How Washplants Work

[@NathanWostrel]

Oddly enough, the Superior 7x12 Dewatering Screen shown at the end (5:37) was designed, welded, and assembled by me. I always wondered where it ended up and it's good to see it still out there. Thanks for the glimpse into the operation of a portable wet plant!

[@wdscepaniak]

We’re getting great use out of it. We appreciate the quality craftsmanship

[@aaronreynolds1075]

Great video! It's always cool to see site setups and explanations of the process from clean water to washing and back to the settling pond.

[@wdscepaniak]

Thanks Aaron! we have more in the works

[@colemenjacquemart8897]

That’s a great video! Good job guys! Over the years I’ve worked with a few different companies with wash plant operations for ready mix. This video makes me miss it!

[@wdscepaniak]

Thanks Colemen! Washing is a becoming a bug part of what we do! Very challenging but rewarding

[@jacknuzzy279]

Nice job big guy I’m in Massachusetts and we do mostly recycling of concrete and asphalt nothing on the scale of your operations but it’s always great watching larger operations like yours doing a fantastic job in all your operations Stay safe Big Guy ! PS love those tri-drive with lift axle tractors nothing like having the proper equipment for moving chubby plants and gear

[@wdscepaniak]

Thanks Jack! We appreciate you tuning in! I’ll get some tri drive videos coming!

[@BlakeMorgan-g1d]

Radon rock, also known as under-slab rock or radon stone, is a naturally occurring, permeable mixture of rocks used in construction and landscaping to reduce or eliminate radon gas in buildings. This is more common up north when houses have basement and one of the requirements to be tested for in housing with below ground structures.

[@kevinrumsey3756]

Awesome video--thanks! I have never heard of "Radon" rock. I am a landscaper her in Indiana and the term "river rock" is tossed around a lot but means different things to different people. I've heard L gravel, Landscape rock, #4 Gravel, and septic gravel all used as for "river rock" here. I've gotten a product labeled as Large river rock before that was very dirty and definitely not a washed product while the smaller river rock is washed. You really have to go to your supplier and check their pile before phoning in that order.

[@wdscepaniak]

right on! I've heard the term but never actually knew what it was. its funny as we travel, people have slang for different materials. "gravel" for instance is used pretty loosely depending where you're at

[@robmcguire9756]

Very nice set up what's good about it is you don't use cyclones to remove the sand fines most concrete people like fines in concrete it makes a fine butter that is great for a smooth finish. I was in aggregate for 45 years and you have some good looking equipment

[@wdscepaniak]

Certain sites we’ve been forced to use cyclones. Thankfully not here.

[@joedasilva38]

Can you explain cyclones? And why are they bad?

[@robmcguire9756]

@@joedasilva38 They're not bad they remove sand fines from washed concrete sand it's just concrete finisher's I know like the fines in the mix makes for a smooth finsh.

[@gairnmclennan5876]

Nice video, I like everything about it. I run a wet screen Terrex Finlay 683 feeding it with a 25 Ton Komatsu Loader WA470. nice, new and reliable equipment! I am in the New Zealand mountain area Otago, famous for a "gold rush" in the 1800's there is still gold mining done here today too.

[@wdscepaniak]

that's awesome would love to see New Zealand someday

[@guyintheshado]

Great production

[@wdscepaniak]

Thanks!

[@isaackimball5635]

Love this channel already. Im training to be a field mechanic for aggregate equipment and I really want to learn every aspect of the process. Thanks for sharing this information.

[@wdscepaniak]

Best of luck! Glad we can help

[@johnnymurff4137]

Late comment here but I like your vids and commentary, mostly I watch to see the stockpiles of rock of any kind also seeing the wheel loader with big scoops of material loading the crusher. I'm sure you don't have time to film trucks being loaded oh well thought I'd ask lol.. commenting from the sunshine state Florida. Keep up the good work .

[@wdscepaniak]

Thanks Johnny! we appreciate your support

[@bert26a]

Out here in Canada the washed sand is used for concrete production, septic fields (astm31 I believe), and in some cases asphalt production.

