DALTON, GA – MFG Chemical, a global leader in specialty and custom chemical manufacturing, has completed an upgrade of its pilot plant in Dalton, Georgia.
MFG has upgraded a 100-gallon stainless steel reactor, which produces hot oil and steam reactions up to 550 °F. The pilot has internal cooling coils, two top-feed ports; one bottom (dip tube) feed port, a pack column condenser, a reflux column, standard tube condenser, a small distillation column and a vacuum capability at 8 Torr. The 100-gallon reactor now sits on a mezzanine 12 inches off the floor, with new insulation. The entire pilot plant has also received a pressure cleaning and general upgrading.