Most Hydro Vac Slurry Processing Systems Will Fail Miserably In Consistently Delivering The Desired Results
We'll get into why they'll fail miserably in just a bit.
First, let's identify what exactly are "the desired results."
Depending on who you talk to, there is likely going to be some differences of opinion on this.
That being said, a reasonable list of results anyone should expect from this type of capital investment include ...
- Cleaned Water For Re-use or Disposal
- Solids Processed to "Slump" or Drier.
- Simple System to Operate
- Clean Site
- Configuration Flexibility
- System Expandability
- Minimal Operating Costs, especially Labour.
- High Return on Investment Potential
In order to be able to achieve these totally reasonable objectives, you need to have a system designed to handle all the challenges Hydro Vac Slurry Processing presents including but not limited to ...
1. The wide range of weights and composition of slurry material being received.
2. Slurry receiving, storage, and containment.
3. High peak processing time requirements.
4. Daily “Start and Stop” receiving & processing.
5. Potential space constraints (land, building, etc).
6. Processing plant design and layout considerations/customizations.
7. Processed material storage and containment.
8. Broad spectrum of potential vac truck sizes to accommodate.
Taking it one step further, if you take the time to talk to existing Hydro Vac Slurry Processing Site Owners, the most common list of challenges you'll hear over and over again would include ...
1. Continuous struggle to cost effectively remove low gravity solids.
2. Not consistently producing clean enough water for reuse.
3. The need to simplify the receiving and screening process.
4. Difficulties with maintaining high operational “up time”.
5. Getting solids consistently dry enough for disposal or re-use.
6. Minimizing “site mess” and material spillage.
Okay so let's back to why most of the Slurry Processing Plants in operation today Fail Miserably and why many could be considered an outright disaster.
The main reason for this is that most of these systems are created out of existing off the shelf equipment and are re-purposed into a convoluted set up, or "Frankenstein" that will never consistently deliver the desired results.
It's not that the equipment isn't good equipment, although that's going to depend on who you buy it from.
It's not that some combination of shakers, centrifuges, dewatering tanks, desilters, cyclones, etc., etc can't solve 80% of the problem through re-purposed equipment use.
It's just that getting to the 80/20 in Hydro Vac Slurry Processing isn't good enough.
What good is it to have an 80% result when you've got trucks lined up waiting for the system to get operating again, when your processed water isn't consistently getting clean enough for reuse, when you've got wet solids that you can't consistently get rid of or re-use, when your yard is a mess, and your struggling to get enough reliable people to run it?
Madness Indeed.
An Optimal System = Balanced System
An Optimal Processing System Must …
- Be easy to operate.
- Accommodate peak receiving times.
- Accommodate “Stop and Start” requirements.
- Have very little down time.
- Have low operating costs.
- Require very little maintenance.
- Be easily expandable.
- Consistently produce Clean Enough Water for Re-use or Disposal
- Consistently produce “Slump” or Drier Solids.
- Provide the opportunity to generate a high return on Investment
All of these things can not happen consistently, let alone all at the same time, without a …
Balanced System Approach
To find out more about why a Balanced System is the only Hydro Vac Slurry Processing Investment you should be considering, give us a call today at 647 360 6738.
