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Moss hydro – a new provider of
ballast water treatment filters
A new provider of ballast water
treatment (BWT) filters
is introducing itself at SMM
2012. “Moss Hydro filters,
which will hit the market in Q4
this year, have been designed
specifically for the treatment
of ballast water – to meet the
challenges of the environment
in a way that our competitors
can’t,” said Stein Foss, CEO of
the newcomer.
“There is a genuine need – a
hunger – for our products,”
remarked Foss. “Current ballast
water treatment filters are
prone to blockage, threatening
the operation of BWT systems
and therefore the ships that
use them. Added to that, there
aren’t enough filter suppliers in
the market, meaning there will
be huge bottlenecks as IMO
ballast water mandates come
into force up to 2016.”
To meet the highest requirements,
Moss Hydro is using
a self-adjusting pressure-balanced
cleaning head that travels
around the filter screen, removing
any detritus. Increased
backwash fluid velocity rinses
the system clean with focused
force, while its closed nature
ensures that external components
won’t get stuck.
“It’s the best available technology
on the market,” Foss
Efficiency is what drives us:
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by Bosch.
Eric Leegwater, Moss Hydro senior vice-president, Sales & Marketing Photo: BONUM / Höner
asserted. But how can a new
company promise to meet the
demands of the “super-hot”
BWT market?
“Through clever collaboration,”
explained Eric Leegwater,
Moss Hydro’s vice president of
Sales & Marketing. Leegwater
said the company had struck an
exclusive manufacturing agreement
with a leading European
producer of stainless steel pressure
vessels, giving Moss Hydro
access to a state-of-the-art production
facility of 20,000m²
along with 200 staff members
and a huge workload capacity.
“These resources give us an extremely
short turnaround time
for orders,” Leegwater said, “a
crucial point of difference as
the approaching regulations
threaten ever-larger supplier
backlogs in the sector.”
According to Foss, Moss Hydro
believes that its filter housings
will benefit from a super-duplex
stainless steel construction rather
than the traditional carbon
steel casings. This innovation
gives the company’s filters substantial
weight advantages over
rivals (they are 50-70 per cent
lighter), making them easier to
install, with less need for foundation
work and support.
Moss Hydro at SMM:
Hall A4.FG, Stand 011
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engines from 10 kW to 40,000 kW. Our products
range from diesel and heavy-fuel-oil injection to electronic
engine management and exhaust-gas treatment. Please
visit us at booth 428 in hall A1 at the fair to learn all about
our systems and components for maritime applications.
We look forward to seeing you. www.bosch.de
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