SNP WATERINFRA PVT LTD.

Sludge Dewatering Screw Press Installation, Operation and

Maintenance Manual
 Preface

Thank you for using our Multi-disk screw press SNP series. Its multi-disk screw
filter-pressing structure is both water & power saving and durable. As the
precedent of low concentration sludge dewatering equipmentt, reducing the costs
for design, construction, running and maintenance, multi-disk screw press is a new
kind of sludge dewatering machine with high efficiency.
Please read the operation instruction & related documents carefully to maximum
its superior performance before usage.

Contents
SAFETY INFORMATION ............................................... 3
◆ WARNINGS & MARKS IN OPERATION INSTRUCTION.............................................................. 3

◆ SAFE USE ...................................................................................................................... 4

◆ ABOUT SAFETY MARK ...................................................................................................... 5

MATTERS TO BE CONFIRMED FOR ACCEPTANCE ........ 7

PRODUCT PROFILE ...................................................... 8
◆ DEWATERING MACHINE WORKING PRINCIPLES ................................................................... 8

◆ WORKFLOW OF DEWATERING MACHINE ............................................................................... 8

◆ WORKFLOW ................................................................................................................... 9

HANDLING ・SETTINGS ............................................ 10

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 ◆ WORKING ENVIRONMENT............................................................................................... 10

◆ HANDLING・SETTING .................................................................................................... 10

◆ POWER SUPPLY WIRING ................................................................................................ 12

◆ EXTERNAL POWER WIRING ............................................................................................ 13

◆ VALVES ....................................................................................................................... 14

◆ END PLATE ................................................................................................................... 14

RUNNING .................................................................. 16
◆ CHECK BEFORE RUNNING ................................................................................................ 16

◆ RUNNING SETTING ........................................................................................................ 18

◆ RUNNING .................................................................................................................... 19

OPERATION ADJUSTMENT ........................................ 19

◆ ABOUT OPERATION ADJUSTMENT ..................................................................................... 20

MAINTENANCE ・INSPECTION ................................. 21

◆ INSPECTION & TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................................................. 21

◆ PRECAUTIONS FOR LONG-TERM SHUTDOWN ....................................................................... 24

FAILURE OR NOT ....................................................... 24

◆ CONFIRMATION BEFORE CONSULTING ............................................................................... 24

ABOUT WEARING PARTS ........................................... 30

Safety Information
◆ Warnings & Marks in Operation instruction
According to security issue, matters which must be abided by are marked in WARNING and ATTENTION
as precaution.

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 WARNING
△！ May cause danger, serious injury or even death by faulty operation.

ATTENTION
△！ May cause danger, bad personal injury or goods damage by faulty
operation.

※ Matters marked in ATTENTION should cause serious injury or death, needs to be reconfirmed about
details before usage.

◆ Safe Use
Please abide by the following instructions and warnings, it may cause equipment damage or performance
weakening by misuse.

WARNING
△！

●Please do not use under explosive environment.

It may cause explosion, fire, electric shock, or equipment damage.

●Professional staff are required during transportation, setting, connection, installation, operation,

maintenance and inspection.

It may cause fire hazard by electric shock or equipment damage.

●Cut down the power before wiring

It may cause electric shock.

●Don’t disassemble or transform the elements of the equipment.

It may cause electric shock or equipment damage.

●Don’t touch the equipment with wet hand.

It may cause electric shock.

●Operations involved with WARNING & ATTENTION should be executed when power off.

