Trustech Debuts FCT 5th generation Hollow fiber Membrane Spinneret at the 19th IE Expo Shanghai, Setting a New Industry Standard with Innovation
In 2018, the 19th China International Environmental Protection Exhibition (IE Expo Shanghai) grandly opened at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. As Asia's largest and most influential environmental industry event, this year IE Expo "premiere platform" spotlighted cutting edge global environmental technologies and drew thousands of exhibitors. Among them, Trustech, a leading company in environmental membrane equipment and technologies, was invited to exhibit and showcased its revolutionary FCT 5th generation hollow fiber membrane spinneret technology, becoming a technical highlight of the show.
High profile presence: A tech star on the IE Expo premiere platform
This year IE Expo occupied 128,000 square meters at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, covering the full value chain across five major sectors: municipal, industrial, and rural environmental governance, including water and wastewater treatment, solid waste treatment, and air pollution control.
As the world's second largest environmental exhibition after IFAT Germany, the event attracted national and regional pavilions comprising nearly 300 representative companies from 15 countries and regions, including the United States, Germany, and Japan.
The Expo's premiere platform area stood out as a focal point, hosting cooperation signings and product launches by numerous domestic and international companies. Dedicated to showcasing the latest breakthroughs in environmental technologies, it serves as an incubator for bringing innovations to market.
On this platform, Trustech presented its latest breakthrough in hollow fiber membrane spinneret technology—the FCT 5th generation product.
Technological innovation: Seven breakthroughs of the FCT 5th generation spinneret
Compared with traditional G2–G4 products, Trustech FCT 5th generation spinneret delivers a comprehensive performance leap, centered on modular design, ultra-precision manufacturing, and intelligent maintenance:
1.Split structure, easy assembly/disassembly: Independent nozzle core and flow channel plate with a pinless split design. Operation is as simple as turning a screw, eliminating the cumbersome pin positioning process.
2.Nanometer level precision control: One piece molded nozzle core with 0.002 mm precision and ≤0.003 mm concentricity error, ensuring highly uniform fiber performance.
3.Significantly enhanced durability: Core liquid needle uses wear resistant materials, extending service life by over 3x and reducing downtime risk.
4.Easy cleaning and maintenance: Supports online, non-stop core replacement. For MBR braided tube coating spinnerets, cleaning can be completed without open the flow channel plate, boosting maintenance efficiency by 50%.
5.High reliability design: End-to-end structural optimization improves stability, cutting failure rates to one-fifth of the industry average.
6.Long life cycle: Core components last over three years, reducing total cost of ownership by 40%.
7.Intelligent operation: The MBR dedicated spinneret launched in 2017 enables "blind disassembly," allowing even non-specialists to complete maintenance quickly, with setup time shortened to under 8 hours.
Evolution path: Trustech innovation in hollow fiber spinneret technology
Over 5 years, Trustech has driven continuous upgrades in hollow fiber membrane spinneret heads:
● Generations 1–3: Based on straight needle structures, progressing from no precision control to manual tuning and pin positioning.
● Generation 4 (2015): Introduced stepped-needle pin-positioning technology, markedly improving precision and stability.
● Generation 5 (2016): Pinless nozzle-core design, ushering in an era of "plug-and-play" intelligent operation.
● Generation 6 (in development): World first independent of on/off control of dope feed, Further enabling independent, online controllability of nozzle-core feed streams, advancing toward "zero-error" membrane production.
Market outlook: Innovation propels environmental industry growth
China has become the world's second largest environmental market, drawing the focus of global environmental firms. As environmental governance needs continue to expand, demand in China for advanced environmental technologies is growing rapidly.
Against this backdrop, Trustech innovations in hollow fiber membrane spinnerets timely meet the market need for efficient, reliable, and easy-to-maintain production equipment. As a core material in water treatment, advances in hollow fiber membrane manufacturing directly impact the efficiency and cost of environmental remediation.
The FCT 5th generation spinneret significantly saves labor and resources and shortens setup time, providing environmental equipment manufacturers with a more competitive production tool.
Industry reception: Technology leadership earns authoritative recognition
During IE Expo, Trustech booth drew thousands of professional visitors for in-depth discussions, and multiple international environmental companies expressed onsite interest in cooperation. Experts from the China Membrane Industry Association commented: "The FCT 5th generation technology addresses two major pain points in large scale hollow fiber membrane production—precision control and maintenance efficiency—and is a key breakthrough for the industrialization of membrane technologies."
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