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Trionetics offers a broad line of industrial water treatment products—membrane filtration, media filtration, water softening, selective ion exchange (IX), deionization, electrodeionization, electrowinning, and Rotacat—plus industrial wastewater treatment systems, custom equipment design, and consumables. The company positions these as customizable building blocks: rather than selling one fixed system, it designs and manufactures equipment around a specific treatment goal, so the right starting point depends on what you need the water to become (purified feed, softened water, recovered metal, or discharge-ready wastewater).
Core Product Lines
Trionetics lists the following products on its site. Each addresses a different separation or purification job:
| Product | What it does (general function) | Typical role in a treatment train |
|---|---|---|
| Membrane filtration | Removes suspended solids, colloids, and dissolved species depending on pore/membrane rating | Pre-treatment or polishing; often upstream of IX or deionization |
| Media filtration | Traps particulates through a packed bed | Bulk solids removal ahead of finer stages |
| Water softening | Exchanges hardness ions (calcium, magnesium) for sodium or similar | Protects downstream IX, membranes, and boilers |
| Selective IX systems | Captures specific target ions while leaving others in solution | Selective recovery or removal of a single contaminant |
| Deionization systems | Removes dissolved ions to produce high-purity water | Demineralized feed for processes or rinse water |
| Electrodeionization | Continuous, electrically driven ion removal without chemical regeneration | High-purity water where avoiding regeneration chemicals matters |
| Electrowinning | Recovers dissolved metals from solution by electrodeposition | Metal recovery from plating or process streams |
| Rotacat | Rotating-cathode electrochemical treatment | Metal-bearing wastewater treatment and recovery |
Because these are complementary stages, a real installation usually combines several—for example, softening ahead of deionization, or media filtration ahead of selective IX.
Wastewater Treatment and Custom Design
Beyond individual components, Trionetics describes itself as a full-service manufacturer of industrial wastewater treatment systems and custom equipment design. The site states the company was founded in 1987 and serves electronics, printed circuit boards, automotive, aerospace, food and beverage, canning, metal finishing, and mining clients.
Two design details the company highlights are worth noting when comparing vendors:
- Stainless steel skids on every system, intended to resist corrosion from treatment chemicals and moisture.
- Highly automated, user-friendly controls, which the company presents as a core characteristic of its plating lines and water purification systems.
For a buyer, the practical implication is that Trionetics is oriented toward engineered, project-specific systems rather than catalog units—useful if your stream is unusual (mixed metals, plating rinses, high solids) and off-the-shelf equipment doesn't fit.
Consumables and Support
The site also lists consumables as an offering, which matters for ongoing cost: filtration media, softening resin, and IX resin all wear out or exhaust and must be replaced or regenerated. When evaluating any quote, ask which consumables the system requires, how often they are replaced, and whether regeneration is chemical or electrical (electrodeionization avoids chemical regeneration, for instance).
How to Choose Among These Options
Use your treatment goal to narrow the list before contacting the company:
- Need high-purity water → deionization or electrodeionization, likely with softening and filtration upstream.
- Hard water causing scale → water softening.
- One specific contaminant to remove or recover → selective IX.
- Dissolved metals to recover → electrowinning or Rotacat.
- Particulates or turbidity → media or membrane filtration.
- Complex or mixed wastewater → industrial wastewater treatment with custom design.
If you are unsure which category applies, the most reliable next step is to describe your water source, target quality, and flow rate to Trionetics directly; the site's contact channel is the listed phone number (216-812-3570) and address in Brooklyn Heights, Ohio. The site does not publish pricing, so costs must be requested per project.