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 ATTENTION
△！

● Please operate within the scope of application and choose right chemicals and support equipment.
It may cause electric shock and equipment damage.
●Please operate within the treatment capacity of the equipment. (Treatment capacity, water content etc.)
It may cause overload of equipments & unusual wear of wearing parts.
● Please don’t use for the dewatering of sludge with high chloride as seawater, sludge with salt.etc.
It may cause corrosion of stainless steel and equipment breakage, as per the specific high chloride content sludge
dewatering (caused by inflow change or treatment method changes), please contact us or our agent.
● Please do not use chemicals which its main ingredients are chloride (Fecl2, AlCl)
It may cause corrosion of stainless steel and equipment breakage by using chemicals of high chloride content, as per
the specific high chloride content sludge dewatering (caused by inflow change or treatment method changes),
please contact us or our agent.
● Please do not put your hands or tools in the open end. It may cause pe rsonal injury or equipment damage.
● Equipment running is not allowed when the spray proof cover is open.
As the sludge or chemicals would spatter to the workers and cause injury when the spray proof cover is open,
please make sure that safety appliance is worn during cleaning or adjustment when the cover is open.
● Please do not use damaged equipment’s, may cause injury or fire accident.
● Do not take off the name board.
● We are not responsible for the maintenance of the equipment’s which are disassembled and reformed by
customers.
● The normal rotating direction of the screw is counter -clock wise direction, please do not allow clock wise rotating
without the guide of our technicians. It may cause equipment damage.

◆ About Safety Mark

There are WARNING, DANGER & INDICATE Mark in special places, please make sure you well understand its
meaning before use.

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 ①WARNING Electric shock

Do not touch electric wire or other electrical components when wiring or PLC operation in case
of electric shock.

② DANGER Roll-in injury

Please keep your hands or tools away from the hand wheel while the
machine is running in case of serious injury or even death.

③ CAUTION Wear protective glasses

Please wear protective glasses when operating with chemicals or when

opening the chemical container.

＜Positions with safety marks（SNP-25）＞

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Matters to be confirmed for acceptance
Please confirm the following issues when receiving the machine
Please contact us if there are parts missing, damage or any question.

ATTENTION
△ ！

● Please check if the product complies with the order.

Product with inconsistent configuration may cause personnel injury or machine damage.

＜Items to be checked＞

① Check if the name on the nameplate complies with the machine in the order.

② It may cause breakage during transportation.

If there’s breakage in the good when receiving from forwarder, take the

picture of damaged part and contact us before acceptance.

※Damages happened after acceptance by FOT terms is beyond our

responsibility.

③ Check if all the components are complete.

④ Check if there is T hex wrench in the side cover.

⑤ Check dosing line of ss available in flocculation tank.

⑥ Check Dummy available in bottom of screw (where hose pipe connecting from
flocculation tank) & another bottom of flocculation tank.

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Product profile
◆ Dewatering Machine Working Principles
The gaps between the fixed rings and moving rings, and the pitch
of the screw narrows down gradually from the concentration zone

Screw shaft to dewatering zone, The thickened sludge was transferred to the
dewatering zone, in this zone, the gaps between the rings and
screw pitch gradually narrow, and the end plate blocks the flow,
thereby, narrowing the volume and increasing the pressure
encourage the dewatering process.
ffixed rings

Mmoving rings

◆ Workflow of dewatering machine

1. The sludge is transported to the inlet by sludge conveyor.
2. The sludge are transported to the flocculation tank through metering tank, and adequately mixed by the
mixer.
3. After big flocs are formed, the sewage is transported to the screw press.
4. Flocs moves from the concentration zone to the dewatering zone by gravity.
5. Gaps between moving rings and fixed rings narrows, and the pressure of the end plate increases dewatering
and finally discharge the sludge cake.

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◆ Workflow

① Sludge is transported from storage tank to the gauge tank by conveyor.

② Sludge of certain volume flow to the flocculation tank through the weir, overflow parts flow back
through the liquid level adjustment pipe.

③ Sludge are mixed in the flocculation tank where the polymer coagulant is added, after stable flocs
formed, the sludge are fed into the screw press.

④ Flocs move to the dewatering zone form concentration zone by gravity.

⑤ The gaps between the moving rings and fixed rings decrease, and the end plate further compresses
sludge for dewatering.

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Handling ・Settings
◆ Working Environment

ATTENTION
△ ！
●

Please use the equipment under certain working environment, or it may cause machine failure.

