Extending functionality.
To customize a system to you needs, you can choose from a large range of options and extensions. All systems can be provided with things like a stand, insulation, tank covers etc. but there are also solutions that greatly enhance the performance of the Suparator® separation system and significantly extend the applicability of the standard system. These extensions include:
- Foam stop bar
- Flush header
- Rake skimmer
- Sludge rake
- Control units
Foam stop bar.
As simple as it is, it may be a very important extension. In many applications, in particular with aqueous cleaning applications, foaming can be an issue. Since foam is even lighter than oil, it would readily be separated with the oil, causing a lot of water and cleaner chemicals to end up in the waste drum. The foam bar stops foam without stopping the oil and completely solves this problem.
Flush header
Any piece of equipment will accumulate dirt while being used. That is certainly true for oil/water separation equipment and also for Suparator®. Although Suparator® is less sensitive to dirt than conventional equipment, accumulation of dirt may interfere with the flow through the units. Depending on the application, a Suparator® unit may need cleaning once every 1 to 3 months. Installing flush headers completely eliminates this problem; cleaning of a Suparator® unit can now be postponed until the entire installation is being cleaned.
Rake skimmer.
Often, oil and grease do not manifest themselves as a nice, liquid, floating layer. Due to all sorts of inadvertent processes, oil, grease and comparable substances often build floating matter that is best described as sludge; a non-liquid, often sticky, substance.
Such floating substances are known to present problems in all oil separation devices, but for Suparator® there is a perfect solution. By placing a small, electric motor driven, rake skimmer on top of the separation system, accumulated "sludge" is raked to the back of the unit and into the oil trough. Suparator® does not require a large rake system over the full length of the tank, because of the active separation principle which already takes care of accumulating and concentrating any floating substance.
See a video of this rake skimmer.