Oil plays a part in just about every industrial process on earth. While oil can play crucial and beneficial role in industrial operations, it can also cause many challenges once it has served its purpose and ends up in the wastewater stream.
To increase the efficiency of wastewater treatment processes and maintain environmental compliance, organizations must first remove the oil before repurposing it or the water, before discharging water to the municipality, and before chemical treatment or filtration of the water.
If not removed continuously and effectively, oil in wastewater can cause equipment malfunction, process inefficiencies, undesirable working environments, fines from the municipality and/or the EPA, and increase downtime and maintenance.
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model 5H,
oil skimmer,
tube skimmers,
video
In the food processing industry, companies strive to deliver high-quality products, efficiently, and to ensure their production methods are environmentally friendly as possible.
Keep reading to learn more about:
- How smart food producers are investing in equipment that lowers costs, while enabling the manufacturing of high-quality products through efficient processes.
- How oil skimming equipment can effectively remove oil from the surface of other liquids (usually separating used cooking oil from wastewater for food producers).
- How food manufacturers have used tube-type oil skimmers to reduce costs for energy, waste treatment and waste removal—all while maximizing efficiencies.
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Topics:
food industry,
food processing,
fat,
grease,
oil removal,
model 6v,
model 5H,
model 1H
How to Winterize Your Oil Skimming Equipment
Oil Skimmers, Inc. offers a variety of winterization options that can work with already-installed skimmers to enable your facility to skim oil from wastewater on a continuous basis, all winter long.
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model 6v,
model 5H,
winterization
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in 2015 and has been updated for comprehensiveness.
Do you have an oil removal problem? You’re not alone, and there is a steadfast solution. Read on to see how one mining and tunneling company solved its oil issues— within five hours of installing a new solution.
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Topics:
model 5H,
mining,
fuel leak,
heavy equipment,
tunneling
Editor’s note: This post was originally published in 2013 and has been updated for comprehensiveness.
A proper oil skimming system can help you meet Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements.
Since the government created the Federal Water Pollution Control Act in 1948, U.S. businesses have come to view environmental responsibility as a duty that goes beyond regulatory compliance. Today, companies that discharge wastewater into public systems also need to consider their brand and image, the increasing cost of waste management, and the potential of stiff legal and punitive fees.
How can companies meet regulatory requirements for discharging wastewater while also protecting their reputations and profits?
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model 6v,
model 5H,
water treatment,
wastewater,
why skim?,
EPA,
NPDES,
CWA
Editor’s note: This post was originally published in 2013 and has been updated for comprehensiveness.
Waste oil doesn't have to be a burden to plant personnel. Using an oil skimmer ensures that oil will be removed with minimal effort. With the right equipment, a facility can manage the oil effectively while saving time and money.
Plant personnel are always looking for new tools and equipment to help them run their facility more efficiently. In many manufacturing and processing plants, oily water is present, which prevents a plant from functioning at its maximum productivity level.
Water has several purposes in a manufacturing or processing facility: It can be used for cooling machinery, washing down equipment, or in processing. Sometimes, this water picks up oil or grease from surrounding machinery and equipment. Regardless of whether the facility chooses to reuse the water or send it to the city treatment plant, it has to remove the oil. Some plants, however, are not properly equipped to remove oil effectively.
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Topics:
vegetable oil,
animal fat,
petroleum,
oil removal,
model 6v,
decanter,
oil skimmers,
model 5H,
water treatment,
wastewater,
waste oil
For 50 years, Oil Skimmers, Inc. has designed and developed oil skimmers, oil removal systems, and custom engineered solutions for over 35,000 applications in all industries, in 119 countries around the world.
Our company's founder invented the tube type oil skimmer to ensure efficient, effective oil removal in any application, small or large. Five decades later, we offer a full line of industrial oil removal equipment as well as custom engineering capabilities to meet every oil removal need.
The original Brill tube type oil skimmer remains a very important and versatile element of our product line, and is still one of the best methods available to remove oil from industrial process water and wastewater. Its design, rugged construction, durability, versatility, efficiency, and effectiveness is unsurpassed.
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model 6v,
model 5H,
why the tube?,
model 1H,
tube skimmers,
model 7v
Success Stories: Heavy Equipment and Truck Washdown Facilities
Facilities that wash down heavy equipment or trucks often have to balance several operational priorities at once. For example, ensuring adequate washing of trucks/equipment while reducing operational expenses and meeting environmental standards.
For many, this balancing act can seem daunting; however, it doesn’t have to be. The following two companies with heavy equipment and truck washdown facilities recently found that they were able to meet all of their priorities with the assistance of a tube-type oil skimming system.
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Topics:
model 6v,
model 5H,
heavy equipment,
truck wash,
oil skimmer
When the sky cries, that’s a natural phenomenon. But when Nature’s pure water mixes with various types of oil and hydraulic fluids or other contaminants, the result is a man-made problem.
Commonly called stormwater runoff, rainwater will flow wherever it wants once it hits Earth. And this characteristic is what makes water troublesome wherever it encounters oil – in heavy equipment yards, scrap yards, truck and train terminals, oil and gas operations, shipping docks and the like. Water from various types of wash-down operations will behave the same way.
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Topics:
model 6v,
model 5H,
runoff,
stormwater,
model 1H
No, that is not a typo. Typically you’ll see blog posts like this touting The Top 5 Reasons To Do This, or The 7 Best Tools To Do That, but when it comes down to it, there is really only one recommendation we have as it pertains to skimming oil when there is debris floating on the surface of the oil and water.
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Topics:
floating tube,
model 6v,
skim oil,
collector tube,
floating debris,
model 5H,
why the tube?
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