A wheel wash system was recently installed for washing truck wheels at a concrete recycling facility located in Brooklyn, Victoria.
The high efficiency wheel wash was installed and commissioned by Accuweigh’s Melbourne branch and the scope of supply also included all required civil works.
Accuweigh’s AccuWash wheel wash system is fitted with a specialised water filter to ensure clean water is used in all wheel and tyre washing cycles. Using dirty water in a wheel wash not only clogs the water spray heads and lowers cleaning efficiency, but suspended particles in the water under high pump pressure can also cause pitting of truck paintwork and damage to underbody components.
The Hydrocyclone used in Accuweigh’s wheel wash system is a centrifugal separator that removes sand, soil, grit and other solid matter from the water with very little head loss at 90% efficiency. Fresh clean water offers the best cleaning action for wheel wash systems, but as this is not an environmentally friendly option; the use of a quality water filter to continually clean the used water to a very high standard is the preferred green option.
Once installed in a wheel wash system there are minimal maintenance requirements. The underflow chamber may be drained manually or automatically at specified time intervals, without causing any interference to the operation of the Hydrocyclone.
Accuweigh has a full range of truck wheel and tyre washing systems available and can also manufacture custom washing solutions to suit specific client wheel wash applications. Full after sales service support is available from eight branches across all mainland Australian states.