Project Date
Industry
Products
1990s
Tannery
Packed Bed Scrubber
Solution
Smaller scrubber for tannery in Dunedin that was required to reduce their odourous hydrogen sulphide emissions to meet Air Discharge Requirements
Solution
Tannery Drum Extraction Hoods
Project Date
Industry
Products
1986
Tanneries
Fibreglass Hoods & Covers
Solution
Armatec supplies all fibreglass lip extraction hoods for Challenge Cook drums. These provide good capture of odourous hydrogen sulphide, without restricting access to the drums for loading and unloading animal hides.
Scrubber at Auckland Tannery
Project Date
Industry
Products
1986
Tanneries
Cross-flow wet-packed scrubber, stack,
Key Facts
Tannery in Wiri, Auckland was causing odour problems with neighbours. Gases were extracted from Challenge Cook tanning drums and treated in this crossflow scrubber. Armatec also supplied ducting, fan, stack and chemical dosing equipment. The two stage scrubber was designed to minimise chemical consumption. See paper written.
Scrubber at Hawkes Bay Tannery
Key Facts
Air extracted from tanning drums and hydrogen sulphide gas scrubbed with caustic; liquid then sent to onsite sulphide treatment. All fibreglass installation handles the very corrosive liquors and gases.
