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SCRUPRESS: APPLICATION IN WINERY


                                                      IRRIGATION

         DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES FOR AN EFFICIENT


           SLUDGE HANDLING PROCESS IN WASTEWATER


        LOGO TEKNOFANGHI                                                       SCRUFILTER FILTRATE: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INLET AND OUTLET
                                              Kickstarting their journey in 1987, Te-
                                            knofanghi used its bag dewatering system
                                            for treating sludge in small plants, such
                                            as WWTPs, resorts, and industrial plants;
                                            the heart of the dewatering system is the
                                            unique filter bag. The second-best known
                                            machine is the MONOBELT®, a compact
                                            combination of two distinct and integrat-

                                            ed units: a pre-thickener and a belt press.
          Graziano Lagreca, the founder of Te-  Teknofanghi’s SCRUDRAIN® is the dynam-
        knofanghi, identified a significant loop-  ic thickener with an internal Archimedean
                                                                                  SCRUFILTER FILTRATE: DIFFERENCE
                                            SCRUFILTER FILTRATE: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INLET AND OUTLET
        hole in wastewater treatment processes,  screw that can be installed upstream of   HEADQUARTER
        where sludge disposal was still ignored as  any other sludge dewatering machine;   BETWEEN INLET AND OUTLET
        a problem. Despite focusing on efficient  it is a simple and inexpensive solution to  that the tertiary treatment, like microfiltra-
        ways to treat effluents, Wastewater Treat-  sludge thickening. Teknofanghi also added  tion, will have an enormous development
        ment  Plants (WWTPs) underestimate  its latest sludge dewatering machine called  ... and we are ready for this with a simple,
        the importance of sludge disposal and its  SCRUPRESS®, a screw press with a wedge  compact and suitable solution for all small
        wide-ranging impact on the environment  wire drum and an internal screw for drain-  and medium-sized plants “.
        and the economy. This cause motivated  age, thickening, and dewatering of sludge.
                                                                                 An example about the application of the
        Mr. Lagreca to start a project of devel-  Moreover, Teknofanghi uses manual or  SCRUFILTER®: one of our customers in

        oping technologies for an efficient sludge   automatic POLYDILUTION® to optimize the  French Polynesia a couple of years ago had
        handling process.                   sludge dewatering process to prepare the  to face a major problem of water shortage


          With years of experience and technical  necessary polyelectrolyte.    in his farm. In this case, our SCRUFILTER®
                                            HEADQUARTER
        competence, Teknofanghi gave birth 35                                   microfiltration system made it possible to
        years ago to its first patented TEKNO-                                  treat the production and processing water,
        BAG-DRAIMAD®, the best-in-class bag                                     reusing the filtrate and significantly reduc-
        dewatering system on the market. This                                   ing consumption.
        led to the emergence of other technolo-                                  With the utmost attention to reducing
        gies and innovative machines for sludge                                 environmental impact, all Teknofanghi’s
        handling and wastewater microfiltration.                                machines are easy to manage and maintain,
        Teknofanghi assures a constant presence                                 thus lowering investments and costs for
        in clients’ operation centers, from consul-   HEADQUARTER               customers. The SCRUPRESS® decreases
        tation to after-sales services. Teknofang-  Finally, Teknofanghi has its continuous  washing water consumption and the SCRU-
        hi helps municipal and industrial WWTPs   microfiltration system, the SCRUFILTER®.  FILTER® reuses filtered water for washing,
        efficiently dewater the sludge, thereby   It is a microfiltration system with a filtering  respectively.
        reducing sludge volume and the pressure   drum divided into panels and an internal
        SCRUFILTER: INSTALLATIONS                                                For more than 35 years, Teknofanghi,
        on the disposal plants.             open screw which reduces the concen-
        SCRUFILTER: INSTALLATIONS                                               with its technological trailblazers, has been
                                            tration of suspended solids present in the   working to develop solutions that are re-
                                            water, thereby lowering the presence of   vamping sludge and wastewater treatment
                                            chemical compounds like COD, BOD5, and   processes and supporting its customers to
                                            phosphates, nitrates, and more. “Tekno-  meet their specific needs.
                                                                       SCRUPRESS: APPLICATION IN WINERY
                                            fanghi, apart from thickening and dewa-
                                            tering sludge, thanks to its microfiltration
                                            system SCRUFILTER®, also helps to recover
                                            precious resources such as the filtrate that

                                            can be recirculated in plants and treated for

                                            possible reuse,” mentions Eleonora Giup-
                                            poni, Sales engineer of Teknofanghi. “In a
                                            period in which water scarcity is becoming
                                            increasingly serious as a problem, great
                                            attention must be paid to the use made
                                            of water, including wastewater. For exam-
                                            ple, the law UE 741/2020 will soon come
                                            into force in Europe requiring the reuse
                                            of wastewater for irrigation/sub-irrigation   SCRUPRESS: APPLICATION IN

             SCRUFILTER: INSTALLATIONS      and agricultural use. From this it follows
                                                                       LOGO TEKNOFANGHI      WINERY
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