■ Working Environment

Temperature scope -10℃ ～ +40℃ (frozen not allowed)

Humidity scope Maximum 90%RH (condensation not allowed)

Height altitude below 1000m

Power voltage Three-phase 400V

Water pressure 1 kg ~ 3 kg

◆ Handling・Setting

WARNNING
△ ！

● Professional staff are required for handling, setting and moving the machine.
● Only the staff with operation qualification can operate the crane.
● Please use the nylon ropes to lift the crane as per the graph.
● Please do not use forklift to move the machine in case of fell off and damage.
● Please use the nylon rope that can bear the weight of machine.
● Lift the machine slowly, always keep its balance.
● People are not allowed to stand below the hanging machine in case of falling and injury.
● The machine should be fastened to the ground by expanded screw in case of fell off and damage.
● The foundation of the equipment should be fastened to the ground to avoid falling and damage.

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 ATTENTION
△！
●

Strong vibration and fell off should be avoided during movement and setting, in case of breakage or damage.

● Keep the nylon ropes away from the stands, pipes or wiring of the spray pipe.

● When lifting the machine, do not tie nylon ropes on the screw

● When lifting the machine, please remove the side cover firstly.

● Please cover the cloth to protect the machine from scratch or deformation if the nylon ropes would touch the

screw press or tanks.

● Anti-frozen measurement should be prepared firstly.

● Please ensure enough maintaining room during setting. Without given enough maintenance space, machine

failure or personal damage may be caused.

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◆ Tubing

△ ！
ATTENTION

● Decline is not allowed in case of split of filtrate and stain the floor at the outlet of filtrate tubing.
● Anti-frozen measurement should be done to prevent damage.

◆ Power Supply Wiring

WARNING
△ ！

● Please cut the power during wiring, in case of electric shock.

● Please close the cover after wiring in case of electric shock.
● Wiring and check should be done by professional staff in case of electric shock.
● Broken wire & heavy stuff should be moved away from the wire in case of electric shock and fire
hazard.
● Please use the designated power in case of fire and breakdown of machine.
● Ground connection should be done to prevent electric shock.
● Specific terminal are required to prevent electric shock.
● Electrical insulating material should be used to prevent electric shock for wiring.

POWER SUPPLY
Phase 3

Voltage 400VAC

Frequency 50/60/60Hz

Power variation ± 10%

Permissible weekly
frequency change rate ± 1%

Permissible voltage non-

balance ratio ± 2%

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① Connect the power supply to the appointed terminal as per circuit diagram.
② Implement ground connection
③ Make clear the parts should be connected to the terminals.

④ The separate-placed flocculation tank should be connect with the screw and
control panel

◆ External Power Wiring

△ ！
WARNING

● Please cut the power during wiring, in case of electric shock.

● Please close the cover after wiring in case of electric shock.
● Wiring and check should be done by professional staff in case of electric shock.
● Broken wire & heavy stuff should be moved away from the wire in case of electric shock and fire
hazard.
● Please use the designated power in case of fire and breakdown of machine.
● Ground connection should be done to prevent electric shock.
● Specific terminal are required to prevent electric shock.
● Electrical insulating material should be used to prevent electric shock for wiring.

① The external devices including polymer coagulation dosing pump, FeSO4

dosing pump, sludge conveyor should be connected to the terminals
according to circuit diagram.
② Ground connection is required for external devices.
③ Make clear the components which should be connected to the terminals.

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◆ Transducer
Rotational speed of the screw is adjusted by the transducer.

WARNING
△ ！
●

Please do not adjust the transducer when power of machine &control of cabinet is on, it may cause electric shock,
need to operate very carefully.
● Do not operate with wet hands, it may cause electr ic shock.
● Insulating shoes and tools are required to wear before operation.

Details please refer to the transducer direction.

The adjustment process of motor rotational speed

① Check current motor rotational speed.

The LED screen will display the set motor frequency when the motor is running.
Pictures on the screen change with the switch of function key / data switching key.
(output frequency・set frequency ・output current . output . voltage . Output .

power) ② Adjust motor rotational speed.

Pictures on the screen change with the switch of function key / data switching key.
Set rotational speed by upper and down key.

◆ Valves
ATTENTION
△ ！
●

Valves should restore to the original state after using, or it will cause electric shock because of leak age.

◆ End plate
The end plate is used for adjusting the inner pressure of the screw press.

WARNING
△ ！

● Please stop running the screw press when adjusting end plate.

