Oil skimmer reduces cost, increases performance and decreases material waste
Food manufacturers are tasked with managing oil in the wastewater from their manufacturing processes on an ongoing basis.
Recently, a privately-held snack food manufacturer that produces potato chips established a goal to increase chip production by 20 percent. However, increasing production also meant increasing the amount of cooking oil discharged into the wastewater from washing the fryers used to cook the chips. As one of the largest water consumers within its municipality—discharging an average of 180,000 gallons per day—the potato chip plant needed to cost-effectively and efficiently remove the cooking oil from its wastewater to remain compliant with the municipality’s wastewater regulations.
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food industry,
model 6v,
oil skimmers,
remove oil,
potato chips,
snack food
In the steel manufacturing industry, waterborne oil is a pervasive issue. Mill managers, maintenance managers and process engineers are under pressure to keep facilities up and running, and on budget. However, the nature of steel manufacturing poses its own unique set of challenges for effective oil removal. It’s a high capital, continuous process that’s tough on equipment and uses large amounts of water. Effectively removing oil from water not only helps plants run better overall—it can pay off in many ways. Consider these four top benefits of removing oil from water and coolant fluid during steel manufacturing processes:
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steel industry,
oil removal,
model 6v,
scale pit
Emission control and waste management among top priorities for railroad industry today
On February 28, 1827, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad became the first U.S. railway chartered for commercial transport of passengers and freight.
Key facts about the first U.S. railway include:
- The Tom Thumb steam engine was designed by Peter Cooper
- The first railroad track was only 13 miles long
- Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, laid the first stone when construction on the track began
(Source: Library of Congress)
Fast-forward 188 years.
Here is a snapshot of what the railroad industry looks like today:
- 140,000 miles of railroad track
- 21 regional and 510 local railroads
- 221,000 jobs
- The rail network accounts for approximately 40 percent of U.S. freight moved by ton-miles (the length freight travels).
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration)
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6Vh,
oil removal,
model 6v,
wastewater,
railroad,
railway,
runoff,
orts
A steady flow of technological innovations in electronics, construction, healthcare and other fields is driving the resurgence of copper mining throughout the world. In Peru alone, copper production jumped nine percent in the first three months of 2014.* Industry observers predict that the demand for copper will continue to grow at a fast clip for at least the next five years.
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model 6v,
wastewater,
mining,
equipment washdown
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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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?
Oil Skimmers, Inc., a 40-year-old provider of customized floating tube oil skimmers, recently completed one of the largest and most complex orders of the year in its industry, supplying one of the world’s most significant energy projects located in the Pacific Rim.
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Topics:
floating tube,
model 6v,
skim oil,
oil skimmers,
oil and gas,
global energy,
pacific rim,
coal seam gas
Recently we received a call from a railway company who had a waste oil problem at their maintenance yard where they worked on the rail cars.
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Topics:
6Vh,
floating tube,
model 6v,
oil skimmers,
railroad,
railway,
faq,
oil/water separator
A customer contacted us regarding waste oil removal at a polyvinyl chloride resins plant.
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Topics:
polyvinyl chloride resins,
skimmer mount,
sump,
model 6v,
collector tube,
oil recovery
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