Sustainable More Efficient Decanter Technology

The Westfalia Separator® sludgeforce unites ecological demands and economical advantages; it combines economy and flexibility; it provides for maximum efficiency in operation and makes for a very short pay-back time. The prime achievement is a significant reduction in energy consumption with a specific energy consumption of just 0.7 kWh per cubic metre. The flocculent requirement likewise drops significantly which is equivalent to 25 percent in terms of operating costs for polymer consumption.

The sludgeforce from GEA Westfalia Separator (Germany) similarly lowers the investment costs because the operators now achieve throughputs with small decanters which were previously only possible with larger-scale models. Moreover, GEA Westfalia Separator has succeeded to further minimize the space and maintenance requirement for the installation due to a special design.

The sum of all drives

GEA Westfalia Separator has not least managed to largely standardise the entire series by means of standardisation and modularisation. This applies both for the design, the functional principle, the connections, the operating mode as well as the drive concept. All models of the Westfalia Separator® sludgeforce series will in future feature the unique Westfalia Separator® summationdrive, a drive concept developed by GEA Westfalia Separator. This high-torque drive reliably provides the optimum differential speed for the process. Only the power is supplied which is actually required. An intelligent kinematics system "adds" the power generated by the two motors and then transmits the power precisely to the bowl and scroll.

Unnecessary conversion losses, which for instance in other backdrive solutions have been eliminated in the Westfalia Separator® summationdrive. Instead, the differential speed is made available smoothly in a wide range in an energy-efficient manner. Overall, with its various models, the new Westfalia Separator® sludgeforce decanter generation covers ranges from 1 to 200 cubic metres per hour.