Tools and hands might be dragged by the screw if you adjust the machine when the screw shaft is rotating.

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 ATTENTION
△！

● If there’s nothing abnormal during daily regular inspection, please do not adjust the end plate.
● Please do not set the space of end plate below 15 mm.
The extreme big inner stress will cause overload and the wear down of moving rings, and screw shaft.
● Please do not over-screw up the screw sets, it may cause worn of screws.

The adjustment of end plate

T hex wrench

Screw

① Please switch off the running switch and the screw is totally stop, then open the upper
cover of discharge outlet.
② When the screw turns to the upper side and stops, unscrewing the screw.
③ Unscrew the screw with the matching T type hex wrench, adjusting the position of the
end plate.
④ Fix the end plate with screws when the position is fixed
Running
◆ Check before running
Check inner tubing
① Check if the connector between inner tubes & external pipes is loose.
② Open the valve of water supply to check for leakage.
③ Check if valves are in the state below

name state

ball valve in the flocculation tank close

Check if there’s foreign object in

Check if there’s foreign object such as packing material in the gauge tank and flocculation tank.

Check the wiring of power supply

△ ！ WARNING

● The check of power supply wiring should be done by professional technicians in case of electric shock.
● External terminals should be tightened up in case of fire disaster.

① Check if the main power and PLC power is cut off.

② Turn on the switch of main power.
③ Measure the terminal pressure of control cabinet by multi-meter, check if it complies with the specification.
④ Check if the electric power light in the control cabinet is on.
⑤ Turn on the operating power, control loop power, spray washing power in the control cabinet.

Check the rotating direction of motor

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 WARNING
△ ！
●

Wiring and checking should be done by professional technicians in case of electric shock.

① DO check if the phase wiring of power supply is correct after wiring.

② Turn off the running switch in the control cabinet.

③ Turn on the running switch of screw shaft and flocculation mixer, check the
rotating direction. The correct direction should be
It should be counter clockwise rotation direction when observing from the
discharge outlet side.
It should be clockwise rotation direction when observing from the upper side.
④ If the motor reverses, please exchange the terminals in Phase1 A and Phase
3 C, cut off the main power and power in the control cabinet.
◆Running setting
Inlet setting of the sludge conveyor
Set proper sludge inlet for treatment capacity of the machine.
And the response time about 15 minutes’ should also be added into consideration.

Spray Running time setting

Stop Running

Initialization 30~60 10~15

Seconds seconds

■ Screw shaft rotating speed setting

Confirm the state of the sludge cake; adjust the rotating speed of screw shaft through transducer.
The transducer can be adjusted within 60 % ~ 100 % (31Hz ~ 52 Hz) .

※ Unless there’s abnormal phenomena, do not adjust after debugging.

Initialization 52 Hz

■ Water content of the sludge

The adjustment of water content and treatment capacity is achieved by the end plate and screw shaft
transducer.
① The gap setting of end plate reduce water content・・・decrease the gap of end plate to increase the

inner pressure and thus lower water content.

※ Do not adjust the space of end plate under 15 mm.

The extreme big inner stress will cause overload and the wear down of moving rings, and screw shaft.

② The transducer of screw shaft

Reduce water content · · · turn down the frequency converter, rotation speed of the screw shaft slows down,
throughput will decrease accordingly. Thus the dewatering time of sludge will be lengthened, and the water
content will be lower.
Increase water content· · · turn up the frequency converter, rotation speed of the screw increases,
throughput will increase accordingly. Thus the dewatering time of sludge will be shortened, and the water
content will be higher.

※ Other parts of the machine should also be adjusted accordingly once the speed of the screw shaft is

changed

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◆ Running
In the formal operation, please make sure the machine and switch in the right
installation position

① Check if there’s polymer coagulants in the dosing unit and if the dosing unit
works well.
② Switch off all the running switches in the control cabinet.
③ Turn on the spray switch firstly before running, to moist the screw shaft and disks.
④ Make sure the dosing unit works well and then turn on the dosing pump
⑤ Turn on the sludge pump.

⑥ Check the flocculation effect, the ideal flocs diameter is around 8-15mm
Adjust the dosing pump to achieve good flocs.

