Certificate of Quality

Progard® T3 Pretreatment Pack

We certify that the product described within Reverse Osmosis complete Protection Quality Assurance Lot Release Criteria
meets the following criteria.
Your Progard pretreatment pack has been This manufacturing lot was sampled, tested and
Catalogue Number : PR0G000T3 designed to protect the reverse osmosis (RO) released by Quality Assurance to the following
Lot Number : F7EA07091 membrane against mineral scaling, organic specification:
fouling and chlorine oxidation. It ensures that
Manufacturing date : 19-MAY-2017 100% clean and reproducible process
your system lifetime and performance are
optimized.
The assembly of the Progard pretreatment pack
Quality Assurance Criteria 1. Organics and free Chlorine Removal is fully automated. Thermoplastic welding
manufacturing ensures a clean process without
This product complies with the design criteria of To prevent RO membrane fouling from organics glue or solvents.
Millipore S.A.S. R&D department, and has been and oxidation by free chlorine, Millipore S.A.S
manufactured, inspected and tested in has selected a natural activated carbon. This Integrity testing by air diffusion
accordance with our Quality Standard media exhibits a high surface area and
Statistically tested during manufacturing and
Procedures. It ensures the high standards of adsorption kinetic, tolerating feed water
met all requirements in terms of pressure
quality and reliability, built into our products, containing up to 1 ppm of chlorine.
resistance for the seal integrity test.
are consistently reached.
2. Particles and Colloids Removal
Burst testing by air diffusion
ISO 9001 Quality Standard To prevent coating of the RO membrane
Samples met the Millipore S.A.S requirements
This product was engineered and validated in a resulting from the accumulation of particles and
for destructive burst test. Burst test > 20 bar.
colloids, Millipore S.A.S has selected a depth
Millipore S.A.S. facility which Quality
filter. This media exhibits a high capacity and 100% traceability with e-Sure Tag
Management System is approved by an
optimized retention, tolerating feed water with
accredited registered body to ISO 9001 Quality a silt density index up to 5. The Progard pretreatment packs incorporate
Systems Standard. RFID technology. This provides instant visibility
3. Scaling Protection on pack parameters and also ensures a safe &
Medias & Materials optimal performance of your system, giving you
Your Progard pretreatment pack incorporates
full traceability.
 The Progard T3 pretreatment pack is polyphosphate, specifically selected to avoid
constructed from polypropylene, and EPDM. scaling without releasing ions.
 The Progard T3 pretreatment pack is suitable
for tap water feed with SDI < 5 and
Cl2 < 1 ppm.

Laetitia Breitwiller
Quality Assurance Manager – Lab Water

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Progard and the initial M are trademarks of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Millipore SAS, Molsheim, France, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
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