What is a decanter? The Hiller staff on the booth of the “Wirtschaftsschau” in Vilsbiburg is often confronted with that question. This is not surprising as a decanter is not a machine that people use in their daily life. The investment would be far too high and the same applies for the space required. But decanter centrifuges have still become part of our daily life.
Clean drinking water thanks to the decanter
Cleaning wastewater is one of main applications for the use of decanters. The wastewater to be cleaned comes from local authorities and the industry. The water is processed with decanter technology in such a way that people like you and me only need to turn on the tap to get clear drinking water.
Wastewater is also produced in industrial plants, e.g. from paint in the car industry or paper wastewater in the cardboard production. The decanter processes the water in such a way that it can be fed back into the running circle again.
Decanters for food and beverages
Be it for edible oil, juice, wine or puree – also in the food and beverages sector decanters become more and more important. Also near Vilsbiburg – on the Winkelhof – apple and chokeberry juice in best organic quality is produced with a HILLER decanter. HILLER has a movie on its website showing the functioning of this (http://hillerzentri.de/food-beverages.html).
Organic products become more and more important
Also in the field of biobased products – products from renewable raw materials – the decanter is very versatile. Biobased processes can be found – often not noticed by the consumer – in all fields of our daily life: Fuels, pharmaceutical ingredients, many building materials etc.
So HILLER decanters are for example used in the production of bioethanol. 
This again can be used as petrol or kerosine for planes. But bioethanol is also used for the production of biobased plastics/synthetic materials, such as packaging material for food.
Also in the dewatering process of fermentation residuals forming in the biogas production, the decanter plays an important role. Or in the extraction of starch that is used in the chemical and cosmetics industry and in the food industry.
There are plenty of other examples of decanters making our daily life more comfortable and protecting our environment. Thus it is a thrilling and versatile technology. More information can be obtained from hillerzentri.de or make a visit to the “Wirtschaftsschau” in Vilsbiburg to get in personal contact.