Smart Membrane Solutions offers pilot plants for lease or sale, designed to support Microfiltration (MF), Ultrafiltration (UF), Nanofiltration (NF), and Reverse Osmosis (RO) product development or evaluation trials. 

These systems allow you to test, validate, and optimise your process under real operating conditions, helping reduce risk and improve confidence before scaling to full production. 

Features and benefits 

SMS pilot plants are designed to deliver accurate, scalable insights: 

  • Available for lease or purchase, and suitable for MF, UF, NF, and RO applications.  
  • Can be used for small-scale commercial trials directly at your premises, under real process conditions.  
  • Typically <100 litres, with system layouts designed to minimise product loss and maximise efficiency.  
  • Designed to operate at the pressures required for RO applications.  
  • Digital transmitters enable precise monitoring and generation of reliable scale-up data.  
  • Large heat exchange surface areas allow for consistent and controlled process temperatures. 
Ideal for:
  • New product development or process validation  
  • Scaling membrane processes from lab to production  
  • Testing MF, UF, NF, or RO applications under real conditions  
  • Reducing risk before capital investment  
  • Optimising performance for specific products or feed streams 
Why it matters
  • Validate performance before committing to full-scale systems  
  • Identify process limitations early  
  • Optimise membrane selection and operating conditions  
  • Generate reliable data to support system design and scale-up 
How it works

Pilot plants replicate full-scale membrane processes on a smaller, controlled scale, allowing testing of membranes, operating pressure temperatures and recovery rate. The resulting data is used to inform full system design, selection, and operating strategies. 

Considering a new process or system upgrade? Talk to us about pilot testing options. 
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