ARi Wins an Award
ARi recently presented a paper at the annual conference of the Sugar Industry Technologists, in collaboration with our engineering partners ESCON, entitled “SMB Chromatography as an Alternative to the Conventional Refining of Raw Cane Sugar”. We are very pleased to announce that our paper was selected by this prestigious organization of sugar refiners as the winner of the George & Eleanore Meade Award.
To download a copy of the award-winning paper, click here.
Contact us to learn more about this work and other turnkey separation solutions for the cane sugar refining industry!
ARi Lithium Technology
ARi's scalable technology and equipment for direct lithium extraction (DLE) and lithium brine polishing was recently featured in volume 17 of the Innovation Platform magazine. To find out more, click on the link below and choose "Launch Publication". ARi's technology and equipment are featured on page 77.
Contact us to find out how we can help bring your lithium project to low-risk commercial-scale operation using technology and equipment solutions proven over more than 40 years at a large industrial scale.
ARi at Trade Shows & Conferences
Team members from ARi will be attending a number of trade shows and conferences during 2025. If you are also planning to attend any of these events, please find us and introduce yourself. Our schedule currently includes (among other events):
- The American Society of Sugar Beet Technologists in Long Beach, California, from February 24 -27,
- The Battery Raw Materials conference in Las Vegas on June 23 - 26, and
- The Sugar Industry Technologists conference in Dubai, UAE.
Pilot Equipment for Technology Development
ARi has an extensive suite of pilot equipment that is used for process evaluation and technology development. This equipment can be flexibly configured to suit a very wide range of process configurations and operating conditions, and includes sanitary systems, explosion-proof systems and systems designed to work with highly-corrosive process streams.
Customers can also rent equipment for testing in-house at their own facility – with comprehensive support throughput the process from ARi’s specialist engineers. This is often the best solution when the feedstock for a separation cannot readily be transported to ARi’s pilot facility for testing, due to the volumes required or due to potential product deterioration. ARi also builds laboratory-scale, pilot-scale, demonstration-scale and commercial-scale equipment for customers.
Currently, as illustrated in the image above, a number of corrosion-resistant pilot-scale systems are being fabricated for use in direct lithium extraction from various brines.
Contact us if you would like to learn more about how our experts can help you develop and commercialize your separation process.
New Sanitary Explosion-Proof Pilot Equipment
To better serve the specific needs of particular markets, such as in precision fermentation or advanced bioprocessing, ARi is currently fabricating an eight-column sanitary explosion-proof pilot system that can be used to test adsorption or ion exchange processes in a single-column operation, or in multi-column continuous operation. The system can also be configured operate as simulated moving bed chromatography system. With its explosion-proof capabilities, the system will be able to meet the needs of customers developing separation technologies using flammable solvents, and its sanitary design allows it to be used to generate pilot quantities of final products that can be directly tested in markets involving human or animal consumption.
As well as being a leading provider of adsorption, ion exchange and industrial chromatography technology and equipment to a wide range of industries worldwide, ARi offers customers a customized technology development and commercialization service. We can work with you to develop innovative processes to solve your specific separation problems. This service can include the characterization and selection of resins or adsorbents at a laboratory scale, optimization and performance testing of the separation process at a pilot scale, and / or scale-up to full commercial production on an industrial scale. This work can be done at our extensive pilot facility in Twin Falls, Idaho, or at your own site using our leased equipment and with the guidance of our knowledgeable experts.
Contact us If you would like to learn more about our capabilities, and how we could help you to bring your project to commercialization quickly and at low risk.
ARi on Television
ARi was featured on Worldwide Business with Kathy Ireland®! Watch Kathy Ireland’s interview with Vadim Kochergin, President, and Erin Johnson, Chemical Engineer and Project Leader, to learn more about ARi’s innovative fractal technology.