＜ Ideal flocs＞

⑦ Flocs flows into the screw press and discharged from the outlet as sludge cake
The inner pressure of the screw body increases by the influent of sludge, it takes about 60
minutes to form sludge cakes.

Don’t blank run the machine. It will shorten the life span of machine.

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Operation adjustment

WARNING
△ ！
●

Do not touch the inner parts of control cabinet with wet hands in case of electric shock.
● Please well insulation shoes while operating in case of electric shock.
● Adjust the transducer in Cut-Off Condition in case of electric shock.
● Please Stop the machine then adjust the end-plate. In case of hands or tools involved in.

◆ About operation adjustment

When the first adjustment is done, no other adjustment needs to be done other than chemical supplement.
Please check the remaining content of chemical at regular intervals.
The shape of sludge will change greatly when the sludge concentration is changing rapidly (above ± 10％). Please adjust

sludge inlet content and the water content of dewatered cakes and treatment capacity.

The adjustment when the sludge concentration is changing

If the sludge concentration is changing, it might influent the treatment capacity. Please adjust according to following method.
・ To increase the treatment capacity, please increase the rotation speed of the drive motor of the screw shaft, and increase
sludge inlet content.
・ To reduce the treatment capacity, please reduce the rotation speed of the drive motor of the screw shaft, and reduce
sludge inlet content.
※ If only increase treatment capacity without adjusting the gap of end plate, it might result in sludge overload in the machine
body. Under such situation, it will not only cause electrode overload, but also increase the wear and tear of moving rings,
screw shafts, etc.

The adjustment when the sludge water content is high

The decrease of sludge concentration will cause the decrease of solid dosage, which will result in the increase of water
content. Because of the decrease of solid dosage, the pressure inside the screw press will decrease accordingly, which will
reduce the dewatering performance as well.
Under following conditions, sludge inlet should be increased; therefore solid dosage is also increased.
·The water content of dewatered sludge and machine treatment capacity is not stable.
·Sludge content supplied to the screw press is not stable.
·Pump stops working because substance mixed on the electrode.
·If the pump is often working intermittently, its service life will be shortened.
The wear and tear of wearing parts will result in the insufficiency of the machine’s performance.
In case the adjustment doesn’t solve the treatment capacity decrease and water content increase problem, please contact us
or our agent.
Maintenance ・Inspection

WARNING
△ ！
●

Make sure the power is off while cleaning the main part of th e screw press
To prevent roll-in injuries

ATTENTION
△ ！
●

The machine is shut longer than 1 week (easy dry sludge for 2-3 days), please ensure that the sludge in the main
body is emptied
If the sludge stay in the main body of the fold the screw with the machine shut down for 1 week (easy dry sludge for
2-3 days), the machine will be damaged by the dried sludge when it is restarted to working.

◆Inspection & Troubleshooting

Manual includes daily inspection and periodic inspection forms. Please make the rational use of them. In
addition, when abnormal conditions occur to the motor, pump, inverter, etc. please look up to the relevant
manual.

Daily inspection items

Inspecti
on result
Inspection point Inspection Item

normal operation □

Motor abnormal noise □

vibration □

appropriate clearance □
End plate
large variation of the moisture content of dewatered cake □

Main body abnormal Filtrate solids content □

Metering tank sludge piled around the return pipe and the weir □

Flocculation mixing tank sludge piled around the advection tube and electrode sludge □

suitable flocs formed □

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Regular inspection items
Inspecti
on
Inspection point Inspection Item result

Electric control cabinet indication lights normally shine □

abnormal heating □

Motor leakage phenomenon □

current value similar with the usual one □

Timer operating according to the set value □

operating according to the set value □

Inverter abnormal heating □

display and LED normally shine □

moving ring in motion □

Main body
considerable filtrate leaks from the gaps between the rings □

in operation □

Solenoid valve able to switch normally □

leaking □

Screw ・ Nut loose □

loose □
Pipe・ Valve
ruptured or damaged □

Abnormal case handling

Abnormal
parts Abnormal content Possible cause solution

Electric control
cabinet lights not on the bulbs exceed the service life change the bulbs

