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Fletcher short retention time clarifier

Fletcher short retention time clarifier

Fletcher short retention time clarifier

Product catalog summary
Overview
The Fletcher Short Retention Time (SRT) Clarifier is designed to enhance the clarification process in sugar and bioenergy industries. It offers a cost-effective solution with a focus on reducing sugar losses and improving operational efficiency.

Key Features
  • Short Retention Time: Ensures uniform juice residence time and higher throughput.
  • Trayless Design: Facilitates improved mud settling and easy juice removal.
  • Low Operating Requirements: Minimal lime and flocculant usage.
  • Safe Operation: Automatic mud discharge and mechanical protection via inverter control.

Performance Benefits
  • Sugar Loss Reduction: Up to 65% reduction compared to conventional technologies.
  • Improved Mud Density: Enhances filter efficiency and reduces turbidity.
  • No Purity Drop: Maintains juice quality without detectable purity loss.

Design and Manufacturing
  • Local Manufacturing: Options for on-site production for fast delivery.
  • Conversion Capability: Existing multi-tray clarifiers can be converted to the trayless design.
  • Robust Construction: Built with structural steel or reinforced concrete.

Technical Specifications
  • Clarifier Diameter: Ranges from 6.7m to 14m.
  • Flash Tank Diameter: Ranges from 2.5m to 5.2m.
  • Juice Inlets: 2 to 4 tangential inlets for reduced velocity and turbulence.

Operational Advantages
  • Simple Control System: Features a planetary gearbox and inverter for flexible operation.
  • Efficient Flocculant Control: Enhances mud settling and flocculant distribution.
  • Minimal Maintenance: Designed for ease of use and low maintenance requirements.

Company Background
Fives Cail and Fives Fletcher have been industry leaders for over 200 years, providing equipment for sugar cane, beet, and refineries worldwide. The Fletcher SRT Clarifier is a testament to their commitment to innovation and efficiency in the sugar and bioenergy sectors.
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Fletcher short retention time clarifier Boost your clarification process Pay back your installation in the shortest time Convert your conventional clarifier Sugar losses reduction up to 65%* * Compared to conventional technologies Exceptional performance Safe operation • Short retention time • Uniform juice residence time throughout • Higher throughput • Mud density increased • Sucrose losses significantly reduced • Reduction of turbidity • No purity drop detectable • Robust design • Proven technology, many references worldwide • Simple trayless design • Collection and mud discharge fully automatic • echanical and electrical protection thanks to inverter control M of drive motor The most cost effective solution • Low operating requirements • Very low lime and flocculant quantities required For more than 200 years, Fives Cail and Fives Fletcher have been leaders worldwide, supplying the sugar and bioenergy industries with a range of equipments dedicated to sugar cane, beet and refineries. In 1972, Fives Fletcher launched his first short retention time clarifier. Since then, over 50 Fletcher short retention time clarifiers have been installed worldwide.. Fives Cail / Fives Fletcher offer • ocal or on-site manufacturing at the factory L (fast and inexpensive delivery) • imple conversion of multi-tray clarifiers to Fletcher trayless S design (operation and performance improved) • ossibility of keeping the existing control system (we can upgrade P existing systems) Our new generation of clarifiers combines now Fives Fletcher technology and Fives Cail expertise. With significantly reduced sugar losses and without loss of purity, the Fletcher short retention time clarifier is now an equipment of excellence in terms of clarification of juice. Driving progress

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Clarifier - Ø 10.4 m - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Fletcher SRT clarifier features Trayless design • mproved mud settling I • asy liquidation and clarified juice removal E • mall footprint S • oundation or supports in structural steel or reinforced F contrete 2 to 4 juice tangential inlets • educed juice inlet velocity R • esigned for extremely low level of turbulence D • mproved distribution of incoming juice I Scope of supply • larifier and flash tank designs C • anufacturing M • rive unit D • loc pack unit F • pecifications for piping, instrumentation S and control system • ud pump M • ptional integral...

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.