Huber Technology has been the largest supplier of sludge screens into the UK market for the past 20+ years, with over 735 units sold to date.
There are two types of well-established and recognised sludge screens supplied by Huber. These are the gravity Ro3 Sludge Acceptance Plant (475 sold to date) and the pressurised SP Strainpress® screen (272 units sold to date). The versatility of having these two types of screens in our portfolio enables Huber to provide the best possible technical and whole life cost solution to our clients as each screen has different characteristics which may well be suited for different sludge types and applications.
We are always assessing the market and we have found that the nature of the sludge has changed over the last 20 years. In recent years in particular, Huber have noted an increase in the solids concentration of the screenings contained within the sludge and this has become more of an issue.
The results of this increase will limit the screens capabilities not necessarily on its hydraulic capacity but on its solids removal capacity. In these instances, Huber have developed an option to increase its integral screenings conveyor capacity to over double that has been supplied in the past.
This enables us to meet the ever changing characteristics of the sludge now being found in the UK’s treatment plants. Clients in conjunction with ourselves are now combining the Ro3 Sludge Acceptance Plant unit in series with the SP Strainpress® Pressurised Sludge Screen. They have found that this gives a good combination to fulfil the large screenings handling capacity requirement now necessary with very fine 2 dimensional sludge screening. This will reduce not only the plant operational input required by reducing de-ragging of pumps and aeration systems but also a reduction in maintenance of the basic sludge screens themselves.
For further information:
Nick Hunt, Sales Director
Tel: 01249 765002
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