• Rinses empty chemical drums for re-use or disposal
• Eliminates hazardous waste
• Clean labour saving process
• Controlled use of rinsing water reduces effluent disposal
• Highly efficient rinsing
• Very effective draining - very little liquid remains in the drum

Rockwell Hitec Drum Wash equipment deals with the problem of disposing of empty but contaminated 30, 60 and 210 litre drums. To avoid having to dispose of them as hazardous waste, it is necessary to rinse them and ensure that they are adequately drained.

Traditionally this is done by swilling them out with water and turning them upside down to drain. This has to be done several times which is messy and potentially hazardous. Furthermore, many types of drum cannot be drained by turning them upside down.

Rockwell Hitec Drum Wash tackles this in a different way. The drum is placed on a base which tilts it from the vertical and the Drum Wash actuator is inserted. This consists of a spray nozzle and a suction tube which passes to the lowest point of the drum The actuator is connected by flexible hoses to a pump, a water valve and a control unit.

On pressing the start button, the inside of the drum is alternatively sprayed with a small quantity of water and drained by sucking out the liquid. This is repeated several times until the drum is sufficiently clean to be treated as "non-hazardous waste" for both transport and disposal purposes.

A sensor detects when the drum is empty and switches off the pump. If any part of the cycle is not completed within a preset time (lack of water or other failure) the equipment cuts out and gives a warning. Thus completion of the cycle indicates a correctly-rinsed drum.

Drum Wash can use wash water overflow from a processor (to reduce total effluent volume and the loading on water-treatment plant) or fresh water. Drum Wash allows for two rinse volumes, switch-selectable, one for drums of up to 60 litres capacity and a larger volume for drums up to 210 litres.

A 60 litre drum can be rinsed with 2-3 litres of water.

Services:

Power: 110 or 220//240 volt 50/60 Hz 50 VA

Water: 3 litres/minute intermittent 3.5...8 Bar (50...120 psi), 3/4" BSP male connection

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