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Nowra Chemicals manufacture a range of chemical products for industry, the home and for specialised applications on a contract basis. |
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Cleaning Products
• Industrial Chemicals • Organic Reactions • Wax Emulsions • Polymers |
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manufacturing facility currently consists of 30 mixing vessels. These
vary in size from 200 litres to 20000 litres. Nowra Chemicals has 3 stainless
steel reactors that will work under vacuum and temperatures up to 300oC.
The plant is generally stainless steel with 3 glass reactors and 1 rubber
lined reactor. Both raw materials and finished product are stored within the centre. The Warehouse and Distribution Centre is licensed for the storage of Class 8, Class 6 and Class 5 dangerous goods. Nowra Chemicals has 4 high temperature reactors. Sizes are 10,000L, 2400L, 1200L, and a 3000L glass lined vessel. Reactors serviced by a gas fired heating system. |
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| Alum Reactor | •
The alum reactor will produce 30T batches of 8% Alum Sulphate. • Capacity is 90T per day. • Storage for alum is 250T |
| Blending Reactors | These
have excellent heating and cooling for polymer reactions. • Sizes include 9000L, 3,000L, 1,200L and 200L. • Reactors can be gas purged with CO2, nitrogen or clean air. • All have variable speed mixers |
| Bulk Blending | •
There are 5 large blending tanks ranging in size from 8,000L to 25,000L • Tanks contain heating and cooling coils for temperatures up to 50oC • These are supplemented by 8 tanks from 4000L down to 400L. |
| FMA Room | The
Flammables Mixing area has three tanks connected to air pumps for loading
product and pumps out finished stock. • The 1200L tank is water heated to 50oC for premixes. • Tanks are 5000L, 2400 & 1200L |
| Thera Cell | TGA
approved it contains 2 x 3000L tanks, one which is heated. • Filling line for 125ml to 1.25L containers. • RO water plant. • Pumps and associated storage. |
| Other Equipment | •
This includes a 3000L wax emulsion plant and homogeniser. • Bulk Blending, 18,000L connected to homogenisers. • Filling equipment from .5L to 5.5L • Bulk Storage |
| Other Activities | •
Repacking Herbicides • Repacking Class 4 powders • Bulk Caustic and acid deliveries from1000L to 20,000 • TGA legislated products. • Ag/Vet products |
| Transport | Nowra Chemicals delivers into Sydney on a daily basis and also runs a 14, 6 & 2 tonne, transport fleet to supplement external contract carriers to both in Sydney and the South Coast markets. All drivers are Dangerous Goods licenced. |
| Certifications | ISO
9000 certified since 1993 TGA – GMP Licence NRA Licence. Working to ISO 14000 Member of PACIA Responsible Care Cleaner Production award |
| Future Developments | •
New 2000m2 premises purchased for expansion. • New waste treatment plant. • Two new 10,000L reactors ordered. • New alum plant |