Learning to Use JENFAB Belt Washers
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Optional Features
The sections below describe optional equipment available on JENFAB
belt washers. Check your belt washer or your purchasing specifications
to determine which options your machine includes.
Upgrade to Automatic Controls
Belt washers are typically manual systems. Automatic control is
available as an option. Automatic systems use a PLC for control of
some process parameters. A touch screen display provides an operator
interface to the control system. Automatic systems usually include
pushbuttons for basic functions such as power-up, start, stop,
emergency stop, and drum speed control.
Oil Separators
Coalescing Type
JenFab manufactures several sizes of coalescing oil separators
(15-, 45-, and 65-gallon) for use with our belt washers. Mini (15-gallon)
separators can be built in to the belt washer or stand as an external
unit. The 45- and 65-gallon separators stand as external units and are
piped up to the belt washer.
A coalescing oil separator extends bath life by continually removing
oils from the wash solution.
In a coalescing oil separator, oleophilic (oil attracting) coalescing tubes
capture, agglomerate, and float oil globules to the surface where an
adjustable weir discharges the oil from the separator. The tubes
consistently remove oil globules of 20 microns and larger in size.
The separator removes only oil, not chemistry.
Disk Type
A disk-type oil separator can be installed in the wash tank as an option.
Disk-type oil separators use a rotating disk that is half submerged in
the wash water. As the disk rotates, it carries oil from the wash water.
Scrapers scrape the oil from the disk, and the oil is channeled to a
user-supplied collection vessel.