150mm Pipe to aid Aeration

Hard Knocks

In this weeks Journal there’s a report on a New Slatted shed where a 150mm (6”) pipe is used to help mix single tanks with 1 agitation point

Has anyone tried this or seen it in use?

ganmo

like this?
http://www.lumpbuster.ie/

Hard Knocks

ganmo wrote: »

like this?
http://www.lumpbuster.ie/

Don’t think so
I was taking it’s a 6” sewer pipe fitted to the side of the tank just under the slat
On the outside of the shed you have a connection to the 6” pipe which is connected to the agitator.
The agitator blows the slurry down the 6” pipe to the far end of the tank breaking up lumps and using gravity to push the thicker bits forward to the agitator
It’s suppose to remove the need to use the internal mixing point

Something like this
https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-independent/20061107/282930970860384

Wildsurfer

Cant open that link bit I have it here on a 5 bay shed. Works perfectly but slurry would never have been too dry and contractor has a high powered agitator. Where 6'' pipe is going into tank we have it angled to hit gable wall so it bonces the slurry off it to help drive it back up the tank. We made up a short piece of slurry hose with the connections so its there for contractor when he comes to agitate

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Wildsurfer wrote: »

Cant open that link bit I have it here on a 5 bay shed. Works perfectly but slurry would never have been too dry and contractor has a high powered agitator. Where 6'' pipe is going into tank we have it angled to hit gable wall so it bonces the slurry off it to help drive it back up the tank. We made up a short piece of slurry hose with the connections so its there for contractor when he comes to agitate

Thanks, good to hear it works
What type of hangers did you use and how far apart?

Wildsurfer

Hangers? Do you mean to attach pipe to wall? None, because pipe runs outside tank, done when backfilling tank. Put 804 around pipe to protect it from any rocks. We put a short piece of 6''' pipe at an angle in wall when pouring and ran 4'' through that afterwards.

Wildsurfer

Sorry that should be a 9'' pipe in wall and ran a 6'' through it

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Wildsurfer wrote: »

Sorry that should be a 9'' pipe in wall and ran a 6'' through it

Sounds like a great job
Was thinking of running on outside of wall too, and cutting a small track on the top of the tank
Have you much pipe unsupported in the tank?

Wildsurfer

I'd say pipe only runs a foot or two into tank as it enters tank fairly close to gable wall. At the other end near the agitation point we just used a 90 degree bend on the 6'' pipe to bring it up into a bauer coupling and concreted that into yard. Be careful to leave it enough to one side that its not in the way backing in to agitation point. Your agitator or contractors will need a coupling with a lever on it to attach the hose to.