PLB & PLT Auger Presses

The PLB consists of a spiral, mechanical gear drive, U-trough housing, screen sections, cleaning shower, and a mechanical tensioning device. The PLB utilizes a shaftless spiral to transport and compact solids. The driving force is “push style” with gearbox mounted on lower end.

Solids are fed into a receiving hopper at the lower end of the PLB and the spiral draws solids along a trough section into a screening cylinder for the extraction of water. An active shower in the compaction zone screen washes the solids that are expelled through the screen. A spring tensioned gate on the end of the housing provides the back pressure to create a plug of compacted solids which is dropped into a bin.

The PLT unit incorporates a similar design and components to the PLB.  The primary differences are that the gearbox and motor are mounted at the top or exit end of the system to create a “pull style” force and that the solids plug deposits down without the use of a tension gate on the end.

Both the PLB and PLT units are mounted at an upward angle to allow filtrate and wash water to flow away.  The units can be lengthened with transport section as needed to convey the material to a desired point as needed by the installation.

Benefits

• Produces cleaner screenings by remove fecal or other soft waste from screened debris
• Reduces volume of waste through compaction
• Designed to transport solids to desired location without additional conveyors

Features

• Screening cylinder with wash area to dewater and flush screening clean
• Compaction zone or pressure gate to form a solid plug
• Transport sections as required
• Optional continuous bagging units for encapsulating discharge

Specifications

• PLB Standard units in 6, 9 and 12 inch (152, 229 and 304 mm) diameters
• PLB capacities from .75 – 5 yd³/hr (0.6 – 3.8 m³/hr) of wet solids
• PLT units from 8 to 16 inches (203 – 406 mm) in diameter
• PLT Capacities from 2 – 12 yd³/hr (1.5 – 9.2 m³/hr) of wet solids