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Euroby pens new agreement with Polat Makina

January 23, 2024 2:48 pm Comments Off

Euroby pens new agreement with Polat Makina

Euroby Ltd, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of waste processing equipment and dewatering expertise entered into a new partnership with Polat Makina in September 2023.

Since its incorporation in 1997, Euroby Ltd has led the way in the sales, marketing, operation, service and maintenance of separation technology. Throughout the years it has successfully represented two world renowned centrifuge manufacturers – Bird Humboldt and Flottweg whilst continually building a solid and loyal customer base. The switch to Polat Makina offers Euroby the opportunity to deliver more to the industrial and utilities markets at the same high-quality levels and with shorter lead times.

Euroby and Polat have a shared focus on sustainability, quality and innovation. Working together, they will combine their ideas, skills and passion to create long-term growth.

About Polat Makina

Established in Turkey in 1978, Polat has developed a worldwide reputation for its separation technologies in the municipal, olive oil, food, beverage, dairy, environmental, chemical, drilling and petroleum industries. The company has made a business of taking significant steps that create long-term value and ensure all its clients have access to reliable and innovative service while protecting the environment.

Polat is committed to protecting and promoting human rights and the environment, respecting safe and fair working standards, and investing in a sustainable future all over the world.

About Euroby

Euroby Limited is a leading UK environmental waste equipment provider and well-regarded processing expert based in Worthing, Sussex with a factory and workshop facilities in the Midlands. Originally formed in 1997 to provide consultancy services to the power industry, the level of the group’s technical expertise led them to swiftly diversify into the water sector. Euroby’s client list includes nearly all of the UK Water Utilities, waste processing and disposal companies, oil refineries, steel manufacturers and breweries among many others. Its maintenance contracts feature 24/7 response for both its own products and those

supplied by others.

Euroby’s services have enabled many companies and utilities to improve efficiency, reduce costs and increase the effectiveness of their waste management programmes and food and beverage production. Euroby’s ethic is to fulﬁl the needs and exceed the expectations of its customers, using state of the art products and high standards of service.

Euroby’s MD, Barry Ley said: When Euroby was incorporated as a Limited company in 1997 there was only one employee and one customer – over the years we have served in excess of 1,500 different customers most of which are repetitive and completed at least an estimated 650 rentals. Throughout the life of Euroby it has always been a progressive company, working through constant change driven by its clients, regulation and technical and commercial pressure.

Polat Makina’s representative said: The UK market is now being offered exclusively by Euroby one of the best equipped centrifuges in the world, manufactured by Polat Makina. If you are looking for a decanter or separator of high quality with specific characteristics, Euroby exclusively offers Polat Makina’s wide range of solutions for food, beverage, industrial and municipal applications.

Used Equipment for sale

January 29, 2023 8:31 am Comments Off

Please find below a list of our current used dewatering machinery available for sale.

If you are interested in any of the machines listed below please contact our sales team on 01903 69 44 00 or email sales@euroby.com quoting the reference / serial number.

Alfa Laval Decanter Centrifuge

Fully serviced
Type: Aldec 50.6
CT No Year 5021721-2002
Diameter 450/258mm
Solids Density 1.2KG/DM
Bowl speed 3250 RPM
Photo taken before refurbishment

Andritz/Guinard D5LP30C Decanter Centrifuge

Fully serviced
Fast dismantling design
Minimum footprint requirements due to in-line design
Solid capacity: 50-5,000 kg/hr
Hydraulic capacity: 3-80 m3/hr
Installed power: 22-132 kw

Other equipment for sale

Please contact us for more details and pricing on any of the equipment below.

1 off Desch Gearbox – “New” – FB25 + 217/1
1 off Desch Gearbox – refurbished by Desch – FB25 + 217/1
Selection of Bird Humboldt decanter spares including feed tubes, bearings, large and small bearing blocks, gearboxes and service kits
Alfa Laval Separator Mab 104 + (206)

Post-Brexit planning at Euroby

October 29, 2020 10:48 pm Comments Off

With everything else that has been happening in the world over the past six months, Brexit has been largely pushed from the front pages, and from the forefront of most people’s minds. Nevertheless, the truth remains that the UK has left the European Union and right now there apparently is still no deal on the table.

Inevitably, the upshot will involve some changes to the way UK companies do business with their trading partners in the EU. The exact nature of those changes will become clearer when the UK government and the European Union complete exit negotiations. However, there have been plenty of rumours in the media about the possibility of long delays and prices going up when January 2021 rolls around.

Established business relationships

The first, and most important, thing we want to make clear is that the close business relationships we have developed with our friends and trading partners in the EU will not be affected by Brexit. These relationships have been built up over the course of 20 years, and both we and our suppliers are committed to continuing our great work together so that we can carry on meeting and exceeding the expectations of our clients for years to come.

