Sand Slurry in Channels

[BKFarmer]

Couple of unknowns to work out.
-What size of settlement tanks would be best/how long do you want slurry to be in that tank?
-Any low cost ways of separating the sand dug out of these tanks compared to sand still in suspension?
Will a robotic scraper last?Lely have a discovery machine coming out with a vacuum to stuck and hold more liquid as in scrapes. Would this carry more sand,or be better for feet as I was told that damp floors=soft hooves+sand=big feet problems?

Sorry for the questions but stories for sand cubicles seem to be either complete success or complete disaster and no middle point!

 

[Boysground]

Auto scrapers here running 13 times a day. No foot problems from the sand so I would think a similar situation to using the discovery. The more water in the settlement tank the quicker the sand will settle. Perhaps the first tank should be big enough for a couple of days production.

Remember sand destroys screw press separators you can only use a screen type. I wouldn't touch a pump that uses an impeller in sand.

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[stablegirl]

All this talk of seperation tanks and pumps and seperators scares the hell out of me.

When it comes to slurry and sand i personally was looking for something as simple as possible, the idea of maintaing and building all the things list above wasnt what i was after.

Just a channel running into a concrete store thats sucked out with tankers and the emptied with dual spreaders onto thw stubble before the winter wheats!

The v shaped channel with the half pipe in the bottom is more what i was after any ideas who it is?

 

[early riser]

All this talk of seperation tanks and pumps and seperators scares the hell out of me.

When it comes to slurry and sand i personally was looking for something as simple as possible, the idea of maintaing and building all the things list above wasnt what i was after.

Just a channel running into a concrete store thats sucked out with tankers and the emptied with dual spreaders onto thw stubble before the winter wheats!

The v shaped channel with the half pipe in the bottom is more what i was after any ideas who it is?

I think it was @mf7480

Type 'handling sand-laden slurry' into Google and the first hit you will get is a thread from the 'other' forum

 

[organicguy]

So, this system may work...
-Robotic scraper scraping passages every couple of hours into a slurry channel.
-Slurry channel flushed with separated slurry into a reception tank with ramp for forklift access.
-Second tank beside first with Weir between the two, also sloped floor.
-Slurry that is in second tank is run through a separator.
-Liquid fraction stored in an above ground store, solids stacked in midden.
-Separated slurry taken from store to flush slurry channels.
-When reception tanks sediment up, pump off liquid, dig out and stack with solids for spreading.

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[KB6930]

My boss's brother went onto sand for cubicles and had a central channel in his shed which the scrapers pulled slurry into which had an auger in the bottom to take it out to a pit outside which worked well. It was fine if it was spread fairly quickly but if it Sat a few months it settled out something serious hr had a big lagoon that the umbilical boys pumped out for a couple of years but they only got the watery stuff then they had to spend about a week digging it out with a loading shovel! He then installed a separator which transformed how they got on with it before he sold up.