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We sidestream all of our FV, brite and whirlpool solids (as best we can) and have a septic truck vacuum them out weekly. We've just been informed of a substantial increase in the cost per hour for this service, so I'd like to help make it as easy as possible for them to handle. The problem is that over the course of a week, the solids collect on the bottom of the totes making them difficult to remove without training a laser-like stream of water to them while vacuuming. This is a huge time consumer and at $300/hr. I want to make this process as easy as possible.

I've started looking into tote mixers and I'd like to know if anyone out there has a recommended make and model for just this sort of material, preferably single-phase power. Lots of hops. Lots of yeast. It turns to silty, sticky mud and accumulates on the tote bottoms over time unless a lot of effort is used to remove it weekly. It would be great to find a way to get a dozen totes vacuumed out in 90 minutes or less. I figure if we rouse the material once or twice before the service day it will be a lot easier to handle.

I appreciate any recommendations.

Thank you.

--dave

Hey Dave,

Several years ago I specified an air mixer for a waste tank used for a mixture of adhesive and water.  These things work extremely well and don't consume much air.  You should be able to header these together to use a single controller on multiple totes.  Check out this link.

Cheers,

Ashton

We sidestream all of our FV, brite and whirlpool solids (as best we can) and have a septic truck vacuum them out weekly. We've just been informed of a substantial increase in the cost per hour for this service, so I'd like to help make it as easy as possible for them to handle. The problem is that over the course of a week, the solids collect on the bottom of the totes making them difficult to remove without training a laser-like stream of water to them while vacuuming. This is a huge time consumer and at $300/hr. I want to make this process as easy as possible.

I've started looking into tote mixers and I'd like to know if anyone out there has a recommended make and model for just this sort of material, preferably single-phase power. Lots of hops. Lots of yeast. It turns to silty, sticky mud and accumulates on the tote bottoms over time unless a lot of effort is used to remove it weekly. It would be great to find a way to get a dozen totes vacuumed out in 90 minutes or less. I figure if we rouse the material once or twice before the service day it will be a lot easier to handle.

I appreciate any recommendations.

Thank you.

--dave

We sidestream all of our FV, brite and whirlpool solids (as best we can) and have a septic truck vacuum them out weekly. We've just been informed of a substantial increase in the cost per hour for this service, so I'd like to help make it as easy as possible for them to handle. The problem is that over the course of a week, the solids collect on the bottom of the totes making them difficult to remove without training a laser-like stream of water to them while vacuuming. This is a huge time consumer and at $300/hr. I want to make this process as easy as possible.

I've started looking into tote mixers and I'd like to know if anyone out there has a recommended make and model for just this sort of material, preferably single-phase power. Lots of hops. Lots of yeast. It turns to silty, sticky mud and accumulates on the tote bottoms over time unless a lot of effort is used to remove it weekly. It would be great to find a way to get a dozen totes vacuumed out in 90 minutes or less. I figure if we rouse the material once or twice before the service day it will be a lot easier to handle.

I appreciate any recommendations.

Thank you.

--dave

We sidestream all of our FV, brite and whirlpool solids (as best we can) and have a septic truck vacuum them out weekly. We've just been informed of a substantial increase in the cost per hour for this service, so I'd like to help make it as easy as possible for them to handle. The problem is that over the course of a week, the solids collect on the bottom of the totes making them difficult to remove without training a laser-like stream of water to them while vacuuming. This is a huge time consumer and at $300/hr. I want to make this process as easy as possible.

I've started looking into tote mixers and I'd like to know if anyone out there has a recommended make and model for just this sort of material, preferably single-phase power. Lots of hops. Lots of yeast. It turns to silty, sticky mud and accumulates on the tote bottoms over time unless a lot of effort is used to remove it weekly. It would be great to find a way to get a dozen totes vacuumed out in 90 minutes or less. I figure if we rouse the material once or twice before the service day it will be a lot easier to handle.

I appreciate any recommendations.

Thank you.

--dave

We sidestream all of our FV, brite and whirlpool solids (as best we can) and have a septic truck vacuum them out weekly. We've just been informed of a substantial increase in the cost per hour for this service, so I'd like to help make it as easy as possible for them to handle. The problem is that over the course of a week, the solids collect on the bottom of the totes making them difficult to remove without training a laser-like stream of water to them while vacuuming. This is a huge time consumer and at $300/hr. I want to make this process as easy as possible.

I've started looking into tote mixers and I'd like to know if anyone out there has a recommended make and model for just this sort of material, preferably single-phase power. Lots of hops. Lots of yeast. It turns to silty, sticky mud and accumulates on the tote bottoms over time unless a lot of effort is used to remove it weekly. It would be great to find a way to get a dozen totes vacuumed out in 90 minutes or less. I figure if we rouse the material once or twice before the service day it will be a lot easier to handle.

I appreciate any recommendations.

Thank you.

--dave