Abanaki Fuzzy2™ Oil Skimming Material Called into Fight
against Gulf Oil Spill
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Cleveland,
Ohio, May 7, 2010 — Abanaki Corporation's patent-pending Fuzzy2™
material is being put to work off the coast of Louisiana on a disk skimmer
cleaning up oil from the Gulf oil spill disaster. The new Fuzzy2 material has
triple the oil removal capacity of standard disk skimming material, and this is
the first time it has been used on such a large scale project.
A disk skimmer uses a rotating disk to remove oil from water. Oleophilic (oil
attracting) material collects oil as the disk passes through the water, and
wiper blades scrape off the oil for collection. In this application, Abanaki's
Fuzzy2 material is attached to the surface of 56 30-inch diameter skimming disks
on a floating skimmer made by CRUCIAL Inc. of Gretna, Louisiana. Outfitted with
Fuzzy2, the CRUCIAL ORD Disc Skimmer can remove up to 385 gallons of oil per
minute from the water's surface, more than three times its usual capacity.
Unlike other skim disk materials, Fuzzy2 has a hairy surface that greatly
increases its surface area. It is a more durable version of Abanaki's original
Fuzzy BeltŪ material, which is used with belt oil skimmers to capture diesel,
gasoline and other light oils in wastewater pits and groundwater monitoring
wells. However, the Fuzzy2 skimming material also dramatically increases pick up
rates of less viscous oil like the crude oil now threatening the Louisiana
coastline.
The disk skimmer is under contract to a spill responder and is operated from
one of the scores of ships now deployed to skim oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The
leak is estimated to gush 5000 barrels of oil each day following the explosion
and sinking of an oil rig that killed 11 workers April 21.
For more information and to see a video demonstration, visit
www.abanaki.com/116.
About Abanaki Corporation: Abanaki, the world leader in oil skimmer
products, manufactures a wide range of products to remove oils, greases,
solvents, and related hydrocarbons from water. Belt and Tube skimmer models are
available with removal rates ranging from 1 to 200 gallons per hour in both
stationary and portable systems. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Abanaki has
served a global customer base in industries as diverse as iron and steel,
wastewater, paper, food processing, automotive, environmental remediation and
recycling for more than 40 years. Today, under the corporate motto "Clean Our
World TM," Abanaki continues to address pollution in industry through
innovation, customer commitment, and environmental stewardship within its own
operations.
For more information about Abanaki products, call your sales representative
at (440) 543-7400 or (800) 358-SKIM (7546), or e-mail:
info@abanaki.com. See the full-line of
Abanaki products and services online and watch the new product videos at
www.abanaki.com.
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