Ready for anything

At Euroby, we like to preach a philosophy that prevention is better than cure, and we advocate being ready for anything. While usually, that is in connection with establishing preventative maintenance programmes, we think that right now, it also applies to preparing for life after Brexit.

If history has taught us anything, there is every likelihood that the media predictions have more to do with selling newspapers than solid forecasts. However, we have to accept the possibility that lead times might increase and additional costs could come into play as from 01 January 2021 for companies in the UK working with suppliers and partners in the EU.

In the spirit of being ready for anything, our advice to our clients is to work with us to review their critical spares holding. That way, we can minimise the risk of equipment downtime until normality resumes.

Business as usual

2020 will be a year we will all remember, and one we will be glad to put behind us. Yet there will be more challenges to come as we move into 2021. From pandemics to politics, there are always challenges to be met, but rest assured that we will continue to provide the high level of service that our customers have come to expect.

If you have any concerns, feel free to get in touch with us by phone or email during normal working hours. Our contact details for 24-hour emergency support remain in place and can also be found on our contact page.

Euroby forms new partnership with INDAG in exclusive Agency Agreement

September 30, 2020 3:16 pm Comments Off

On 10 September, Euroby concluded the principles of an all-new Agency Agreement with INDAG Maschinenbau for sales of their equipment within Great Britain. The Agreement will be formalized on both sides over the coming weeks, once final details have been ironed out, but its principles can be acted on straight away.

Introducing INDAG

In the early 1950s, engineer Martin Willuhn was a pioneer in the development of internally geared displacement pumps for moving viscous media. He launched INDAG in 1953, and over the subsequent decades, the business grew to become one of the most respected in its field. In the 1990s, the company expanded into the field of developing specific pumps and mixers into complete systems. These were sold under the FlowMix brand name for which they are most famous today.

INDAG continues to be a pioneer, using the latest CAD technology and flexible manufacturing processes, yet it remains a family business, managed by Wilko Willuhn, the founder’s son. The company has traditional values combined with cutting edge technology and an innovative mindset. It’s an ethos that we can identify with at Euroby, and we cannot wait to develop our strategic partnership with them.

Saving our clients money through FlowMix efficiencies

Under the new Agreement, Euroby will be INDAG’s exclusive sales agent for its FlowMix solution in Great Britain. So what is FlowMix all about? In short, FlowMix is a single-stage, polymer dissolution unit for liquid polymer. At its core is a mixing pump that constantly and dynamically supplies the necessary mixing energy during the pumping process.

The pump feeds dilution water and polymer into the inlet chamber in carefully metered quantities. The mixing energy is applied at the precise point where the polymer and the water make contact. The result is the formation of a three-dimensional net structure, without the lumps that usually form using conventional units.

FlowMix provides a highly efficient means of bringing the polymer into solution, increasing effectiveness and simultaneously reducing consumption. Its key advantages over alternative solutions can be summarised as follows:

• Precise metering of polymer
• Continuous inline operation
• Homogeneous mixture
• Uses less space
• Lower cost than large mixing and buffer tanks
• Fully developed polymer solution
• Higher dry substance
• Reduced polymer consumption

A range of solutions across multiple industries

FlowMix is the technology for which INDAG has become best known, but the company also provides a range of other mixing products for use in both the food industry and non-food settings. Again, this provides a perfect fit with the range of industries across which Euroby operates and has established relationships in the UK.

INDAG’s inline mixers have applications in dairy, confectionary, food, beverages and baked goods in the food sector. In non-food they are used in chemistry, plastics, cosmetics and environmental settings.

Keep an eye out for the INDAG equipment which will soon be added to this website.

Building partnerships for the future

2020 has been a difficult year for everyone. Yet by building partnerships, businesses like Euroby and INDAG can emerge from these challenges stronger than ever, delivering higher quality services and better business efficiencies to our clients.

High tech solutions taking condition monitoring to the next level

September 11, 2020 3:02 pm Comments Off

In any business, downtime can represent a big problem on multiple levels. It leads to delays, costs and worst of all, unhappy customers if deadlines are missed. The occasional problem is part of life, but if it happens too often, a business’s reputation will ultimately suffer and customers will start to look elsewhere.

When it comes to the customers we service at Euroby, we always advocate a philosophy of prevention being better than cure. This is the ethos behind our regular maintenance service offering that keeps equipment going at optimum performance and identifies any potential weaknesses so that they can be resolved before they have the chance to turn into catastrophic failures.

Introducing Motice

By introducing better and more efficient monitoring systems, we can further reduce the risks of downtime. Here, technology is our friend, and the latest innovation from our partners at Flottweg represents a huge leap forward.