[@wdscepaniak]

thankfully the sand is pretty versatile

[@bert26a]

@@wdscepaniak Yes. Many of the bigger gravel companies here are running out of stone and now buying leases in the Canadian Shield zone of Manitoba so they can drill and blast granite for aggregate production.

[@thietbikhoangsan]

Good videos. Can you share about your settling ponds design and method to separate slurry in this project?

[@wdscepaniak]

usually when designing setting ponds, we want to have move water volume than necessary. we are limited sometimes, like this site, on footprint that the ponds can occupy

[@MikeNesbitt-y3x]

How often do you need to manually clean out the ponds?

[@wdscepaniak]

This site needed cleaning every few weeks which is more that usual elsewhere

[@industrystandardusa7548]

These videos are 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@wdscepaniak]

thank you

[@fahadhussain1946]

Great Good job

[@wdscepaniak]

thank you

[@joedasilva38]

Great video. What do you do with the “fines” ? Is it just mud at that point?

[@wdscepaniak]

sometimes we use the fines as backfill material or additive in road base

[@joshclark4513]

Hey bud, u seem like the best person to ask- i run a landscaping company and im trying to pull wash and replace 1400sq ft + of 1/2"-3" rock. Sorting we dont care about. But there are quite a bit of grass root & dirt in them. I made a giant grate and have been power washing them, but the wash is still holding us up on time soo bad. Any suggestions? We r only getting ab a ton of rock done a day if we r lucky

[@wdscepaniak]

I’d look for a place to buy new washed material. Expensive up front but far less time consuming. Especially if this is a demo of some sort. Just replace with fresh product. Hand spraying 1 ton per day will take a long time.

[@drmodestoesq]

If you're handy with a welder you could make a simple trommel by welding some steel drums together and putting them on rollers. And then putting a high pressure spray bar down the middle. Like on the gold mining shows.

[@CristopherPanique]

What kind of water pump you use in the gravel spray process?

[@wdscepaniak]

This site had a variety of pumps to transport water from the fresh pond to the plant, as well as the one powering the plant spray. The plant utilized a 6” Godwin

[@MikeyB712]

Awesome stuff, Do you use polyurethane liners for your screw? My family has been producing shoes for years finally cool to see how these plants actually work!

[@wdscepaniak]

on some screws yes

[@MikeyB712]

Love to see if we would be able to help you on on them. Possibly be able to make you a great deal@@wdscepaniak

[@16iscoming]

Show what it takes to keep a fleet of crushers and wash plants going. From the shop to onsite

[@wdscepaniak]

Will do. We’re working on a video highlighting our shop support system as well as heavy hauling

[@danjuetten3344]

What happens to the washed fines? Fill Sand/Select Granular?

[@wdscepaniak]

Any of the suspended solids settle in the ponds and get mucked out and dried into fill material

[@shubh6567]

​@@wdscepaniakI have seen people preparing bricks of suspended particles.

[@NitaVali]

in my country we take the material deposited in the decanters ashore, dry it and sell it to those who draw water and sewage, they use it as a protective layer for the pipes drawn by water and sewage

[@drmodestoesq]

Oh...I have a question based on the gold mining shows. Do you work in the winter when all the water is frozen?

[@wdscepaniak]

We do not in most of our Midwest operations. Washing becomes far too problematic after freezing temps.

[@wildone505]

We wash during winter here in western Colorado, even in the winter time. I have to drain all water lines and wash day ever evening.

[@southcityman]

nice music

[@wdscepaniak]

Thanks

[@伍豪-v5z]

How much does the plant cost?

[@wdscepaniak]

these components have been accumulated over time, but to purchase this , all new from factory could run $1-3 million+ depending on options equipped

[@johnmorina136]

You did not show how the clay fines are removed in the washing process and where they are stored. Contractors need clay fines in systems

[@wdscepaniak]

I can cover that in the next one

[@solwod1697]

Hey are you Polish?

[@wdscepaniak]

Very

[@rodneycody8746]

😅