Case Studies

Client Challenge

Kalmbach Feeds operates a molasses production facility in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. A chemical treatment company referred the facility to Besco for help with an aging water treatment system.

The system was well beyond its expected service life, and replacement parts were no longer readily available. Other water treatment providers continued trying to repair the equipment instead of recommending replacement. Because the old system could no longer function properly, buildup accumulated inside Kalmbach Feeds’ main boiler, which required thousands of dollars of repairs.

Client Challenge

Motion Dynamics, a small medical device manufacturer located in Fruitport and Norton Shores, MI, has leaned on Besco Commercial for its second high-purity skid for rinsing critical parts for medical devices.

Client Challenge

Continental Linen (CLS) faced significant challenges in their commercial laundry and uniform facility due to pressure loss and iron issues in their water supply. As their operations expanded, their water demands increased, revealing that their existing filtration system was severely undersized and unable to meet the growing requirements. With a need for peak flow rates of 350 gallons per minute, CLS required a more robust solution to ensure consistent water quality and pressure to support their operations efficiently.

Client Challenge

With 6 hospitals and 103 ambulatory facilities, Henry Ford Health System has 15,374 employees and about 5 billion dollars in revenue. With an operation of this size in a “life and death” environment, all computers must run 100% of the time and with no failure. As part of their strategy for no downtime, Henry Ford Hospital Data Center had the need for a high-purity system for ultrasonic humidification. Since data centers are required to maintain a controlled environment with specific humidity for the operation of their hard drives and data storage devices, the quality of the air in the data center is critical. Any impurities in the air can create dust, and that can lead to the eventual failure of critical systems.

Client Challenge

As the world leader in baby food products, Gerber is sold in 80 countries around the world. Founded in Fremont, Michigan, in 1927 and still headquartered there, Gerber produces over 190 products, maintaining a market share in the United States alone of 83%. When it came to special water treatment needs, Gerber came to Besco Commercial. Gerber was in need of a carbon backwash filter for chlorine and organic removal. This system was to be installed in their Food Research wing. Gerber specified that it had to have the ability to be steam sanitized at up to 165 degrees.

Client Challenge

Besco received a call from II Stanley inquiring about low TDS water for their new “fogging”, environmental test chamber, and for the final rinse process of new equipment that would be arriving in several months. The challenge for II Stanley was that they required the high-purity water for the “fogging” chamber immediately, but did not know exactly what the gallons per day requirements were for the equipment that was due in several months.

Client Challenge

This client utilizes a powder coat paint line for processing automotive and office parts. The effect that the raw municipal water had on the parts was creating quality issues for their team.

Client Challenge

This customer has a large coin-operated laundry facility that is on well water containing high amounts of iron and hardness. They had an existing commercial water softener in place, and the control valve had split. He was in immediate need of a new system as the existing system was 15 years old. Custom-designed commercial systems can take up to several weeks from conception to installation. The customer called Besco, and we went to work on it.

Client Challenge

During the design process, Arcadia contacted Besco Commercial Water Treatment to hire it to research and to determine the best method for de-chlorination and organic removal processing for their beer brewing process. In addition, they required softened water on a separate line to treat the kitchen and bathroom areas. For the brewing process, they required 50 gpm continuous flow at less than 15 psi drop.

Client Challenge

Korex, a renowned producer of national and generic brands of facial lotions and detergents, needed a water filtration solution at their Chicago facility. The stringent standards for their base “water” required for production not only needed to meet but exceed regulatory and customer demands. As their operations expanded, they needed a reliable high-purity water system to support their rigorous quality requirements that could be installed without disrupting their manufacturing process.

Client Challenge

Both Korex facilities required 20 gpm high-purity systems for their batching process. The quality requirement was 1 megohm resistivity continuous flow.

Client Challenge

Northpointe Woods, a senior housing complex located in Battle Creek, Michigan, called Besco Commercial Water Treatment, because they were in need of updating their existing commercial water softening equipment. This presented a challenge because of the space limitations that the facility had. The existing system was overcrowding a gated area that protects the electrical panels that the facility regularly utilizes.

Client Challenge

A call came in from Gratiot Finishing in Detroit, MI. They were experiencing a problem with their outdated auto deionization system. The runs in between regenerations were short and the quality of the water was not acceptable. This would cause the processed parts to build up with dissolved solids. The customer then had to have staff physically clean the parts prior to shipping thereby increasing labor costs.

Client Challenge

Hausbeck Pickle Company contacted Besco Water Treatment online with specific water treatment needs. As a supplier of pickles and peppers to 75% of the Subway restaurants east of the Mississippi River and in Canada, it is important to Hausbeck Pickle Company to have chlorine-free water readily available to deliver quality products to clients, such as Subway, Papa John’s and others.

Client Challenge

Owner was having trouble maintaining consistent water quality for automatic car wash facility. He was interested in replacing the valves to upgrade his equipment as the water quality is critical to insure the quality of the washes for his customers. While water usage is fairly consistent throughout the month, it fluctuates greatly based on weather and high traffic times. He has had a long-standing relationship with Besco in the Greater Lansing market and trusted Besco’s reputation for good service and innovative ideas.

Client Challenge

This client has experienced substantial growth and was maxing out good, but outdated, equipment. This was leading to inefficiencies, break-downs and a limited availability of replacement parts. Gallagher was just really having to run undersized equipment for their current and future needs. The client has had a 30-year relationship with Besco Water, so the trust was already in place.

Client Challenge

As one of Michigan’s biggest banks and one of the top five in the nation, reliable data is the lifeblood of Chase Bank’s business. One of its largest data centers is in Belleville, Michigan where millions of accounts are processed daily. Since security is a top priority, Chase was looking for a “plug and play” solution that could be preassembled and be delivered on skids to their dock for easy installation.

Client Challenge

Security. Speed. Limited Downtime. Those were the keys to this project for the State at Huron Valley. The actual installation was that of a water softener system for a boiler at the prison. The agency required background checks on all Besco employees. In addition, all Besco workers had to adhere to stringent security requirements dictated by the prison environment.

Client Challenge

Chrysan is a manufacturer of lubricating oils and greases. In this particular application, Chrysan makes compounds that are sold to the molding industry. The end product is a releasing agent that is sprayed on the mold so that the parts do not stick. They required a consistent quality of water so that when adding their chemicals, they would have a baseline.

Client Challenge

BrassCraft, a Masco Company, is a leading manufacturer of water supplies and gas plumbing products for new construction, repair, and remodel markets. They were in need of ultra-pure water for ultrasonic humidification as part of their work in their environmental testing lab.