A FLUMP dredges mica from a pigment plant's setttling pond. Crisafulli FLUMP with Pivoting Traverse System Customer: Engelhard Corporation (formerly Mearl Corp.) Contact: Paul Ellington. Type of Facility: Pigment plant. Location: North Charleston, SC. Date of install: 1996 February 1996. Mearl Corporation owns and operates an Automated FLUMPTM System manufactured by SRS Crisafulli. Operation is from shore based control panel. The FLUMP was used to remove mica from a settling pond at a pigment plant. Material is 8 to 10 micron size and contains small amounts of titanium dioxide. pH level in containment is 10 due to some dissolved salts. Sludge is pumped @ 19.5% solids with a specific gravity of 1.08 and a viscosity of 750 cp. This system was manufactured from A36 carbon and abrasion resista

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