Farming Monthly National August 2018 | Page 30

| Muck & Slurry Greencrop Sepcom the unique separator The Sepcom Separator is already used throughout the world as a slurry separator, it has many benefits over similarly designed machines. he unique technopolymer screw is made up of easily replaceable sections, which reduces the running costs. This special screw rubs closer than the stainless steel screw, which keeps the screen clear and gives a better separation. T The Sepcom separator is also used in Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plants Another advantage of the Sepcom Separator is the diaphragm outlet, this simple device allows a back- pressure to the separated material to increase separation and this is further improved by adding a second diaphragm to the outlet. There are two models for the livestock sector with the Sepcom 45 at up to 15m3hr and the 65 up to 30m3hr at 30% solids. The Sepcom separator is also used in Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plants occasionally to prepare the material before the digester. However normally the Sepcom Separator is used to separate the digested material. In this situation the Sepcom is fitted with a special polymer screw as the temperature of the digestate can exceed 30o C, the technopolymer screws greatly reducing running costs. A special stainless steel chute is fitted to the outlet that holds the plug creating a greater back pressure, and retains the plug when the separator stops. We use an inverter to run an auto reverse rotation of the screw to help clean the screen helping to reduce the servicing time. This unit can cope with an ST of 14. We can also offer the unique Vertical range of Sepcoms which are excellent on food waste plants. With the twin vertical action it is less likely to lose the solid plug and again we use the technopolymer screws that help to keep the screens clean. At the moment, we can offer the V150 up to 10m3hr and the V200 up to 20m3hr. Greenbedding, Visscher and Sepcom have teamed up together to produce a special green bedding separator with low power cost to produce bedding between 33-36% DM. This is now worth looking into with the high costs of bedding. Greencrop also supplies a full range of pumps and shredder pumps, which are used to handle liquid based materials. The pumps, manufactured by Veneroni, are of a very high quality and low maintenance and can be used to feed slurry or digestate to the Sepcom