Westfalia Separator

Environmental Systems
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All About Us

Environmental Technology
Clear Separation for a
Better Life Style

Clear Separation High Economy

Environmental
Technology for a
Better Life Style

Westfalia Separator Umwelttechnik

is a world-wide leading supplier of
decanters and is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Westfalia Separator AG,
Oelde.

Heinrich Weweler,
Managing Director

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The fields of application in environmental technology in municipalities and

industry are the treatment of drinking
water, the dewatering and thickening of
sewage sludge and the recovery of valuable materials from production streams
as a contribution to resource-minimised
production.
More than 3000 plants world-wide
demonstrate our competence and
capability.

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High Quality
Always and Everywhere

Diverse applications
Dewatering of sewage sludge

The customers of Westfalia Separator are

at home in all regions of the world, but
the high quality of Westfalia Separator is
the same everywhere. This is documented by our world-wide certification.
This distinction sets the high standards of
quality not only for the parent company,
but also includes all of our subsidiaries.
Top Performance World-Wide
World-Wide Quality

Thickening of sewage sludge

Drinking water treatment
Treatment of municipal and industrial
waste water
Recovery of valuable substances from
production streams
Stationary and mobile solutions

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Optimum Dewatering

Clean Conditions
High Benefit

The objectives of water

protection policies make
constantly increasing requirements on more
thorough waste water
purification. Therefore, a
further increase in the volume of
sewage sludge produced world-wide
is anticipated in the future.
Both municipalities and industry are
obliged to dispose of the growing quantities of sewage sludge in an environmentally safe and economical manner.
The disposal of sewage sludge must be

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secured in the future, employing the latest standards of technology to ensure that
valuable materials are recycled.
The optimum and economical dewatering of sewage sludge is a central step for
all recycling possibilities.

Concentrating on the Essentials

The method of disposal and the associated requirements on the degree of dewatering determine the economy of a
dewatering unit. Any increase in the concentration of solids is beneficial in terms
of reducing landfill and transport costs.

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The Less the Better

To allow the sewage sludge to be
recycled or disposed of in line with the
correspond-ing requirements, optimum
dewatering is necessary before drying, incineration or dumping. The decanters
from Westfalia Separator fulfil these
requirements by a high g-force
(separation efficiency) and optimum
torque control.
A high degree of dewatering guarantees
a substantially reduced sludge volume
and thereby significant cost reductions
for:
Transport
Landfill
Energy consumption during
drying or incineration
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Optimum Thickening Reliable Operation

VariPond Ensures a
Constant Solids
Concentration

Statutory regulations for

phosphorous and nitrogen
elimination and changes
in the process engineering of waste water treatment make the mechanical thickening of sewage
sludge unavoidable.
For example, the controlled thickening
with decanters can reduce the volume
of the surplus activated sludge by 90%
under normal circumstances.
The patented VariPond-system from
Westfalia Separator ensures constant
dry substance values in the discharge
even when the feed concentrations
fluctuate.

Small Box Big Impact

VariPond stands for Variable Pond
Depth in the running machine.
In the past, it was necessary to stop and
modify decanters used to thicken sludge
in order to achieve a constant discharge
concentration.
VariPond now makes it possible to
make the optimum adjustment simply
and reliably when the machine is running. The machine adapts automatically to
the changing feed conditions. This is an
enormous advantage which ensures optimum thickening, thereby saving a great
deal of time and money.

Online Measurement for

Reliable Operation
By the use of optical sensors, which operate by the backscatter light principle, the
dry substance content of the sludge can
be measured online. This achieves an
accuracy of 0.3 % dry substance under

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operating conditions, allowing reliable

and unsupervised operation during the
night and at weekends. The constant
concentration means that the design of
the digestion tower can be optimised
and it can be operated economically.
The sludge digests more efficiently and
the quality is enhanced.

