Euroslot Kdss

Column Packing

For more than a century, generic or traditional random column packing has been successfully employed in distillation, absorption, stripping, heat transfer and scrubbing columns - an inexpensive means of increasing capacity and efficiency.

In addition to our own industry-leading ESP brand of products and components, we also manufacture a comprehensive range of industry-standard generic packing. You can be confident that our generic packing, built upon a history of well documented operational performance, will match your budget and your performance needs.

Our range includes:

Raschig Rings (Ceramics, Metals)

Pall Rings (Thermoplastics, Metals)

Saddles (Ceramics, Thermoplastics)

Standard size range is: 16mm, 25mm, 38mm, 50mm 75/90mm

Off-the-shelf availability of Euroslot Kdss random packing is a key benefit in unplanned downtime - not to mention the supporting professional advice from our process engineers, always there to discuss your specific needs.

ESP Branded Packing

ESP (Enhanced Separation Performance) is the brand name of Euroslot Kdss equipment with advanced features designed in. All developed from our own practical, 'hands on' industry expertise.

ESP Metal - third generation high performance, high capacity random packing

ESP Metal Packing is our range of high performance column packing. The basic shape bears resemblance to other high performance packing elements but with subtle enhancements to improve randomness, liquid spreading and mechanical strength.

The result is a robust and cost effective 3rd generation high capacity random packing solution. ESP Metal Packing can be supplied in most metallic materials, such as carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminium, titanium, zirconium and high nickel alloys and is currently available in sizes #25, #40, #50 and #70.

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ESP Heavy Duty Column Packing - open, robust grid design

ESP Heavy Duty Packing is a rigid and mechanically robust packing solution with a 60° corrugation angle, relatively large corrugations and a smooth surface, designed to minimise liquid hold-up. Your reassurance of greater resistance to fouling from solids contamination, polymer formation and coking.

Its very open and robust design is especially suitable for fouling services such as atmospheric and vacuum crude tower wash beds, as well as slurry pumparound beds in FCC main fractionators.

Having a high liquid rate capacity, ESP Heavy Duty Column Packing also performs well in heat transfer applications where separation efficiency is not critical.

Available in most grades of stainless steel (1mm thick standard gauge). Other materials and gauge thicknesses are available on request.

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ESP Plastic - reducing drag, maximizing mass transfer

Our ESP range also includes plastic packing that retains the basic slotted ring heritage, with an open skeletal structure, typical of high performance thermoplastic random packing.

Or you could choose an enhanced version, designed to maximise available surface and mechanical strength.

It's conical shape is proven to reduce drag, resulting in lower pressure drop whilst increasing accessibility to the inner surface. All designed to achieve higher mass transfer efficiency. Clients value the quality promise inherent in the ESP brand.

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ESP Structured Column Packing - corrugated configurations for optimum performance

ESP structured packing is a family of packing solutions offering a wide range of corrugated sheet and surface configurations for optimum performance. ESP structured packing is manufactured in a wide range of sizes by varying the crimp density. Packing surface ranges from 50 m²/m³ (lowest efficiency, highest capacity) to 750 m²/m³ (highest efficiency, lowest capacity). The product is manufactured with two standard crimp angles:

Styles include:

Style R - a 45° crimp for most distillation applications

Style S - a 60° crimp for high liquid rate applications, such as heat transfer beds

Style HC - an optimised fine dimple pattern embossed on the surface to maximise liquid spreading and wetting ability

Type EM range uses the industry-standard embossed sheet metal design and is available with surfaces ranging from below 100 m²/m³ for high capacity applications, to over 500 m²/m³ for high efficiency applications.

Type EM is available in Style R for most distillation applications, Style S for high liquid rate applications, and our recently developed Style HC for enhanced capacity with no loss of efficiency.

Type WG uses corrugated wire gauze sheets to provide improved liquid wetting, offering enhanced separation characteristics for fine chemicals separations. It is, therefore, normally manufactured with a very high surface area (500 m²/m³ and 750 m²/m³).

Type EP is a thermoplastic version of the Type EM, for use in corrosive services.

ESP structured packing may be constructed from almost any commercial metal, including carbon steel, stainless steels (type 410, 304 & 316), duplex steels, aluminium, copper alloys, nickel alloys, titanium and zirconium.

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