Van Beek, Drunen, the Netherlands, has delivered an inclined screw conveyor system to Dutch mushroom processor Prochamp for its new wastewater treatment plant. Prochamp’s previous screw conveyor supplier was not able to guarantee that a screw conveyor could convey sludge concentrate at an angle of 40 degrees. "We do in fact have a lot of experience with similar situations in previous projects ", explained Van Beek sales engineer Peter Verhoeven.

"Such cases always involve a customised solution ", explained Verhoeven. “Because of experience in the past you know what is or is not possible. I then look back to previous similar projects and check whether we had problems here. It is also important that you ask the end user the right questions, so you are not faced with any surprises. Sometimes we conclude that we cannot in fact help, but that was certainly not the case here.”

 

A system set-up with three screw conveyors now carries the sludge concentrate to the container. A horizontal screw collects the concentrate and carries it to an inclined screw conveyor that conveys it upwards. The concentrate disappears into the container via a downstream horizontal screw. Finally trucks take away the containers of sludge concentrate. www.van-beek.nl 

 

 

Van Beek screw conveyors for transfer of sludge concentrate