Technical Data: Dragout/Rinse/Reclaimer System
Dragout/Rinse/Reclaimer Systems
Years of performance in plants worldwide have proven the
exceptional capabilities of C.C. Tech Dragout/Rinse/Reclaimer
Systems. In plating facilities both large and small, they make
possible low-cost compliance with EPA, state and local
discharge regulations.
These unique, high efficiency systems provide fast payback
because, in addition to maintaining positive control of waste to
the sewer, they save substantial quantities of valuable metals,
brighteners and other chemicals by returning up to 99.99% of
dragout to the plating tank.
The two stage C.C. Tech Dragout/Rinse/Reclaimer
System consists of: (1) Plating Tank, with liquid
level controls; (2) Dragout/Rinse/Reclaimer Tank, a four
compartment counterflow type tank with control box, filter
pump and piping, liquid level control, solenoid and piping.
The operator performs the following steps: (1) Lifts the
rack from the Plating Tank, allowing the excess solution
to drain back into the tank. (2) Immerses the rack into the
dragout (first) compartment of the
Dragout/Rinse/Reclaimer (opposite end from the water
inlet solenoid valve). (3) Removes the rack from the first
compartment of the Dragout/Rinse/Reclaimer and
immerses it in the second compartment. (4) Removes the rack
from the second Compartment and immerses it in the third
compartment. (5) Removes the rack from the third
compartment and immerses it in the forth compartment.
As the solution in the Plating Tank is lost through evaporation
and adhesion to the rack, it is automatically replenished by the
solution (pumped through a filter) from the dragout
compartment. A drop in solution level in the dragout
compartment activates a solenoid valve on the inlet water supply
valve, filling all the compartments in the counterflow
Dragout/Rinse/Reclaimer to the preset level.
Data generated in a leading manufacturer's plating department graphically demonstrates the highly efficient effluent control and substantial chemical savings attainable with the Dragout/Rinse/Reclaimer System.
It should be noted in this performance profile that the concentration of nickel metal in the nickel tanks was approximately 14oz./gal., a high concentration at which few plating tanks operate. Despite this high level, the concentration of nickel metal in the last Dragout/Rinse/Reclaimer compartment (#4) never exceeded 7 mg./L. Any dragout entering a rinse tank following compartment #4, with a flow rate of 1 gpm, would result in a nickel concentration of less than 0.05 mg./L.
It can therefore be safely concluded from this data that the C.C. Tech Dragout/Rinse/Reclaimer System will meet the most stringent local, state, and Federal guidelines for plating plant effluent.
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