overload contact us or our agents

out of operation motor itself Fault replace the motor

poor contact check the line

overload reduce the load

abnormal heating motor Fault replace the motor

voltage is too high (low) check the voltage

Motor motor fault change the motor

abnormal noise remove the foreign body or replace the

foreign object mixed in the impeller motor

loose screws tighten the screws by hand only

vibration
motor Fault replace the motor

oil leakage motor Fault replace the motor

out of operation poor contact check the line

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 do not run in accordance with the
timer failure replace the timer
Timer set value

do not run in accordance with the

wrong set method refer to the inverter manual
set value

frequent start and stop refer to the inverter manual

abnormal heating
voltage too high (low) refer to the inverter manual
Inverter
fixed screws loose tighten the screws
vibration
inverter failure replace the inverter

poor contact check the line

display and LED lights not on
inverter failure replace the inverter

do not adjusted to an appropriate adjusted to a suitable gap and tighten

gap backpressure board screws loose the screws by hand only
Back pressure large variation of the moisture
plate sludge altered properties refer to the manual
content of dewatered cake

moving ring fixed moving rings worn contact the company or the agents

suitable flocs not formed refer to the manual

reduce the mud into the level regulator

too much sludge gets in tube
much leakage around the filter seam
screw shaft rotational speed too
Main body tune fast screw shaft rotational speed
low

suitable flocs not formed refer to the manual

the filtrate containing solid rate is too much sludge gets in reduce the mud by adjusting the level

too high screw shaft rotational speed too

low tune fast screw shaft rotational speed

wiring adverse check the line

Solenoid valve out of operation foreign object mixed in remove the foreign body

valve closed open the path

foreign object mixed in remove the foreign body

can not completely switch

solenoid valve failure replace the solenoid valve

Leakage foreign object mixed in remove the foreign object

Flocculation sludge accumulation in the

mixing tank stratosphere tube or electrode － remove accumulated sludge

Screw・Nut loose － tighten by hand only

loose － tighten

Pipe・Valve
ruptured or damaged － replace the breakage

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◆ Precautions for long-term shutdown
＜Shut down longer than 1 week (easy dry sludge for 2-3 days)＞
In the case when the shutdown is longer than 1 week, make sure to do the following operations to protect the
machine:
① In order to prevent the sludge in the tank from rotting, dried, the sludge of the flocculation mixing tank

should be drained from the cleaning outlet, and the tank should be washed with water.
※To drain away the sludge from the mixing tank, the stirrer should be kept under stirring condition, and the

spherical valve below the mixing tank should be opened. Thus sludge can be smoothly drained form the tank.
② Open the backpressure board to the maximum, and let the helical axis hand within the main body manually
run one hour. Clean properly with water after the sludge within the main body all discharged.
③ Turn off the power of the control cabinet.

＜Shut down longer than3 months＞

If in the case of more than 3 months shutdown, besides the completion of the above-mentioned
“shutdown longer than 1 week (easy dry sludge for 2-3 days)", the following work should also be carried
out.
① In order to prevent the port of the control cabinet from rusty, the control cabinet door should be closed;
smooth indoor air should be ensured.
② In order to prevent the electromagnetic relay inside the control cabinet from rust, it is required to run the

machine manually every 3 months.

Failure or not
When the malfunction indicator of the control cabinet on, please reconfirm the following proceedings before going
to consult ask to be repaired.

◆ Confirmation before consulting

Please reconfirm the following proceedings before going to consult ask to be repaired. After confirmation, if the
machine can not operate normally, please contact the company.

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＜Recurrent questions＞

Cannot operate automatically

If it’s already set to run automatically, and run under automatic mode, but the machine cannot run automatically,
please confirm the following:
・ Is there anything abnormal with the dosing device and sludge storage tanks?
・ Is the thermal overload disconnected?
・ Is the power cord connection off?

