Bulk Wine Products Easy on, easy off PERLFLO by Australian Perlite Remarkably versatile with grades suitable for the fastest throughput to the finest filtration, PERLFLO filter aid produced by AUSPERL can be used in all filtration equipment that uses filter media. AUSPERL is a specialist mineral processing business operating perlite quarries, crushing and processing plants in Australia and New Zealand. Our family owned business has produced perlite filtration media since 1993. We only select high quality perlite ore to produce a complete range of products that are uniquely capable of meeting the flow rate and turbidity demands of Australasian winemakers. We have recently relocated to a new 12,000m2 primary manufacturing facility in Padstow, NSW. This has been acquired to allow for the continued growth and development of our product range to meet our vision of providing engineered mineral solutions for all our clients. PERLFLO is produced within our ISO9001, Kosher and Halal certified processing practices. We have reconfigured our packaging to meet WHS requirements and as well as offering 15kg bags, we can provide bulk bag decanting solutions to allow your team to operate in a dust free filtration environment. We have continued to strengthen our commitment to the wine industry. Our team of sixty personnel provide technical support when you need and can offer you the comfort to know that we service every wine region in Australia and New Zealand, as well as filtration clients in Asia and Europe. When time is precious and you need it done now and done right, choose perlite. It won’t let you down.
The best cake in the game Ausperl Perlflo AP10
Characteristics of AUSPERL filter aid
• Very fine.
AP10
AP20
AP40
AP60
AP70
• Offers very high clarity, against a slow flow rate.
Very Slow
Slow
Medium
Fast
Fast
Fast
15kg: 908301 330kg (est): 908401
Ausperl Perlflo AP20 • Slow rate – best used as a pre-coat on RDVs.
15kg: 908302 330kg (est): 908402
AP80
Relative Flow Rate
Seconds
180-290
100-230
50-80
25-35
15-25
10-12
Bulk Density
kg/m3
200-250
125-160
120-150
110-145
110-140
150-190
Wet Cake Density
kg/m3
310-380
250-336
210-290
200-280
180-250
160-220
Permeability
Dacries
0.05-0.15
0.21-0.27
0.64-1.02
1.46-2.04
2.04-3.41
4.50-5.20
pH in 10% slurry
pH
7-8
7-8
7-8
7-8
7-8
7-8
Average Particle Size
microns
27
43
51
78
85
92
Median Size
microns
19
28
34
55
68
74
90% passing
microns
60
87
106
162
166
174
Ausperl Perlflo AP40 • Medium flow rate. • Offers excellent filtration characteristics.
15kg: 908303 330kg (est): 908403
Ausperl Perlflo AP70 • Fast flow rate.
15kg: 908305 330kg (est): 908405
Ausperl Perlflo AP60 • Medium/fast flow rate. • Optimum grade for speed, clarity and turbidity.
15kg: 908304 330kg (est): 908404
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