{"id":6341,"date":"2025-10-01T08:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T08:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textirama.be\/?p=6341"},"modified":"2025-10-30T06:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T06:01:44","slug":"textiles-as-a-key-to-circular-water-purification-in-industry-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textirama.be\/en\/textiles-as-a-key-to-circular-water-purification-in-industry-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Textiles as a Key to Circular Water Purification in Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6341\" class=\"elementor elementor-6341\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24b864b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"24b864b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-883bd1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"883bd1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Water plays an essential role in industry: cooling, cleaning, producing, or rinsing \u2014 process water is indispensable in production processes, not in the least in\u00a0<strong>beer <\/strong><strong>brewing<\/strong>. But precisely because it is used so intensively, process water also becomes heavily polluted. In the past, this wastewater was purified as best as possible after a single use and then discharged. Today, things can be different: thanks to a smart combination of technical fabrics and innovative membrane technology, a truly circular solution is now emerging in which water is continuously reused. It is already proving its efficiency at Carlsberg and De Brabandere Brewery.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce4e0eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce4e0eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome to the future of water filtration.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b8cc8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b8cc8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>VDS Weaving developed the fabric that makes the technology possible<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cabedf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cabedf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Guy Van den Storme, VDS Weaving: \u201cIt started in 2007. Picanol, the Belgian manufacturer of high-tech weaving machines, and Agfa Gevaert, known for imaging technology, together with VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research), looked for a way to filter process water more efficiently. Their question: can we develop a technical 3D fabric that is strong enough to support the membrane responsible for deep purification? Until then, knits were mostly used in filtration applications, but the idea was that a woven structure would offer more stability and control. This could lead to radical innovation: the beginning of truly circular water purification.\u201d<\/p><p>VDS Weaving took on the challenge and developed a 3D fabric to support a membrane. The project was eventually discontinued, but the expertise gained remained \u2014 and would later become the core of VDS Weaving.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ef9802 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ef9802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/De-Brabandere-s-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6302\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/De-Brabandere-s-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/De-Brabandere-s-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/De-Brabandere-s-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/De-Brabandere-s-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/De-Brabandere-s.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a705c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a705c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>The breakthrough: collaboration with Blue Foot Membranes<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a3dff5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a3dff5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The innovation, a hybrid filtration structure far more efficient than conventional solutions, was patented by VITO and picked up again years later. Together with investors, this led to the founding of Blue Foot Membranes in 2017. What began as a spin-off has since grown into a scale-up with projects at major industrial clients worldwide.<\/p><p>Blue Foot Membranes (named after the blue-footed booby, a bird with striking blue feet from the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands) brings a new generation of water purification membranes to the market with this technology. The unique interplay of a sturdy 3D fabric and a fine membrane makes it possible to efficiently treat large volumes of industrial and municipal wastewater, even in heavily polluted streams.<\/p><p>The collaboration between VDS Weaving, Blue Foot, and VITO highlights the strength of a new generation of entrepreneurs in the Belgian textile industry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62672b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"62672b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Textiel_Membraan_S-1024x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6299\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Textiel_Membraan_S-1024x800.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Textiel_Membraan_S-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Textiel_Membraan_S-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Textiel_Membraan_S-600x469.jpg 600w, https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Textiel_Membraan_S.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-156f771 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"156f771\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>How does this circular water purification work?<br \/><\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a54eef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a54eef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In broad terms:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Polluted process water flows through the membrane-fabric composite.<\/li><li><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> The 3D fabric provides stability and protects the fragile membrane from tearing or fouling.<\/li><li><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> The membrane filters contaminants down to the micron level.<\/li><li><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> The \u201ccake\u201d layer that forms on the membrane is removed with a short backwash process. Then the cycle starts again at step1.<\/li><\/ul><p>This allows the system to operate continuously and on a large scale, with minimal downtime and maximum efficiency.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26f979a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"26f979a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MBR-s-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6305\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MBR-s-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MBR-s-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MBR-s-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MBR-s-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/textirama.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MBR-s.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dfac3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dfac3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>From lab to industry: first applications<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c381d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c381d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The technology has now successfully made the leap from lab to industry. Breweries such as Carlsberg and De Brabandere (see photo) are already applying the system today to purify their process water on-site. Where beer is brewed, large amounts of water flow \u2014 and much of it can now be purified and reused internally in the production process.<\/p><p>Wherever the technology is implemented, less wastewater has to be discharged as effluent to external treatment facilities. At the same time, the need for discharge decreases because the water cycle is kept as closed as possible within the site itself.<\/p><p>This is circular economy in practice: wastewater becomes a resource again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88326e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88326e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Circular water purification thanks to textiles<br \/><\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49931c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49931c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This story demonstrates that textiles play a key role in the high-tech world of water purification. Only with the support of the 3D fabric can the Blue Foot Membranes membrane perform optimally on an industrial scale. Textiles literally form the backbone on which the membrane relies.<\/p><p>We see here how traditional industries such as textiles \u2014 in collaboration with innovative start-ups and research centers \u2014 are tapping into new applications and markets. The combination of in-depth knowledge, cross-sectoral cooperation, and circular objectives delivers a solution that not only provides economic benefits but also makes a direct contribution to more sustainable water management.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d34a635 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d34a635\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>What does the future hold?<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11ada4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11ada4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The demand for the reuse of process and wastewater will only increase in the coming years. Climate change, water availability, stricter regulations, and rising costs for water supply and wastewater disposal are forcing companies to manage their water use more creatively and sustainably.<\/p><p>Thanks to this innovative collaboration between textile technology, membrane science, and industrial process expertise, a scalable system is now available to make large volumes of wastewater reusable again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cedcda3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cedcda3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>More information?<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfae190 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfae190\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GQYX73_6Lyo&amp;t=6s\">Watch this video on Youtube<\/a><\/li><li>Discover the <a href=\"https:\/\/bluefootmembranes.com\">Blue Foot Membranes website<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/vito.be\/nl\/nieuws\/lozing-bedrijfsafvalwater-strenger-beoordeeld-vanaf-1-juni\">Regulations on wastewater discharge explained by VITO<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li>Peter Aerts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_y45AYKBEXo\">explains how membrane and 3D textiles work together<\/a> for ultimate water purification.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Photos:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Installation at De Brabandere Brewery<\/li><li>Reproduction of the membrane, anchored on the textile<\/li><li>Diagram of an MBR (membrane bioreactor) setup within a closed water reuse 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