Overview of Silicone Antifoams

Overview of Silicone Antifoams

Silicone-based antifoams are processing aids that prevent and control foam formation across industrial applications and markets. Foam control plays a critical role in process safety and yield, and silicone antifoams outperform organic alternatives in both effectiveness and cost efficiency.

How Foam Develops

Foam commonly forms during chemical and biological reactions, including neutralization, effervescence, bacterial degradation, and fermentation. It also develops during physical processes such as mixing, pumping, extraction, and centrifuging.

Why Choose Silicone Antifoams

Silicone antifoams knock down foam faster and sustain longer-lasting control at lower addition rates than organic antifoams, reducing both material use and processing time.

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Industries We Serve

MBI SILICONES, LLC’s antifoam products serve a broad range of needs, including:

  • Cleaners and detergents, including laundry and industrial cleaning products
  • Food and beverage processing, including fermentation, starch, sugar, and potato processing
  • Chemical, oil exploration, and petrochemical processes, including latex emulsions, organic resins, polymer emulsions, and drilling fluids
  • Metalworking fluids
  • Textile and leather production
  • Pulp and paper manufacturing
  • Paints, coatings, and inks
  • Construction materials, including cements and mortars
  • Adhesives and sealants
  • Water treatment
  • Agricultural formulations
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Food and Beverage Processing

Our antifoams support meat, fish, and egg processing; fermentation for beer, alcohol, and vinegar production; dairy processing, such as condensed milk and whey protein manufacturing; cleaning and sanitizing of processing equipment; and sugar-based preparations, including jams, marmalades, compotes, juices, syrups, and sweets.

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Water Treatment

MBI SILICONES, LLC’s antifoams are used across municipal wastewater treatment, industrial waste management, landfill and soil waste processing, recycled process water, food packaging, sanitation, and boiler treatment.

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Product Line

Silicone antifoam products are available as fluids, solutions, compounds, and emulsions, including the AFG-10, AFG-20, AFG-30, AF-100, AF-110, AF-120, AF-130, and self-dispersing AFS-10 formulations.