The Invisible Battle of Defoamers: How Chemi Tech Rescues Industrial Production

In a coating workshop in an industrial park in the south, engineer Zhao Wei stared at the expanding foam in the reaction vessel, his brow furrowed. These seemingly soft bubbles were like silent invaders, slowly consuming production progress and product quality. Every extra minute spent on defoaming meant increased energy consumption and risks to batch stability.

Three weeks ago, Zhao Wei first encountered Chemi Tech's defoamer sample. He remembered technical engineer Li Ming saying over the phone: 'Foam is not the enemy—it’s a signal. Our job is to read it and respond precisely.'

Instead of immediately recommending a product, Chemi Tech’s team arrived with portable lab equipment. They discovered the foam formation was linked to stirring speed, sudden temperature changes, and newly procured additives. On the seventh day, a drum of light blue transparent liquid was injected into the trial reaction vessel—the foam was broken down into fine bubbles before it could rise, as if smoothed by an invisible hand.

The final solution, defoamer , used micro-nano particles that penetrated the foam’s bilayer membrane without affecting system transparency. Production records showed: product defect rates dropped to one-third of previous levels, batch production time shortened by 18%, and annual energy savings from foam-related issues roughly equivalent to the maintenance cost of the entire system.

Now, blue drums of the concentrate are always stocked in Zhao’s workshop. During inspections, he enjoys shining a flashlight into the reaction vessel—without foam obstruction, he can see the material flowing uniformly like silk. 'It’s like giving production a breathing valve,' he described to peers at a technical exchange meeting.

Chemi Tech’s technical archives contain hundreds of such stories. Their lab always holds dozens of glass bottles filled with different liquids, each connected to real anxieties and expectations on production lines. Technical Director Wang often says: 'We’re not just selling chemicals—we’re guardians of production rhythm.'