Motice is a digitised system that provides an early warning system to both identify and address failures ahead of time. It constantly monitors the condition of the bearings in decanters, where any changes indicate that there is trouble ahead and maintenance or repair is needed.

Technology that listens

In essence, the Motice system “listens” to the equipment. Frank Ebert is the development engineer at Flottweg who headed up the Motice project. He explained that each bearing within a decanter has its own unique geometry that can be compared to a fingerprint. This causes it to resonate at a certain frequency, and if that frequency changes, it is indicative of a fundamental change in the bearing.

There are specific frequencies that point towards damage, and these are stored within the Motice system. It means that when Motice hears a change, it cannot just identify that “something might be amiss.” It can also assess what is wrong with the bearing and how much longer it will continue to operate. Typically, this provides a three month window to schedule the necessary maintenance and repairs in a way that will cause minimal interruption.

A great step forward

Automated systems are nothing new, but before Motice, these were restricted to cut-offs. These would shut the system down if machine vibration exceeded a certain level. This prevented safety hazards but it did not provide the early warning capability that Motice delivers.

The safety cut offs will, of course remain in place as a precautionary measure, but with Motice, there is far less likelihood of them being needed. The idea of condition monitoring is to report emerging wear so that sudden system shut downs become a thing of the past.

Condition monitoring leads to predictive maintenance

A system like Motice does more than reduce downtime. It also helps ensure maintenance routines add value and are as meaningful as possible. Mr Ebert said: “without condition monitoring, focused predictive maintenance is not possible.”

This is a data driven world, and the data provided by Motice, and systems like it, means that maintenance intervals can be optimised, saving businesses time and money.

Euroby’s business continuity during the Coronavirus pandemic

March 24, 2020 12:01 pm Comments Off

During this unprecedented time, we wanted to let you know our priority is to the health and well being of all our staff and customers.

As a key supplier, we are open as usual and would like to reassure you that we are doing all we can to provide an uninterrupted service where possible. We have taken the steps to protect our staff, engineers and operators as appropriate.

We are confident that our technology and best practices will enable us to continue to provide a consistently high level of service, and with this in mind please use these numbers below if you need to contact us urgently during this time.

Urgent Contact Numbers

Repairs & Service Workshop – 07471 039 034
Centrifuge Rental – 07803 172 271
Sales – 07387 106 987
Accounts – 01903 694400

Please note that we are also continuing to operate our 24 hour emergency support on 01903 694400

Benefits of installing a new centrifuge

March 4, 2020 3:17 pm Comments Off

Deciding when to replace plant and equipment is a dilemma that every business faces from time to time. As the UK agent for Flottweg, it’s a discussion that we regularly have with clients regarding their centrifuges, and there is no simple answer.

The expected operational lifespan is, of course, an important consideration. This is the figure that the accountants will use when valuing assets on the balance sheet each year and calculating depreciation costs. However, it is by no means the only factor. Sometimes, a piece of equipment will continue to provide reliable service far longer than expected. We see it in our day to day lives, for example with those lucky people who drive cars that have covered hundreds of thousands of miles and continue to be reliable.

Operational efficiency

Yet when a business relies on a piece of equipment like a centrifuge in order to operate, it would be a mistake to make any assumptions. The expected lifespan is affected by a whole host of influences including the operating conditions, maintenance and servicing, type of use and so on. A breakdown, preventable or otherwise, can have a huge impact on productivity, effectively grinding an operation to a halt, with a knock-on effect that hits customer satisfaction and the business’s profitability.

But even if an old centrifuge is still operating as it should, it can still make sense to replace it if the new model will deliver significant benefits and savings. It’s a little like replacing that perfectly running 250,000 mile car with a new one that delivers better fuel economy, lower emissions and a superior driving experience.

Quantifying the benefit

That brings us full circle to the question of when and whether the benefits of installing a new centrifuge outweigh the capital expenditure cost. Flottweg recently carried out a study on this very question in cooperation with Lower Neckar Wastewater Association in Germany.

This wastewater treatment plant has been operating for decades, and uses two Flottweg Z4D centrifuges that were installed back in 1997. After 22 years of service, it was time to assess some upgrade options, so in April, Flottweg carried out a comparison test using the latest Xelletor model.

Using the newer technology yielded immediate and impressive results. Dry matter output showed an increase of two percent, which led to a ten percent reduction in disposal costs. At the same time, running costs were also significantly lower, as the newer centrifuge operates more efficiently. It uses five fewer kilograms of polymer per ton of material processed. As well as the financial savings, this also delivers green sustainability benefits.

Reaping the rewards

When the study was complete, it was calculated that the new centrifuge would pay for itself in just two and a half years. There’s no reason to doubt that the Xelletor will provide the same long service as the Z4D that came before it, but even if it only had half the lifespan, the savings over 10-12 years would be astronomical.