Regardless How Thick and Fast

Regardless how thick and fast, VariPond
will not desert you. All decanters with a
throughput up to 350m3/h can now be
equipped with VariPond . The fields of
application extend from the thickening
of primary sludge and surplus activated
sludge in waste water treatment plants
to the controlled concentration of liquid
streams in the starch and beverage
industries.

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Industrial Waste Water Versatile Application

Clear Solutions for

Many Applications

Waste water technology integrated in

production processes for resource-minimised production is a broad spectrum
of applications for Westfalia
Separator.
Recycling, making a material useful in
a circulatory production system by separation, is a task for special decanter
centrifuges in diverse industrial applications.

The use of high-alloy stainless steels

for all components in contact with the
product ensures a high degree of durability and a long service life.
Innovative features such as high g-forces,
large clarifying surfaces, optimised
feed systems, special drives and a
degree of dewatering which can be
adjusted externally during operation
ensure optimum clarifying performance and highly economic operation.

Clear Solutions from A to Z

The fields of application are as diverse as
the industries themselves. Whether in the
food industry, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, the computer industry, energy
management, the paper industry or agriculture separating technology with
decanters and separators provides clearcut solutions in all fields of application.
The fields of application extend from the
treatment of atomic power plant wash
water through glass powder recovery to
the purification of waste water from
cellulose production.
The smallest particles of slag produced
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during degassing in the melting of iron

ore are returned to the process by
decanters.
In the automotive industry, decanters
recover lacquer residues from the
lacquering shop waste water.

A Clean Deal
The applications in the food industry are
also diverse. Whether in the treatment of
wash water in the starch industry or in
the treatment of waste water from
dairies, the edible oil industry or the
beverage industry separators and decanters always provide a clean solution.

Separating Technology from A to Z

A
B
C

Asbestos sludge
Brewery waste water
Chemical industry
waste water
D De-inking wash water
E Electrocoagulation
F Feacal sludge
G Galvanic sludge
H Hydroxide sludge
I Industrial waste water
J Juice waste water
K Kaolin waste water
L Lacquering sludge
M Manure

N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Nuclear waste water

Oil refinery waste water
Pigment recovery
Quartz sludge
Refinery residues
Starch waste water
Tannery waste water
Uranium waste water
Vegetable waste water
Wash water
Xylase
Yeast waste water
Zinc oxide waste water

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Drinking Water A Valuable Resource

Its Time for

Some Treatment

Drinking water is a valuable resource.

The average world-wide per capita
water consumption is estimated at
150 cubic metres each year.
Only a very small proportion of this is
actually consumed.
Drinking water is gained either from the
ground water or from surface water. With
growing populations and increasing levels of pollution, the employment of surface water is increasing constantly.
Surface water is treated by centrifugal
separating technology to remove the
undesired constituents.

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It Has to be Clean

Fast and Efficient

Heavily polluted surface water is treated

by various chemical processes. Decanters
are used to dewater the sludge produced
in this process. The proportion of mineral
pollutants in the raw water and the types
of chemicals used for precipitation are
highly significant for the dewatering
process.

Clarifying decanters are employed to

dewater the sludge in drinking water
treatment plants. These were developed
for high-performance clarification and
the highest possible dewatering of the
solids. Amongst other features, this is
ensured by the high bowl speed and a
high scroll torque in conjunction with a
differential speed regulation operating
proportionally to the solids loading. The
closed design of the machines in
conjunction with an enclosed installation
prevents the escape of aerosols, protecting people and the environment.
Many advantages your benefit

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Mobile Systems Unlimited Flexibility

High-Performance
Systems for
Flexible Application

Protection of the environment and

responsible handling of the available
resources require innovative technology. For decades, Westfalia Separator
has developed and constructed mobile
systems for flexible application.

All major process steps with the associated equipment are consolidated as
a single unit in a truck trailer or in a
container for even more flexibility.
The entire piping is installed and the
system is automated and ready for
immediate use.
High-performance systems which
provide substantial improvements.
The advantages are obvious. Mobile
systems equipped with innovative,
high-performance decanters ensure a
high degree of economy through their
continuous operation, high throughput
capacities, optimum dewatering and
flexibility. This is supplemented by
modern control technology and simple
process integration. The optimum
conditions for reduced volumes of
sludge and low-cost, economical
disposal.

