Commercial
Sludge Dewatering Cost
Looking beyond equipment price to total cost of ownership
Total Cost of Ownership
The true cost of sludge dewatering is the total cost of ownership over the plant life, not the purchase price. Disposal is frequently the dominant item, so even a small improvement in cake dryness can outweigh differences in equipment or polymer cost. Evaluating technologies on TCO rather than CAPEX alone usually favours low-energy, low-maintenance, high-dryness solutions.
The main cost levers
- Cake dryness — the single biggest driver of disposal cost
- Polymer consumption — optimised by flocculation and dosing control
- Energy — very low for screw presses
- Labour and maintenance — minimal for unattended screw presses
RF Series Screw Press
Two-Screw Unit with Control Panel
Ready-to-connect dewatering unit with touch panel control, flocculation tank and cake discharge chute.
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Our engineering team provides application-specific screw press sizing and selection — based on your sludge type, flow rate, and dewatering targets.