-pvc-industry","status":"publish","type":"caso-de-exito","link":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/success-stories\/automatic-filtration-for-continuous-operation-in-the-pvc-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Automatic Filtration for Continuous Operation in the PVC Industry"},"featured_media":86757,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"compania_titulo_":"Munster Joinery","compania_imagen":"https:\/\/azud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Caso-de-exito_Ozone-water-4.webp","compania_texto":"<p><strong>Ozone Water<\/strong>, an Irish company specializing in water filtration and water treatment systems, has a collaborative relationship with <strong>Munster Joinery<\/strong>, having previously provided solutions in other areas of the plant.<\/p>\n<p>Along with <strong>AZUD<\/strong>, a detailed analysis of the project was conducted to propose an automatic filtration system designed to reduce water consumption and ensure a level of filtration that meets the requirements of the cooling circuit, with the flexibility to adapt to future operational needs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Ireland<\/p>\n","el_reto_imagen":"https:\/\/azud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Caso-de-exito_Ozone-water-1.webp","compania_texto_copy":"<p>The plant in <strong>Munster Joinery<\/strong>, located in <strong>Cork (Ireland)<\/strong>, manufactures PVC profiles for window frames. The existing filtration system was based on <strong>manual bag filters<\/strong> with a filtration rating of 5 microns.<\/p>\n<p>These filters required replacement <strong>twice a day<\/strong>, causing 15\u201320-minute stoppages in the filtration process. These interruptions occasionally affected product quality, and in some cases even led to Material being discarded.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the plant operates in shifts of <strong>8 to 12 hours, five days a week<\/strong>, with expectations that it will evolve into a production <strong>continues 24\/7 in 2026<\/strong>, which poses an additional challenge for the cooling system, which must ensure maximum efficiency and operational continuity.<\/p>\n","la_solucion_imagen":"https:\/\/azud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Caso-de-exito_Ozone-water-2.webp","la_solucion_texto":"<p>After conducting tests, the equipment was selected <strong>AZUD HELIX AUTOMATIC FT 220D AA WS \u2013 5 \u03bcm<\/strong> as the optimal solution.<\/p>\n<p>This automatic ring filter features a system of <strong>compressed-air cleaning<\/strong>, with highly efficient cleaning cycles lasting only <strong>8 seconds per unit<\/strong>, and consumption of just <strong>10 liters of water per operation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The system is completed by the controller <strong>FBC Logic<\/strong>, equipped with an advanced Controller <strong>Siemens<\/strong>, which enables real-time monitoring, alarm management, and system control via communication <strong>Modbus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Remote access ensures continuous monitoring of production and a rapid response to any incident, thereby ensuring process stability.<\/p>\n","beneficios_imagen":"https:\/\/azud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Caso-de-exito_Ozone-water-3.webp","beneficios_texto":"<ul>\n<li>Continuous, uninterrupted filtration<\/li>\n<li>Elimination of Manual Filter Changes<\/li>\n<li>Greater stability in product quality<\/li>\n<li>Significant reduction in water consumption<\/li>\n<li>Preparing for 24\/7 continuous operation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},"tipo-de-industriacultivos":[1373,831],"subsector-casos-de-exito":[939],"lineas-de-actividad-casos":[],"soluciones-casos-de-exito":[1143],"sector-casos-de-exito":[1070],"class_list":["post-86782","caso-de-exito","type-caso-de-exito","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/caso-de-exito\/86782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/caso-de-exito"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/caso-de-exito"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/caso-de-exito\/86782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86788,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/caso-de-exito\/86782\/revisions\/86788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tipo-de-industriacultivos","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipo-de-industriacultivos?post=86782"},{"taxonomy":"subsector-casos-de-exito","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subsector-casos-de-exito?post=86782"},{"taxonomy":"lineas-de-actividad-casos","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lineas-de-actividad-casos?post=86782"},{"taxonomy":"soluciones-casos-de-exito","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/soluciones-casos-de-exito?post=86782"},{"taxonomy":"sector-casos-de-exito","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector-casos-de-exito?post=86782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}