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Opta Minerals for all your Foundry Needs:

BENEFITS of Filtration Sand

High specific gravity allows unique filter designs. In combination with other filter media both higher flow rates, higher loadings and better filtration can be achieved.
High Hardness reduces attrition and provides for years of reliable service
NSF approved certified to ANI/NSF 61

Garnet Abrasives for Water-Filtration

Filtration Products Galaxy Garnet is a naturally hard and HIGH DENSITY filter material used in multi–media water filtration systems.
Garnet is recommended as a support bed for other materials such as sand, anthracite etc.

Galaxy Garnet is carefully screened to appropriate sizes for water filtration.
Galaxy Garnet is a hard rock garnet and is mined from an Almandite Garnet deposit with proven reserves of over 1 million tons.
Galaxy Garnet is processed from crude by means of crushing, milling, washing, drying and screening. Screening can be adjusted to meet customer’s need.

Garnet for Waterfiltration
Packaging
50lb paper bags: 40 bags/pallet
Supersac.
In 2000lb supersacs

Technical Physical Properties
Bulk Density: 150lbs/ft3
Specific Gravity: 4.05 g/cm3
Hardness: 7.95-8.0
Shape of Grains: Angular
Colour: Dark red
Free Silica: None

OPTA MINERALS has production and warehouse facilities in the following locations:
Canada: Waterdown, ON; Brantford, ON; Lachine, QC; Laval, QC; St-Bruno-de-Guigues, QC.
USA: Norfolk, VA; Hardeeville, SC; Attica, NY; Baltimore, MD; New Orleans, LA; Keeseville, NY; Milan, MI; Walkerton, IN; Richfield, OH. Los Angeles, CA.
Europe: Košice, Slovak Republic; Romans, France.