MACTRA
Marine Equipment - Katadyn Watermakers
Introduction to Katadyn Watermakers and Products
Mactra Marine are authorised dealers for Katadyn Watermakers
and their associated products. Katadyn make the smallest hand operated
and low power draw watermakers in the world.
The Katadyn Watermaker range is used by armed forces around the world
and is built for harsh environments where reliability is a matter of life
and death. The hand operated watermaker units 06 Survivor and 35 Survivor
are ideal for liferafts and grab bags, Whilst the 40E Survivor watermaker
is suited to small yachts or ocean rowing boats. Although it is electric
it comes with a handle to allow its use manually.
Jim MacDonald of Mactra said ‘ With the introduction of the Katadyn products
into our range of watermakers, Mactra Marine are able to supply a range
of watermakers from the Survivor 06 which produces just under a litre
an hour by hand to 210 litres an hour with the Schenker Watermakers M210
machine. I believe that there is no other company in the UK offering such
a range of watermakers to sailors and adventurers’
KATADYN'S PATENTED ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM
The Katadyn Energy Recovery system takes advantage of stored energy in the high pressure reject water that is typically wasted. The pressurised reject water is recirculated to the back side of the piston to aid the next stroke. This energy is kept in the system, resulting in less work to achieve fresh water.
REVERSE OSMOSIS EXPLAINED
To remove dissolved salts from seawater with reverse osmosis, part of the salt water is filtered through a semipermeable membrane. Only 10% of the water passes through the membrane. The remaining 90% flow past the membrane and at the same time cleans the membrane (self-cleaning effect). The small size of the "membrane pores" ensures extremely pure drinking water, but extremely high pressures must be generated - normally 55 bar. Reverse osmosis is used worldwide to obtain drinking water, e.g. in the semi-conductor industry and in medicine.
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