Filter solutions play an important role in achieving hygienic production environments, as required in the pharmaceutical and other process industries. Yet, at other trade fairs they often lead a niche existence. At the Filtech show, which takes place from 22 to 24 October 2019 in the Cologne trade fair, they will take center stage. Due to this trade fair, Cologne will once again become the meeting point of the global filtration and separation industry with users from all sectors. The organizer expects more than 400 exhibitors on 14,000 square meters of exhibition space. Filtech also continues to grow in terms of visitor numbers.
Filtech 2019 conference
An important part of Filtech 2019 will once again be the conference, presenting the latest advances and techniques in liquid/solid and gas/particle separation (dust, gas & air filtration). The English-language conference will be held in parallel to the fair from the 22nd to 24th of October 2019. Participants benefit from high-level technology and knowledge transfer and get the opportunity to gain insights into future trends and perspectives. The Filtech 2019 conference will feature more than 200 technical papers, a plenary lecture and several keynote speeches by leading experts.
Lecture and Keynotes
The numerous presentations of the three-day conference will cover the following main topics: solid-liquid separation, solid-gas separation, testing / instrumentation / control, simulation and modeling, membrane processes, product-related processes, and other special topics.
The conference will be opened by the chairman of the Scientific Committee of Filtech, Dr.-Ing. Harald Anlauf, Academic Director of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). He will give a plenary lecture on “Centrifugation — key technology for solid/liquid/liquid separation”.
Other noteworthy presentations include the four planned keynotes. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Haep, CEO of the Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology (IUTA), will speak on “Air quality control and aerosols”. Prof. Dr. Hermann Nirschl, Head of the section process machines of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), poses the question “Digitalization of centrifuges — helpful or senseless?”. Dr.-Ing. Götz Bickert, director of the Australian company GBL Process Pty, deals with the topic “Dewatering of Concentrates and Tailings – Large Scale Duties in the Mining Industry”. Prof. Dr. Arunangshu Mukhopadhyay from the National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India, will give a keynote on “Improving filter media performance during industrial gas filtration”.
Registration for participation in the conference can be made on the Filtech website www.filtech.de . Reduced ticket prices for early bird registrations apply until the 31st of July.
