Solid-Liquid Separators

A separator splits slurry into a stackable solid fraction and a pumpable liquid one. That one step changes what the rest of the manure system has to handle: the liquid can be stored in less volume and spread through existing equipment, and the solids can be stacked, composted or used as bedding instead of occupying slurry storage all winter.

What decides the specification

• Throughput against daily volume
  Size on the volume your herd actually produces per day plus washdown water, not on the tank size. A separator that cannot keep up simply moves the bottleneck.
• Dry matter in and out
  Incoming dry matter varies a great deal between bedding types and washdown practices, and it changes what separation is achievable. Tell us what the slurry contains.
• Screen or press type
  Inclined screen separators handle high volumes with no moving parts in the flow; screw presses produce a drier solid. The right choice depends on what you intend to do with the solid fraction.
• What happens next
  Stacking area, composting, or bedding reuse — each sets a different target for how dry the solids need to be.

Be clear about the reason

Separation is worth doing for a specific reason: not enough slurry storage, a need for bedding, a nutrient management requirement, or spreading equipment that cannot handle solids. It is not worth doing in the abstract. Knowing which reason applies to your farm decides the machine and the target dryness, so start the enquiry there.

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