Automatic Drum Decanter
Remove liquid from containers accurately and with ease with the Automatic Drum Decanter. It is designed to remove liquid by exact weight, reducing waste and eliminating guesswork, and features a check valve to prevent backflow.
Model: DD-5540
Capacity: 3, 4, or 5 drums per pallet or an IBC
Container: 5 to 55-gallon drums or 275-gallon IBC’s
Material: Epoxy-coated carbon or galvanized steel construction, all wetted parts use 316 stainless steel
Overview
- The versatile drum decanting machine used for chemical, cleaning, and coatings manufacturers is designed to empty a pallet of drums or a single tote by weight. Our decanting machine has an inner mast within the stanchion that rises up and down adjusting the boom and lance to the height of any container, ranging from 5 to 275 gallons. All the necessary controls to operate the decanter and conveyors are on the handle in front of the operator.
- The video below shows this popular decanting machine in use.
Description of Operation
This model DD-5540 is a product-level tracking decanting machine for containers from 5 to 275 gallons.
- A load of empty containers conveys to the decanting station and stops automatically by photo-eye
- By pushbutton, the boom is released for the operator to guide the lance to the bung opening of any drum or container
- When the operator releases the button, the boom is automatically locked in place
- By pressing start, the lance travels into the drum just below the product surface, if in sub-surface mode
- The machine automatically zeros the tare weight before the decanting cycle begins
- The lance then starts to remove the product from the drum and tracks the product level down in the container.
- When desired weight is removed, or the container is emptied, the lance automatically retracts to its home position
- The operator presses the button to release the boom and guide the lance to the next drum
- When all containers are empty, a button will drive out the empty pallet and drive in a new load
Technical Specifications
This is a model DD-5540, a sub-surface palletized drum decanting machine
- Lance and all other wetted parts are 316 stainless steel
- Two infeed full-port ball valves prevent product hammering
- Scale is a 5,000 lb capacity platform type
- Controller is an Allen Bradley PLC with a 250 product menu
- Touch screen is an Allen Bradley color Panel View
- Decanter has a three speed cycle; slow/fast/shot, if needed
- Air operated drip pan with a UHMW wiper ring
- Fume hood under the lance housing for vapor collection
- Air cylinder to raise and lower the fill lance
- Heavy duty brakes for boom position locking
- NTEP approved scale and weight meter
- NEMA 4 standard enclosure, others optional
- Communications port for interface with Drum Filler in the Cloud
- Filler will automatically zero the tare weight before the fill cycle
- Operator troubleshooting interface with prompts
- Automatic abort if lance is not aligned with bung opening
- Rugged, all-welded structural steel, painted stanchion
Specialty Equipment manufactures fillers/decanters and conveyors with structural steel stanchions, frames, and supports welded together, making each section a one-piece superstructure, the most rugged standard in the industry.
Additional information
Portability | Stationary – Floor mounted |
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Fume Booth | No |
Conveyor System For Empty And Full Containers | Standard |
Foaming Product | Yes |
Automation Type | Semi-Automatic – Operator positions lance to container or container to lance |
Product Temperature | <250 |
Container Type (Standard) | Drum-Plastic, Drum-Steel, Palletized Drums (Plastic), Palletized Drums (Steel), Totes / IBCs up to 330 gallons (with 5" conveyable foot) |
Container Type (Optional) | Pails, Totes / IBCs up to 5,500 gallons (with 5" conveyable foot) |
Fill Heads (Standard) | 1 Fill Head |
Fill Heads (Optional) | 2 Fill Head |
Classification for Explosive / Flammable Environments (Standard) | Unclassified |
Classification for Explosive / Flammable Environments (Optional) | Class I – Div I, Class I – Div II |
Site Conditions (Standard) | Industrial Standard |
Site Conditions (Optional) | Corrosive Environment, Food Grade, Outdoor, Requires Washdown |
Frame Construction / Coating (Standard) | Carbon Steel Enamel |
Frame Construction / Coating (Optional) | Carbon Steel Epoxy, Stainless 304, Stainless 316 |
Product - Wetted Parts (Standard) | Standard 316 |
Product - Wetted Parts (Optional) | Corrosive / Caustic, Food Grade |
Product Viscosity Handling (Standard) | 0-2,500 CPS (Water to Maple Syrup), 10,000 CPS (Honey), 100,000 CPS (Toothpaste), 50,000 CPS (Ketchup) |
Product Viscosity Handling (Optional) | 250,000 CPS (Peanut Butter) |