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DD-0756 KASON CORPORATION 67-71 East Willow St. Millburn, NJ 07041-1416 USA Tel: 973-467-8140 Fax: 973-258-9533 E-mail: [email protected] KASON CORPORATION, EUROPE Units 12 & 13 Park Hall Business Village Park Hall Road Longton, Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire ST3 5XA Tel: 01782-597540 Fax: 01782-597549 E-mail: [email protected] SEPARATOR ENGINEERING LTD. 4119 Cousens St. Saint Laurent Quebec CANADA H4S 1V6 Toll Free (Canada only): 877-694-4441 Tel: 514-667-6777 Fax: 514-745-2074 E-mail: [email protected] Technical Article Series www.kason.com Laundry Workload Reduced by Vibroscreen Separator
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KASON CORPORATION 67-71 East Willow St.Millburn, NJ 07041-1416 USATel: 973-467-8140 Fax: 973-258-9533E-mail: [email protected]
KASON CORPORATION, EUROPEUnits 12 & 13 Park Hall Business VillagePark Hall Road Longton, Stoke-on-TrentStaffordshireST3 5XATel: 01782-597540 Fax: 01782-597549E-mail: [email protected]
SEPARATOR ENGINEERING LTD.4119 Cousens St.Saint LaurentQuebec CANADAH4S 1V6 Toll Free (Canada only):877-694-4441Tel: 514-667-6777 Fax: 514-745-2074E-mail: [email protected]
Technical Article Series
www.kason.com
Laundry Workload Reduced byVibroscreen Separator
Laundry Workload Reduced By VIBROSCREENSeparatorLike all laundries, Eastern Uniform of Woodside, NY has to meet environmental regulations. In addition, the companymanages its operations with a goal of reducing labor requirements.
VIBROSCREEN unit at Eastern Uniform reducesshoveling solids from a wastewater tank.
One labor intensive task that was minimized is removal of lint, sand and gritfrom its wastewater holding tank. Eastern Uniform personnel had to removeabout 15 to 20 wheelbarrow loads of these solids every year from the holdingtank. Since this required many of hours of work every year, companymanagers decided to install a Kason VIBROSCREEN circular screenseparator to remove the lint, sand and grit from the wastewater before it flowsby gravity into the tank located below the separator. The accumulations ofthese materials decrease the wastewater volume capacity, limiting the tank'sstorage utility.
The laundry operates 13 hours per day to handle about 60,000 garments perweek, leaving a little time for shoveling solids from tanks. The 30 in. (760 mm)diameter Kason VIBROSCREEN also operates 13 hours per day, scalping thesolids from 50 gallons (190 liters) of wastewater per minute. A 100 meshscreen with .0055 in. (140 micron) openings scalps a large percentage ofsolids, leaving the wastewater discharged to local sewers relatively clean.Heat is removed through a heat exchanger and acid is added to neutralize theslightly alkaline wastewater, explained Easter Uniform's Plant Manager MattGrayson.
One challenge involved preventing the solids from coating and blinding the topsurface of the screen. Standard rings are not sufficient, explained Mr.Grayson, so Kason engineers custom designed and manufactured a stainlesssteel, anti-blinding, topside wiper assembly with lightweight neoprene wiperblades. Vibratory motion of the screen causes this wiper to rotate on thescreen surface. The topside wiper blade eliminated the blinding problem.
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