Choosing the wrong defoamer can lead to endless troubles
Many customers are dazzled by the wide variety of products when choosing defoaming agents. After a simple sample, they choose the wrong defoaming agent, which has a great impact on production and operation. The consequences of this are summarized below:
01
Affect product appearance
After choosing the wrong defoaming agent and adding it to your product, the foam will be eliminated, but the product will become turbid and lose its original color. This will seriously affect the appearance of the product, eventually leading to sales difficulties and becoming a problematic product. Industries that are more prone to this situation include: metal cutting fluids.
02
Impact on product performance indicators
The defoaming agent was added to the product, which affected the product indicators and caused the product to fail to pass the test. Although the defoaming agent is an additive that is added in a small amount, after it is added to the product, some of its ingredients will react chemically with the ingredients of the original product, and some other substances will be formed, and these substances are likely to affect you. The product indicators ultimately lead to failure in testing. Industries where this situation is more likely to occur include: the paint industry.
03
The unit price has been reduced, but the amount added is too large and the cost has increased.
This situation is relatively common. After finding a new supplier and choosing a new defoaming agent, the unit price has indeed been reduced a lot. However, due to issues such as product content, the amount of addition has increased, and it has even become the previous price. 2 to 4 times, then after one year, it is found that the production cost has increased, because when the unit price of defoaming agent decreases, the active ingredients also decrease, so to achieve the same effect, the only way to increase the amount is to increase.
04
There are residues that are not dissolved and have an impact on production equipment.
A customer once chose a cheap solid defoamer because he wanted a low-priced product. However, because the low-priced defoamer carrier was waste lime, it was difficult to dissolve in the product system, which eventually led to the blockage of the machine pipes. , in the end, the advanced equipment imported from abroad was lost, and a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources were spent on maintenance. Although the corresponding high-quality solid defoaming agent is relatively expensive, its carrier has good solubility, will not cause residues and precipitation, will not affect production equipment, and at the same time has excellent defoaming and suppressing properties.
This is a series of adverse consequences caused by the wrong selection of defoaming agents. Of course, there are many more, so I will not list them all. In short, how to choose a suitable defoaming agent is very important and very particular.