※ Under nonstandard production circumstances, there may not be fully carried out according to the above-
described steps.
After the implementation of the above-described method, the situation is still not solved; a more detailed
confirmation should be carried out.
① Before the inspection, ensure all switches be transferred to the "off" position. And also check to see if the
state of the valve is normal
② When the main power of the machine is turned on, the power indicator will light up, and the inverter LED
screen will also light up
When the lights and the screen do not light up, it may be caused by no power to support the machine, the life of
indicator exceeded or the failure of the inverter. Therefore, before the exchange or wiring job, be sure to cut off
the power, and ask the professional technician to operate.
③ When the power of the machine control cabinet is on, the fault indicator is not lit.
When the fault indicator is lit, there may be the following causes.
・ The screw shaft of the drive motor overloaded.
・ Polymer flocculent dosing pump overloaded.
・ Sludge transfer pump overloaded.
・ The transducer of the screw shaft drive motor fails.
If you want to recover, please rule out the cause of the failure, and lift the open circuit error.
④ Do not let the sludge level of the storage pools be below the minimum level.

⑤ If the sludge liquid level is below the minimum level, please cut off the main power and operating power.
Check to see if the liquid level of the sludge storage pool is in the normal position before starting dewatering
machine.
⑥ Before the exchange or wiring job, be sure to cut off the power, and ask the professional technician to
operate.
After the completion of the above mentioned methods, the machine can be started to run automatically. If the
machine can not operate normally, please contact the company.

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Dewatered cake cannot be discharged
① Is there, in the flocculation mixing tank, sludge flowing into screw press body?
Check pipeline connecting the flocculation mixing tank and the main body of the screw press is blocked or not.
② Is the size of the flocs in the flocculation mixing tank inappropriate?
When flocs cannot be formed or fully formed, the solid material will leak from the gap of the main body, which
will lead to the decrease of the solid material recycle rate, dewatered cake discharge content, even no cake
discharge.
Please make adjustments so that the sludge can form suitable flocs.
③ Is the gap of back pressure plate appropriate?
When the gap of the backpressure plate is 0mm (fully closed), the cake cannot be discharged from the discharge
outlet.
Please set appropriate value of the back pressure plate gap.
④ Is the screw shaft drive motor operating normally?
Please check if the helix axis drive motor is under normal operation.
If the motor does not run normally, it may be due to motor failure. Please stop the operation of the machine
immediately, and consult our company or local agents.
⑤ Is the rotation direction of the screw shaft drive motor correct?
While exchanging the main body of the screw press, if there’s a wiring error of the screw shaft drive motor, it will
cause the motor reversal.
When it’s under reversal condition, sludge cannot be discharged, and it may result in damage to the machine.
Thus if the motor is under reversal condition, please cut off the power and check the wiring condition.

Spray without water

① Is valve closed?
Check if all water supply pipeline valves are open.
② Does the spray header have garbage clogging?
Take down the spray header, remove the garbage inside.
③ Check if the timer of the spray is closed.
④ Is solenoid valve used in the spray working normally?
Check if the solenoid valve used in the spray is working normally.
If it can’t run normally, may be caused by the failure of the solenoid valve, please contact the
company.

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Water ratio of dewatered sludge cake is too high (the case of forming small flocs)
① Is sludge concentration too dense or not?
When sludge concentration is getting lower, the proportion between the solid substance and chemical dosage is
becoming imbalanced, which cannot form suitable flocs. At this time, reducing the amount of sludge inputs
combined with the processing power of the machine to reduce the amount of solid material inputs.
② Is the PH value of the sludge appropriate?
If the PH value is inappropriate, it may cause that the polymer coagulant can’t work completely.
First check the applicable ranges of PH value of the used polymer coagulant, and then adjust the PH value of the
sludge to an appropriate value.
In addition, the used drugs will reduce the pH value of the sludge, which will cause the polymer flocculants can’t
work completely. In this case, to minimize, as much as possible, the use of drugs which can reduce the PH value
of the sludge.
③ Whether the concentration of the polymer coagulant liquid medicine is changed or not?
Once the concentration of the polymer coagulant solution changes, the balance between the solid material in the
sludge and the chemical dosage rate will be destroyed, which will cause that it cannot form suitable flocs.
When infuse chemicals manually, please confirm the dosage of polymer coagulant and dosage of the dilution
water.
When use the automatic drug machine, please confirm that the setting value and dosage are the same.
④ Is the polymer coagulant outflow appropriate?
Please stop the machine from running; remove all the sludge from the flocculation mixing tank.
In the manual operating mode, open the polymer coagulant dosing pump, and check whether the pump discharge
rate is in accordance with its performance curve. Check the results obtained, if its discharge rate is low, or even
zero, please check the following items.
・ Whether the pipeline is blocked.
・ Whether there’s chemical in the dosing tank.
・ Whether the fragile parts of the Pump are damaged.
⑤ Whether the level adjustment pipe in measuring tank and weir are attached by trash around?
If the level adjustment pipe and weir are attached by trash around, it will affect the sludge reflux. The proportion
between the solid material in the sludge and the chemical dosage rate will becoming imbalanced, which will cause
that it cannot form appropriate flocs. In this occasion, please clean the level adjustment pipe.
※ If after implementing above ① ~ ⑤still cannot solve the problem, please select different polymer
coagulant.
Please contact our company, our agent, or companies selling polymer coagulant.

