Sewage sludge turner

Application Description:

• Plant: Sewage sludge turner
• Customer requirements:
• Fail-safe power and energy supply
• Long travels
• Solution from igus: Series 3500

The automated plant in Bahr-El-Baquar processes a total of 475,000 t of sludge at 4,000 operating hours per year. This makes the project one of the largest sludges drying projects worldwide. In order to be able to guide the cables of the plant safely over long travel distances even under heat, moisture and dirt, appropriate cable carrier systems were sought. In order to be able to guide the cables of the plant safely over long travel distances even under heat, moisture and dirt, appropriate cable carrier systems were sought.

For a fail-safe power and energy supply of the automatic plant, igus Energy Chains Series 3500 with chainflex cables are used in 128 units in a steel trough with a travel distance of 100 meters.