What happened at Agritechnica 2019?

February 4, 2020 3:06 pm Comments Off

One of the biggest events in the agricultural technology industry recently took place in Hanover.

Agritechnica is acknowledged to be the must-visit trade show for businesses operating in this vital and rapidly changing space. Agritechnica happens to take place right on the doorstep of Flottweg SE, for whom Euroby acts as UK agent. The event provided the ideal opportunity to showcase the very latest Flottweg technology, and to learn more about how it fits into the bigger picture of meeting evolving challenges in the agricultural sector.

Record attendees

The biannual trade show at Hanover has been a highlight of the industry calendar over the past decade, and each new event consistently attracts bigger crowds than the one before it. Despite the challenging economic times, around 450,000 industry professionals attended over the course of five days, representing businesses from multiple sectors all over the world.

Organised by Germany trade body the DLG, Agritechnica took place at the awe-inspiring Hanover Fairground, the largest exhibition centre on the planet. All that space was put to good use, with 2,820 exhibitors from 53 different countries demonstrating their products and services.

Particularly impressive this year was the number of attendees from outside Germany. 130,000 of the attendees had arrived from overseas, as had almost two thirds of the exhibitors. The days of Agrotechnica being a German or even European event are long gone, and there were industry experts and well-known manufacturers from every corner of the globe.

Meeting evolving challenges in the sector

The team managing Flottweg’s stand at Agrotechnica had some auspicious company. Among the household names in attendance were Massey Ferguson, Airbus, Bridgestone and numerous other multinational companies. Having such diversity under one roof provided an unprecedented opportunity to see first hand how agri technology is evolving to meet modern day social, economic and environmental needs.

As well as the trade stands themselves, there were dozens of hands-on demonstrations and discussion seminars. For example, Flottweg gave attendees an in-depth introduction to their new MoRoPlant 20 separation device. This provides farmers with an efficient way of separating liquid manure into natural fertilizer and water that can be used for irrigation. Anton Brunner, a Project Manager from Flottweg commented on the high levels of interest shown by visitors and said he was “completely satisfied with the results of Agritechnica 2019.”

An outstanding success

Anton was not the only one to leave Agritechnica tired but happy. DLG CEO Dr Reinhard Grandke told IVT International magazine that Flottweg was among several innovative companies in the industry that had: “presented innovative solutions for future questions of the industry and society.” He said that new products that harnessed the latest in digitisation and automation were “the greatest trendsetters.”

As the doors closed on the final visitors and the exhibitors packed up their stands, thoughts naturally turned to the next event. That will take place from 14 to 20 November 2021, and while it seems a long way off, the dates are already circled on our calendar. Maybe we’ll see you there!

Wishing you a Merry Christmas

December 18, 2019 2:04 pm Comments Off

Merry Christmas from all of us at Euroby. Please watch out annual video christmas card below.

What happens after you flush? Dewatering in the sewage sector

September 7, 2019 2:35 pm Comments Off

What happens after you flush

Those who enjoy the works of Charles Dickens will feel that they have a good knowledge of the London of the 19^th century through novels like Nicholas Nickleby and Our Mutual Friend. The latter, in particular, had the Thames flowing through the meandering storyline, almost like a character in its own right. It’s easy to get caught up in the world Dickens described and to dream of visiting those long gone days, but if we could do so, it might not be quite as quaint and idyllic as we imagine.

Back then, there was no sewage system in London, and everything, from animal carcasses to rotten vegetables to human faeces ended up in the Thames. In the unusually hot summer of 1858, while Dickens was travelling the country on his first reading tour, the city he loved ground to a halt in what was known as The Great Stink. Relief only came when London’s network of sewers was created in the late Victorian period.

In the century and a half since The Big Stink, London’s population has quadrupled to around eight million, but all that waste they produce is something that most don’t even think about. So just what happens to it?

Initial filtering

The first step involved is filtering/screening out all those things that should not be there in the first place. These typically include sanitary towels, cotton buds, nappies and “other objects” that will be left unmentioned. Then the screened wastewater is stored into separation tanks, where oxygen is added and it is gently mixed to encourage solid particles to form clumps and drift to the bottom where they form a sludge. The sludge and the water are then sent in different directions for their own secondary treatments.

Sludge dewatering

There are various forms of treatment processes that can be used to process the sludge, following which it is more than 95 percent liquid. The next course of action is to reduce the solids using a decanter centrifuge that spins at high speed, pushing the solids one way and the liquid the other. This process reduces the volume of liquid to between 80 and 85 percent.

From there, the solid matter can be shipped off for disposal or to other processes designed to recover energy for beneficial use or minimise disposal costs

All these processes take place 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and help ensure that the days of the big stink are permanently consigned to the history books.

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