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Sleuthing CIP Process Solutions

investigationPhoto by Markus Winkler on Unsplash For years, my focus as a process engineer has been thin-cake filtration, cake washing and drying technologies. I am continually engaged by the people I work with and the ongoing need to find new process solutions to problems. There are…


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Your next idea could come from a Whopper.

  whopperPhoto by amirali mirhashemian on Unsplash Any process engineer with a love for creativity will appreciate this Business Week article about The DNA of Strawberries. The article features Phil Stewart, a fruit breeder for Driscoll’s (“the largest player in the $5.6…


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Scaling Upwards & Onwards

labPhoto by Talha Hassan on Unsplash Next weekend is Super Bowl Sunday.  Let me know who you are picking and what type of food you are serving.  I will have my menu posted next month. Technology is always changing. That is part of what makes our job and CPI process so interesting. Keeping…


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Filtering Forward

  Welcome to 2016; hope everyone had a safe, healthy and enjoyable New Year. Anyone who has been in the filter industry long enough knows that politics play a role in the directions taken in advancing technology. In February, Bloomberg examined the Obama administration’s…


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Fireworks & Filtration. Happy 2016.

  fireworksPhoto by MIO ITO on Unsplash With 2015 drawing to a close, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the year. The release of the first edition of my Solid-Liquid Filtration Practical Guide for Chemical Engineers prompted me to start this blog. So far, it’s been great. I’ve enjoyed…