MAXON ENVIRONMENTAL EQUIPMENT
New equipment solutions are needed to help firms stabilize, solidify, and encapsulate a wide array of waste materials, economically and efficiently, and within strict regulatory guidelines. With more than 25 years of experience in innovative design of equipment used in mixing, handling, and transporting materials, Maxon Industries has the expertise to meet the diverse and specialized applications of today's waste material operations.
Maxon concentrates on working with customers to develop the right equipment and methods for specialized applications or unique operating conditions - from portable mixers to in-plant systems. Our line of environmental equipment includes:
Fixation equipment for liquid, sludge and solid applications.
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The 2 yard Maxon Mini-Maxcrete can save time and labor costs by processing 85,000 gallons of waste streams per month in a single shift, with a single operator.
Port Washington, WI: This is a new transfer and storage disposal facility
which consolidates and solidifies non-hazardous waste streams. The facility needed
a continuously operating system which could handle greater volumes more cost-effectively.
A 2 yard Maxon Mini-Maxcrete was purchased to meet these needs. A complete system
was then installed which connected the Mini-Maxcrete to a 225 barrel silo through
a 22' long screw auger.
A wide range of waste streams, including ink, contaminated
water, and car wash sump waste, are pumped into the Mini-Maxcrete, where a solidifying
remix agent is then added from the silo. This 2 yard Mini-Maxcrete system reduces
the cycle time of the mix design to 10-12 minutes. When compared to other, more commonly-used
equipment, this system reduced the company's capital expense by more than 50%, while
still processing 85,000 gallons of waste per month in a single shift, with a single
operator.
Inside view of Chemical Waste Management, Milwaukee solidification operation using a 10 cubic yard Maxcrete.
Chemical Waste Management in Milwaukee, WI: In 1992, Chem Waste was looking
for an innovative yet flexible way to solidify various industrial waste streams.
They chose a Maxon 10 yard capacity Maxcrete. Maxon supplied a Maxcrete equipped
with environmental covers, an intake system for pumping or handling semi-solids,
a cement silo with feed screw auger and a dust collection system.
The Maxcrete
is used to solidify waste streams including anything from industrial waste-like ink,
epoxies, cutting solvents, oils, and sludges to 75,000 gallons of contaminated ice-cream.
All the waste streams must be solidified prior to disposal in a land fill. The Maxcrete's
unique open top, bi-rotational agitator, wide gate opening, and high shear mixing
action provide for an effective method of mixing the waste stream with cement or
flyash to meet a paint filter test and eventual disposal in a land fill.
10 cubic yard wide body Maxcrete shown with environmental covers for oil sludge solidification.
Noble Oil Service in North Carolina: This company processes waste oil and
sludges from various sources in its Maxon 10 cubic yard Maxcrete. After the waste
is mixed in the Maxcrete with a drying/solidification agent, the resulting material
is discharged into roll-off bins for disposal at land fills.
The oils, remnants
of petroleum contaminated drums and tanks, is first collected in large holding vessels.
After allowing the material to decant, the excess water is pumped off and processed
separately. The remaining solids are dumped into the Maxcrete for treatment. Sure
Pak, a drying agent, is then conveyed into the mixer. The Maxcrete's environmental
covers are closed, and the Maxcrete's horizontal mixing shaft combines the sludge
and drying agent into a homogeneous mixture. The resulting mixture is then discharged
into roll-off bins where it hardens in a few hours. The roll-off bins are then hauled
to land fills for disposal.
10 cubic yard Maxcrete at City of Topeka waste treatment facility. Maxcrete is equipped with silo and dust reduction system for flyash used in solidification applications.
City of Topeka: This application represented a unique partnership between
the city government, the local land fill operator - Waste Management, and three local
food processors. The food processors generate a liquid sludge waste stream that must
be disposed in a land fill. Prior to disposal, the waste must be solidified. The
joint venture selected a 10 cubic yard Maxcrete to solidify the waste with flyash.
Maxon provided a silo with airslide, a Maxcrete with environmental covers, and two
Waukesha transfer pumps.
The waste was transported to a central processing
plant adjacent to the land fill. The waste was discharged into holding tanks where
it was pumped into the Maxcrete. Flyash was then added to the Maxcrete and mixed
thoroughly. The Maxcrete then discharged the material into a rolloff box. The use
of flyash allowed the waste to discharge in a semi-liquid form, but would then solidify
within hours inside the box. The waste was then hauled to the landfill for disposal.
Discharge end of Maxcrete with twin silos on either side containing solidification flyash. Maxcrete is equipped with bag house for dust reduction.
Formosa Plastics in Kaohsiung, Taiwan: This company used a system of Maxon
equipment for solidifying and stabilizing a waste salt byproduct from the manufacturing
PVC material. The system included two silos, one for flyash and one for cement, a
12 cubic yard capacity Maxon Agitor, a 10 cubic yard Maxon Maxcrete, and a charge
conveyor.
The waste salt was fed into the Agitor with a conveyor. Flyash,
water, and cement were also added to the Agitor. The Agitor served as a shrink premixer,
reducing the volume of material and performing limited mixing. Once all the materials
were in the Agitor, the Agitor would then hoist and surge feed the Maxcrete. The
Maxcrete in turn would perform the critical mixing, while at the same time another
load was batched into the Agitor.
Once the Maxcrete was finished mixing, it
would then discharge directly into 1 cubic yard concrete from boxes lined with plastic.
The waste would set within 24 hours, the forms would be stripped, and the 1 yard
cue loaded onto a truck and hauled to the local landfill.
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