Rotaflow®

GM Innovations Limited: Rotaflow®

Barwell plc investments are made into Scottish start-ups and inventions – particularly those that benefit people and the environment.

For some years Barwell have been investing in GM Innovations Limited on a portfolio of water purification devices.

This invention and the portfolio comprises a range of separator devices based on an unique application of centrifugal force.

Rotaflow is protected by several families of patent applications, in the earliest of which patents have either been granted or are nearing grant in a number of key territories.

There are also three International (PCT) patent applications in the pipeline and it is envisaged that these will provide further valuable patent protection in key territories in due course.

GM Innovations have an ongoing policy of protecting improvements in their technology and a number of new patent applications directed to more recent developments are currently in preparation, with the latest prototype partly funded by the Scottish Government through a SMART feasibility award.

Applications are:

• The separation of water & oil
• The separation of sand & grit from contaminated water
• The extraction of heavy and precious metals from contaminated water
• The separation of sludge & salt from contaminated water
• The provision of safe drinking water