Unlimited Benefit
The advantages of mobile systems
become apparent wherever rapid action
or flexible applications are required.
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Whether from municipal waste water

treatment plants for handling peak loads
to the various fields of industry for fast
action in tight situations. Here the
requirements are different from municipal
sludge dewatering or thickening. A lower
throughput is often required. This
applies both to the transport and to the
space required by the unit in the plant.

separating technology, cost-optimised

designs and simple process integration.
A simple and fast solution.
All from a single source, tested and
ready for immediate use

Container Systems
the Smaller the Better
Westfalia Separator has developed the
mobile concept further with the new
plant systems in container construction.
Simpler logistics world-wide. Any truck
can take and transport the standard container module. Production has also been
economically optimised by standard
components. With these new, compact
systems, Westfalia Separator has met the
current demands of the market.
Maximum flexibility, fast and reliable
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Many Locations One Standpoint

The Whole is More

than the Sum
of its Parts

When you are choosing a business partner, not only

the quality of the product is important. The parameters associated with the machine must also be right.
This is the Westfalia Separator philosophy for an
optimum life cycle benefit.
This includes individual solutions tailored to your
requirements as well as intelligent service packages,
the availability of genuine spare parts and economical operation throughout the entire service life of
the machine.
Headquarters of Westfalia Separator in Oelde, Germany

Comprehensive service starts with the first discussions.

In close co-operation with you, qualified specialists
from Westfalia Separator will demonstrate solutions
customised specifically for your requirements. This
starts with the project planning and extends to the
production and installation of the machines.

Optimum Customer Service Guaranteed

Decanter production plant in Niederahr, Germany

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Your employees will be familiarised with the handling

of the machines in training programmes and training
on site or in the modern Westfalia Separator training
centre. If rapid aid should unexpectedly become neces-

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sary or if a spare part is needed at short

notice, Westfalia Separator is at your
service immediately. This is ensured by
the global presence of around 50 service
and sales companies in over 60 countries.
Your satisfaction is our objective.

Quality is Our Programme

Of course, separators and decanters have
many fields of application other than
environmental engineering. As the
world-wide leading company in mechanical separation technology, Westfalia
Separator is active in many other branches. If you have a requirement, ask us
about solutions with innovative separating technology for applications in the
beverage industry, edible oil processing,
dairy technology, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, oil and fat recovery,
the starch industry, marine technology,
oil field technology, power generation,
industrial technology and our range of
engin-eering services and used machines
from the manufacturer as the best alternative.

Subsidiaries and service companies

are present in the following countries:

Europe
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
The Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Lithuania
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia (CIS)
Serbia
Slovakia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey

North America
USA
Canada

South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Mexico

Africa
South Africa

Asia
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
The Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
United Arab Emirates

Australia

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Australia
New Zealand

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Environmental
Technology

Dairy
Technology

Marine

Oils and Fats

Processing

Energy

Chemicals
Pharmaceuticals
Biotechnology

Oilfield

Oils and Fats

Recovery

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Beverage
Technology

Industry

Starch
Technology
Industrial
Biotechnology

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Engineering

Second Hand
Machinery

Service

Global
Presence

Westfalia Separator
Environmental Systems
Take the Best Separate the Rest

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Westfalia Separator Umwelttechnik GmbH Werner-Habig-Strae 1 D-59302 Oelde (Germany)
Tel.: + 49 25 22/77-0 Fax: + 49 25 22/77-29 50
Internet: www.westfalia-separator-umwelttechnik.com E-mail: umwelttechnik@gea-westfalia.de
The information contained in this brochure merely serves as a non-binding description of our products and is without guarantee.
Binding information, in particular relating to capacity data and suitabality for specific applications, can only be provided within the framework of concrete inquiries.
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