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INNOVATIONS REPORT
FILTER PRESSES
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After Concrete Washout System testing, Ready Made plant staff and McLanahan engineers
determined that excess sand in the slurry was limiting the effciency of the overhead beam
flter press and its 630-mm x 630-mm recessed chamber plates. The producer added the Mc-
Lanahan Separator, a cyclone ftted with an underfow regulator that improves the recovery of
sand from the washout water before transferring cement fnes and water to the flter press.
The Separator equips the flter press to live up to its potential for rapid conversion of slurry to
recyclable water and cakes of primarily cement fnes composition. McLanahan has calibrated
the flter press to operate at 80–100 psi and yield 35-mm thick cakes.
cakes are easy to handle and manager, and
a far cry from the slurry Ready Made was used
to dealing with. Additionally, the producer
has been able to utilize clean, recycled water
from the filter press in concrete production
and plant operations, especially truck wash-
out. With the need to maintain a small pro-
duction footprint and closely monitor water
consumption, plant team members are also
developing new uses for the recycled wash
water.
"We are grateful we hooked up with a
worldwide company willing to send a crew
of three or four out to our little operation in
Salt Lake City," Philips notes. "Every time
there's been an issue, McLanahan people
have been here to help us and work through
it." — McLanahan Corp., Hollidaysburg, Pa.,
814/695-9807; www.mclanahan.com