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Water ratio of dewatered sludge cake is too high (the case of forming big flocs)
① Is sludge concentration becoming lower?

When sludge concentration is getting lower, the proportion between the solid substance of the sludge
and the amount of chemical dosage will be imbalanced, which cannot form suitable alum. At this time,
increasing the amount of mud inputs combined with the processing power of the machine to increase
the amount of solid material inputs.
② Whether the concentration of the polymer coagulant solution is changed or not?

Once the concentration of the polymer coagulant solution changes, the balance between the solid
material in the sludge and the chemical dosage rate will be destroyed, which will cause that it cannot
form appropriate flocs .
When infuse drug manually, please confirm the dosage of polymer coagulant and dosage of the dilution
water.
When use the automatic dosing device, please confirm the setting value and dosage are the same.
If dosing the polymer coagulant too much, the following problems may occur.
Until the flocs have been adjusted to appropriate state, check if the following problems have been
improved.
・ Is the advection tube is accumulated around with highly viscous sludge?
・ Is there highly viscous sludge in the gap of the rings of the screw press body?
・ Is the filtration function of the screw press body is good?
・ Is the filtrate viscous?
・ If the water content of dewatered sludge cake decreases, is the load of motor (current value) also
high?
③ Whether the weir in measuring tank is attached by trash around?
When the weir is attached by trash around, the amount of sludge into the flocculation mixing tank will
decrease. The proportion between the solid material in the sludge and the chemical dosage rate will
becoming imbalanced, which will cause that it form big alum flower. At this occasion, please clean the
weir.
※ If after implementing above ①～③still cannot solve the problem , please select different polymer
coagulant.
Please contact our company, Company's proxy point, or sales company about polymer coagulant.

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Sludge cake and stainless steel wire are discharged together from the outlet of
sludge cake.
Moving rings will discharge stainless steel wire during wear process.

① The mechanical structure of the machine, sometimes may cause stripping of “burr” on the moving ring,
The degree shown in the photograph below has no effect on the structure and performance of the machine.

② In order At the early wear period, moving rings to pursue Moving rings are worn slantingly, peel low
are extruded by propeller shaft, edge off wire-like
moisture deformation content, and

<The wear process of moving ring>

Moving ring
make sure that machine can run beyond the handing ability. As shown in the below photos, if discharge a
coarse wire - like stainless steel sheet, which indicates that the pressure in the stacked spiral body is too
large, the friction between the moving ring and the screw shaft is too strong. The machine has been in a
high-load operation, which can exacerbate the wear of fragile goods, and so if this kind of case happens,
please make some appropriate adjustments.

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 About wearing parts
In the process of using machine, some parts will be worn, after certain periods, it is necessary to replace
some components.
Here we declare in advance, even within the warranty period, the replacement of fragile parts is charged.

△！ ATTENTION

● Because the concentration of sludge changes, the water content of the sludge cake and handling capacity of the
sludge will change considerably, which will cause the machine to exceed its capacity range. Normal processing is to
readjust the machine.
● If the machine runs in a state of overload for a long time, the main body might be clogged with sludge, and screw
shaft drive motor overload, the fragile parts (moving ring, screw shaft) worn abnormally.

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