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Separation and Membrane Systems
News Release from: Westfalia Separator | Subject: UCC 450
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 November 2005
Uniform dewatering for different pigment
effluents
Multi processing plants are now the norm with paint and pigment manufacturers working to produce a wide range of products to satisfy the diverse markets in the most profitable manner
Multi processing plants are now the norm with paint and pigment manufacturers working to produce a wide range of products to satisfy the diverse markets in the most profitable manner However the nature of multi-processing brings with it inherent problems in the handling of the wide range of resulting effluents, sedimented sludges, pre-flocculated sludge, flocculated dirty water and unflocculated effluents too
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 30 May 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Following developments at Westfalia Separator there is now a decanter which permits reliable dewatering of different products using the same basic process parameters.
The Westfalia Separator UCC450 decanter with patented 2 gear drive design allows constant solids level discharge from varying solids infeed, with no manual intervention.
The regulated bowl/scroll speed achieved by the 2 gear drive of the UCC450, which allows close adaptation of the differential speed, means different products are easily handled through the same machine with dry matter performance in line with customer specifications.
In other installations slow discharge from the decanter can lead to compaction of the pigments and clogging of the decanter.
This in turn means more torque is required, which places excessive demands on the system.
Utilising the two gear drive of the Westfalia Separator UCC 450 means potential system overload is not a problem with this installation.
The UCC 450 system is already in operation in pigment manufacture where capacities of 2 - 8 m3/hr are achieved, without the addition of flocculants and with no requirement to change the machine settings when products with different composition characteristics are processed.
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