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Successful industrial installations begin long before delivery
Successful industrial installation involves much more than simply setting up a system. The success of a project is determined months before installation actually begins, through structured planning, close coordination among all project participants, and reliable materials logistics.
Industrial water and wastewater treatment plants, in particular, involve the interplay of numerous trades. To ensure that an installation team can work without interruptions, components must be ordered and delivered on time, installation phases must be coordinated effectively, and interfaces with the customer must be agreed upon early on.
At ALMAWATECH, we therefore rely on structured project management. This includes, among other things:
a detailed installation and scheduling plan,
the early procurement of equipment components and installation materials,
Regular project and construction site meetings with the client,
transparent reports on installation progress,
continuous coordination between design, manufacturing, logistics, and assembly, as well as
Experienced installation teams that work flexibly and with a focus on finding solutions, even on challenging job sites.
Regular weekly project meetings ensure that everyone involved is kept up to date on the current status of the project at all times. Potential challenges are identified early on and resolved collaboratively, thereby preventing downtime on the construction site and ensuring that deadlines are reliably met.
A recent example of this successful collaboration is the installation of an ALMA NeoDAF pressure-relief flotation system system with a capacity of 125 m³/h for treating dairy wastewater. Thanks to careful project preparation and close coordination between our project team, the installers, and the customer, the installation is proceeding according to plan and lays the foundation for on-time commissioning.
Photo: Progress on the installation of our ALMA NeoDAF pressure-relief flotation system for treating dairy wastewater.
Why use pressure-relief flotation for dairy wastewater?
The treatment of dairy wastewater places high demands on process engineering. Production wastewater often contains high concentrations of:
- Fats and Oils
- Protein and Protein Compounds
- Suspended solids
- Organic Pollutants (COD and BOD)
- Cleaning chemicals from CIP processes
These substances must be effectively removed during the pretreatment stage in order to reduce the load on subsequent biological treatment stages or to reliably comply with discharge limits.
The differential air flotation (DAF) is one of the most efficient methods of physicochemical wastewater treatment. Ultrafine microbubbles carry solids, fats, and other floatable substances to the water’s surface, where they are continuously skimmed off.
ALMA NeoDAF – Efficient Flotation for Industrial Applications
With the ALMA NeoDAF , a flotation system has been developed that combines high separation efficiency with a compact design. Depending on the application, a wide variety of industrial wastewater can be treated.
The advantages of the ALMA NeoDAF include:
- High removal efficiency for fats, oils, and suspended solids
- Compact design with a small footprint
- Energy-efficient recirculation and saturation technology
- robust and low-maintenance design
- Customized design for each specific process
- Optimal integration into existing or new plant designs
The combination of coordinated precipitation and flocculation techniques, along with high-performance flotation, makes it possible to reliably treat even challenging wastewater streams.
Custom Solutions Instead of Standard Systems
Every type of industrial wastewater has different characteristics. That is why we do not design our systems according to a fixed standard, but rather tailor each solution individually to the specific production process.
Already during the project phase, we work with our customers to analyze the composition of the wastewater and develop the optimal combination of processes, ranging from pretreatment and flotation to biological or membrane-based treatment processes.
Many thanks to our project team
A project like this is only possible through close collaboration among all those involved. We would like to thank the entire project and installation team for their professional execution and dedicated efforts on the construction site.
We look forward to the next phases of the project and to successfully commissioning the facility soon.
Photo: Precision mirror welding of PP piping for the pretreatment and process piping of the flotation plant
