German Railways Maintenance Center, Cottbus
The German locomotive maintenance depot specializes in conversions and modernizations of rolling stocks besides regular and accidental repairs and maintenance services. Such work produces wastewater with high content of grease, oil, lubricants, preservatives and washing water. The facility produces 3-4 m3 of sludge with changing solids concentration and composition on daily basis.



The customer built a new wastewater treatment line and selected VOLUTETM dewatering press as a sludge dewatering equipment namely because its qualities regarding greasy and oily sludge treatment. In addition, the VOLUTETM has a low consumption of electricity and rinsing water. The voice of the customer: We are satisfied with the installation. The adjustment of settings is very easy, so we can quickly react to any sludge concentration change. The throughput is perfect for our process and the dewatered sludge is easy to handle. VOLUTETM is small in size but big in performance.
Model: | ES–132-SA-CE |
Sludge Type: | Chemical Treatment |
DS-content Inlet: | 0,8 – 2,5% |
Sludge flow: | 1.0 m3/h |
Operating Time: | 3-4 h/d |
DS content: | 25-30 % |