Gallery - Grinders: Inline mounting
Inline grinders are typically mounted in a vertical position - motor & reducer on top - but in situations where piping is tight they can be mounted sideways or even upsidedown. Here are some pictures of some installations.
The pictures in the gallery are arranged with the smallest Mini Monsters at the top, and the largest inline Macho Monsters at the bottom, with the Muffin Monsters filling in the middle.
Mini Monster
A little splattered with mud (but it is a sewage treatment plant), this little "Mini Monster" is perfect for low capacity sludge applications.
date: Jan 20th, 2007
Controller
The standard PC2200 Controller in a NEMA4X FRP wall mounting enclosure.
date: Jan 20th, 2007
Whistler Fermenter Grinder
A little inline Mini Monster at the Whistler WWTP.date: Apr 2nd, 2010
Whistler Controller
A customized PC2220 controller for the Mini Monster at Whistler.date: Apr 2nd, 2010
Mini on Coastal Celebration
Shiny! (I think all those SS valves probably cost more than the grinder itself.)
This is a Mini Monster on one of the newest vessels in the BC Ferries fleet.
date: May 17th, 2010
30004T-1204
Typical 30004T-1204 (12" cutter stack, 4" flanges).date: Sep 26th, 2009
30004T-1204
... a with close coupled valve. The flange to flange dimension on the 4, 6, or 8" flanged unit is less than 24" (60mm) so it's easy to fit into existing pipework
date: Jan 20th, 2007
Whistler Septage Grinder
A Model 30004T-1206-DI placed in front of a septage monitoring system at the Whistler WWTP.date: Apr 2nd, 2010
Upside down
This grinder is in a corrections application where the existing piping runs close to the ceiling. The solution: an upside down grinder.
date: Jan 20th, 2007
Manhole installation
Inline grinders in manholes are an alternative to open channel grinders for gravity flow. Just make sure to make the manhole big enough for both you and the grinder and have the access over the grinder to make it easy to lift out the cutter cartridge if necessary.
date: Jan 20th, 2007
Portability
A inline unit mounted by our client in a frame, complete with controller, for easy portability out to the oil fields where this unit is used with other similarly 'portable' equipment.date: Oct 10th, 2008
Skid mounted dewatering system
This huge skid is a portable dewatering system. First process step: everything goes through the Muffin Monster.date: Oct 10th, 2008
Platform
The weight of the grinder needs to be supported by pipestands or a platform under the base of the unit. In order to remove the cutter cartridge in this installation the drive (motor & reducer) is removed (4 bolts), and then the cutter cartridge is lifted into the space formerly occupied by the drive.
date: Jan 20th, 2007
Alouette WCC
Two 30004T-1208 Muffin Monster grinders with bypass piping.date: Jul 4th, 2011
SoBC
30004T grinder mounted sideways (motor sticking out to the side) on the Spirit of British Columbia.date: Oct 7th, 2010
Sideways installation
Although it is a little more difficult to remove the cutter cartridge for servicing when the grinder is mounted sideways, sometimes it is the only way to fit it into the existing structure.
date: Jan 20th, 2007
Larger Inline 30004T-2412s
A typical inline installation with two grinders and associated piping.date: Sep 26th, 2009
Inline Macho with immersible motor
At a correctional institution in Southern Alberta, this Macho Monster inline unit is equipped with an immersible motor in case the pumping station floodsdate: Sep 21st, 2009
Macho Monster 40000-3220
The biggest inline units produced to date - 20" flanges, 32" cutter stack height, capable of handling over 5000 USGPM (or more than 1100 m3/hr)
date: Jan 20th, 2007
Macho Monster 40000-3220 (single unit)
Industrial installation
date: Jan 20th, 2007