Melt Facility
Melt Facility
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My Friends,
I wish to provide a plant with a faclity to melt solid paraffin wax (need approx 180F) which is recovered from various plant operations. The heating medium should be steam (coil or jacket). I would like a facility which could easily process spill sized quantities (5 or 6 drums). The melted wax would be recovered back into the process.
I think such equipment might be comercially available. Are there any recommendations of suppliers?
best wishes,
sshep
I wish to provide a plant with a faclity to melt solid paraffin wax (need approx 180F) which is recovered from various plant operations. The heating medium should be steam (coil or jacket). I would like a facility which could easily process spill sized quantities (5 or 6 drums). The melted wax would be recovered back into the process.
I think such equipment might be comercially available. Are there any recommendations of suppliers?
best wishes,
sshep





RE: Melt Facility
There are heated screw mixers which can also do the job but we had irregular chunks and got feeder blockages.
RE: Melt Facility
RE: Melt Facility
I have been on holiday and now back, but advice on the design of a good melt facility is still appreciated.
In answer to your query about dirt and debris, this is upstream raw wax, far from the final use, and the scale is such that some dirt and debris is not a big deal. My experience with one of our other melt facilities for solid alcohols, we pump it through filters (pump suction strainer, pump, filter) and then to a slop tank to blend back into the process. That facility was an after-thought but pretty good, but this time we want to make it even better.
Any advice is still appreciated.
best wishes,
sshep
RE: Melt Facility
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