Lamella Settlement Tanks
Siltbuster is renowned as the UK’s leading developer and largest supplier of high performance and rapidly deployable mobile Lamella Settlement Units (also known as Lamella Clarifiers or Settlement Tanks), for the effective continuous removal and storage of solids once held suspended within water – responsible for their dirty & discoloured appearance.
If used at their typical operating range under gravity alone, the units are capable of capturing 95% of mineral-based silica particles down to 18 microns in diameter; along with a small proportion of the finer sized fractions in suspension.
With over 20 years of experience in the field, backed up by a team of engineers and scientists, our Lamella Settlement Units cover a wide range of applications across numerous sectors, including; Construction, Industrial, Municipal and Mining, either as a stand-alone solution or as part of our ‘plug and play’ modular systems.
Available in a variety of sizes, all have a large treatment capacity and effective settlement area within a relatively small footprint due to the innovative and efficient utilisation of inclined lamella plates. Being fully modular in design, they can be linked in parallel together for larger flows or as part of a Siltbuster modular system, creating fully flexible solutions that can cope with great treatment variations within each application.
Main Advantages:
- Up to 20 times more efficient than conventional settlement tanks
- Large treatment capacity in a minimal site footprint
- Manufactured off-site and supplied as a complete unit
- Rapidly deployable and easy to operate
- No moving parts
- No power supply required
- Can be used with chemical dosing to improve settling rates
- Skid-mounted, lightweight and compact for ease of transportation and installation
- Robust design suitable for harsh environments
- Seamlessly links together with other Siltbuster products should multiple pollutants require processing
Available Sizes | Settlement Area | Operating Range | Dimensions | Available for Hire | Available for Sale |
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HB10 | 10m² | 1 to 10m³/hr | L:2005mm/W:983mm/H:2139mm | Tick | Tick |
HB20 | 20m² | 1 to 20m³/hr | L:2284mm/W:1479mm/H:2485mm | Tick | Tick |
HB20R | 20m² | 1 to 20m³/hr | L:2303mm/W:1490mm/H:2290mm | Tick | Tick |
HB40 | 40m² | 1 to 40m³/hr | L:2934mm/W:2140mm/H:2605mm | Tick | Tick |
HB40R | 40m² | 1 to 40m³/hr | L:2934mm/W:2140mm/H:3118mm | Tick | Tick |
HB50 | 50m² | 1 to 50m³/hr | L:3730mm/W:1545mm/H:3100mm | Tick | Tick |
HB50M | 50m² | 1 to 50m³/hr | L:3332mm/W:2455mm/H:3150mm | Tick | Tick |
HB50R | 50m² | 1 to 50m³/hr | L:3330mm/W:2455mm/H:3451mm | Tick | Tick |
HB50E | 50m² | 1 to 50m³/hr | L:3056mm/W:2030mm/H:2605mm | Tick | Tick |
FB50 | 50m² | 1 to 50m³/hr | L:3641mm/W:1440mm/H:1895mm | Tick | Tick |
HB100R | 100m² | 1 to 100m³/hr | L:4186mm/W:3375mm/H:5011mm | Cross | Tick |
HB200R | 200m² | 1 to 200m³/hr | L:4890mm/W:3385mm/H:6013mm | Cross | Tick |
HB300R | 300m² | 1 to 300m³/hr | L:6028mm/W:3480mm/H:6884mm | Cross | Tick |
View the Siltbuster lamella range Profile Drawings |
- Keys:
- HB – Hopper Bottom
- FB – Flat Bottom
- R – Internal Rake
- M – Municipal
- E – Export
Typical Applications
Construction: General Construction Activities, Earthworks Movements, Civil Engineering, Open Excavations, Topsoil Stripping, Well-point Dewatering, Culvert Cleaning, Tunnelling, Drilling, Borehole, Coffer Dams, Ground Water, Trenching
Municipal: Primary Settlement, Humus Settlement, Backwash Water, Settlement of Membrane or Filter Backwash Water (HB50M)
Industrial: Raw Water Treatment, Dissolved Metals, Mining, Vegetable and Fruit Washing, Industrial Cleaning, Food & Drinks Manufacture, Distilleries, Metals Finishing, Recycling/Leachate
For an All-In-One Solution when chemical dosing is required and space is premium, have a look at our Integrated Units
Why is Silt Management Important?
Silt, whilst technically referring to a specific fraction size (2 – 63 microns in diameter) is more often a broad ambiguous term applied to fine particles of soil carried by water giving it that muddy or dirty discoloration. The most common source of silt pollution is the result of surface water runoff, e.g. from topsoil stripped areas of construction sites. When washed off into nearby watercourses, silt pollution is highly visible and easily traceable back to the site. It can travel a long way, and whilst not instinctually harmful to us – can cause significant environmental harm including suffocating fish by blocking gills and preventing oxygen transfer and settling on riverbeds killing bottom-dwelling organisms and covering spawning grounds. There are legal limits for the concentration of suspended solids in discharged water and breaching these can result in corporate prosecution and financial penalties.
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