Capture plant condition
Combine differential pressure, throughput and reference behavior into a robust picture of the current filter condition.
Backwash filters & pump systems
Backwash by condition. Reduce operating costs deliberately.
Backes turns existing measurements into a clear decision basis for the economically best backwash timing. Pump work, media consumption and backwash effort are not assessed in isolation, but as one overall system – from a quick cost-benefit check to a technically sound retrofit concept.
Patent application filed
Starting point
Rigid backwashing costs energy and operating media.
Many existing plants backwash at fixed time intervals or simple differential-pressure limits. This is robust, but often leaves economic potential unused.
In practice, throughput, medium properties, pump operation and filter condition act simultaneously. Backwashing too early creates unnecessary media and operating effort. Backwashing too late increases pressure loss – and therefore pump work, electricity demand and operating costs.
Our approach
Evaluate filter condition and effort together.
Measurements are not only recorded but interpreted in the real plant context. This allows backwash or regeneration processes to be triggered more precisely, scheduled in economically sensible operating windows and documented cleanly.
Evaluate effort
Compare additional pump work with the media, energy and operating effort of a backwash – transparent and traceable.
Optimize timing
Schedule backwashes sensibly based on condition, economics, load profile and permissible safety limits.
Verify effect
Make backwash success and plant effect measurable via pressure, throughput, energy and cost KPIs.
Digital view of the filtration process
Think filtration technology in a modern way. Technically robust. Economically clear.
A single switching point is usually not enough for professional optimization. Only the interaction of pressure loss, throughput, pump operation and backwash function shows when intervention is truly useful – technically and economically.
- Professional visualization of plant condition
- Clear KPIs for energy, media and backwash costs
- Robust basis for retrofit, piloting and scaling
Backwash cost-benefit calculator
Estimate your savings potential in minutes.
The free calculator provides a fast, professional entry point into the economic assessment. Based on only a few inputs, additional pump work and backwash costs are compared – as an initial, well-founded orientation for operators, OEMs and retrofit projects.
- Annual additional costs and potential savings
- Economically sensible switching point
- Optimized backwash interval and number of backwashes
- Annual electricity and CO₂e estimate
The quick check is a simplified economic model and does not replace detailed technical design. For variable load profiles, multiple filter trains or robust business cases, real time series and site-specific boundary conditions are additionally evaluated.
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In-house development
Patent application filed: intelligently coordinate filters and pumps.
The patent application describes an approach in which filter condition, pump work and backwash effort are evaluated together. The goal is a modern, data-based operating strategy that does not plan backwashing or regeneration solely by time or a single limit value, but in connection with real plant operation, economic value and technical limits.
Application areas
For water, process media and demanding applications.
- Process water and cooling water circuits
- Coolant lubricant and lubricating oil filtration
- Chemical and industrial process media
- Multi-filter systems with central pump supply
- Regenerable gas, biogas and hot-gas filters
- Retrofit projects with existing sensors and pump signals
Safety limits remain decisive.
Critical differential-pressure limits, shutdowns, mechanical protective functions and plant-specific approvals remain decisive. Optimization works within technically permissible operating limits and supplements existing protective mechanisms.
Critical differential-pressure limits, shutdowns, mechanical protective functions and plant-specific approvals remain decisive. Optimization works within technically permissible operating limits and supplements existing protective mechanisms.
Assess existing plant
Calculate potential. Validate with real data.
Use the quick check for an initial economic assessment. We then review sensors, pump data and operating profiles and derive a robust pilot scope with clear technical and economic value.