OT: Sludge conveyor

[Ken Moore]

I know some of the board members have experience in the waste water treatment field.
I have an application where I need a conveyor to transfer sludge from one system to another. The conveyor needs to be about 17 feet long and around 6 feet wide, speed of about 10/12 feet per minute. The purpose of the conveyor is to allow excess water to drain between stations, so conveyor will have to have a belt and base that allows water drainage. An off the shelf solution would be ideal, but custom built is okay too. At the moment I'm just looking for a referral.

Prefer a vendor in the South Eastern U.S., but open to other locations as well.

thanks,

Ken

 

[Tom Jenkins]

Serpentix and Hycor (now a division of Parkson) are two manufacturers that may have something for you.

Hayward is a large municipal rep firm with offices throughout the south east. I would expect them to represent products that might serve you as well.

 

[Tom Jenkins]

Oops - that should have been Heyward

http://www.heyward.net/territories.htm

 

[Ron Beaufort]

I’d give these nice folks a call too ... Ashbrook Simon-Hartley ...

I just wrote an SLC program to retrofit the relay-based controls for a refurbished belt filter press that they made about 14 years ago ... they were EXTREMELY helpful and very pleasant to deal with over the phone ...

 

[Ken Moore]

Thanks for the links guys. I'll follow up and let you know how things turned out.

Ken

 

[booten]

Alliance Industrial out of Lynchburg, Va.

They have custom built stainless steel conveyors with drain pans on the bottom for the beverage industry.

http://www.allianceindustrial.com/

Bill

 

[Leadfoot]

I have seen a few Ashbrook solids presses.

 

[Mark Buskell]

Right next door to you in Spartanburg. A company called Kusters Corporation. They have been building cutom sludge conveyors for awhile now.

 

[Ken Moore]

Thanks Mark!
I'll give them a call today. Being local helps alot, they can come see exactly what I'm trying to describe over the phone.

Ken

 

[Mark Buskell]

I know most of the people there, if you need any help contacting somebody there, let me know.

 

[Ken Moore]

I looked them up on the web, and it says they build paper and nonwoven machinery, am I looking at the right company?

 

[Mark Buskell]

Yes, your looking at the right company. Over the last few years, they have gotten into a lot of other industries. The person to contact there is Mike Harnesbeger, a friend of mine and their chief engineer. I just got of the phone with Mike and he told me it was mostly auger type sludge conveyors they build but could easily adapt to your needs. I told him that he may be expecting a call from you.

Mark

 

[Ken Moore]

Yeah, I took the plunge and called earlier today, spoke with Wayne Buckhalt, he will be coming by the first of next week.

Thanks for the contact.


Ken