frederick
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- Location
- south west
Slurry separation
- Thread starter Fools Gold
- Start date
It’s a spiral separator, used in mining and other industries, but not as yet in agriculture.
Replacing a sand lane with this, basically.
frederick
Member
- Location
- south west
I can remember the photo. It will have to be very liquid to wash all the sand into solution and not sticking to fibres. Maize diets are the worst.
Best of luck but many attempts of different methods are now sitting on scrap heaps.
- Location
- South Molton
That's the reason for asking . Recycled bedding can open a whole can of worms, and other things that are really nasty
- Location
- Wiltshire
No.
It is very liquid, which can be reused over and over.
Shouldn’t be any fibres in it as it’s been through a separator first, if there are they’ll be separated again.
frederick
Member
- Location
- south west
If it's been through a separator first recovery will only be about 50% because a lot will still be stuck to the fibres.
95% is not very good from the screw as a sand lane will be 99.5 or better.
Not a screw, think vertically sand lane!
I’ m not unduly concerned about reuse of sand, more I don’t want it going into a lined pit.
Anyway if the milk price heads to the 20’s I doubt I’ll spend a penny!
- Location
- North Norfolk
Houle
I was thinking it was the only type to be suitable.
Plan to put all slurry and wash waters into the concrete pit, then have concrete Lego blocks that the slurry will go over, hoping to hold the majority of sand before transfer to lagoon, which fingers crossed will now be lined with clay.
What diameter underground slurry pipe should be used off a Houle pump?
- Location
- North Norfolk
Always presumed it would be bigger on a piston pump. We have a 180mm underground main going 350m so that should work?
- Location
- North Norfolk
Slurry Solutions
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I'm up in Dumfries at the end of the month to visit some separator customers, if you want me to drop in for a chat let me know
Priced that arrangement last week, sharp intake of breath, £30k!
Turns out the clay wouldn’t be economical to move, plus NRW/Wales’ EA take a dim view of it now. Wouldn’t be able to clean out without a long reach 360, which is £££, so liner it will have to be. The original concrete pit could be a settlement pit for sand from a drum separator, then pump liquid up to the lined pit with a scroll and stator pump.
Any more thoughts?
