PECM Issue 22 2016 | Page 138

SLUDGE is our game! PIRAC® is a well-known innovator in sludge receiving, conveying, storing and outloading featuring SPIROLIFT our vertical conveying technology. SPIRAC® is the expert in vertical sludge conveying with hundreds of SPIROLIFT® installations and over 20 kilometres of active shaftless conveyors worldwide. This proven technology offers significant cost and operational advantage over alternate methods of sludge elevation and transport. SPIROLIFT® vertical conveyors feature an octagonal trough, liner with built-in wear indicator and snap-in and snap-out replacement. Wide faced, short pitch spirals provide a large lifting surface with very little material falling back down the centre of the spiral. Read more about this at http://www.spirac.com/spirolift or call +44 (0) 1295 270335 S SPIRAC provides material handling solutions for municipal wastewater and industrial applications. Municipal screening, grit and sludge handling are our primary focus, but SPIRAC also offers conveying, dewatering and washing solutions for industrial applications. For over 40 years, SPIRAC has been 138 PECM Issue 22 the market leader in shaftless conveyor systems, grit capture and classification, as well as inlet works solutions including screening, washing, compaction, containment and transport systems. Based on our experience in innovative design and provision of leading-edge conveying technology, SPIRAC is able to adapt easily to your needs. With offices located around the world, SPIRAC can offer the best material handling solutions developed with the benefit of international and local experience. With SPIRAC’s diverse product range and experienced sales, design and project management team, we can offer packaged solutions for the smallest to largest WWTP. Shafltess Screw Conveyor The shaftless spiral allows higher filling rates and lower RPMs resulting in less wear and consequently less maintenance and down time. Although the spirals can be made out of many different materials, the primary material is a special steel from Sweden which has mechanical properties that give the SPIRAC spiral a very high tensile strength. SPIRAC shaftless screw conveyors are designed