Shipyard Wastewater Sump Radar Level Measurement

When a West Coast shipyard needed reliable level measurement of their waste pump lift stations, they turned to Flowline. The firm provides maintenance services to small freighters, commercial fishing vessels and workboats. The sounds of grinding, welding, sanding and painting fills the space, as residual material falls to the ground. A vacuum truck sweeps the yard daily, but it doesn’t get it all. Rain and wash downs, push what’s left into sumps that hold and transfer the waste into treatment. There the operator complained that prior ultrasonic level sensors were unreliable after wash downs, when foaming chemicals entered the pits. For this reason, Flowline suggested our LR30 radar sensor that’s unaffected by foam, debris or turbulence. The radar sensors provide reliable level data to the PLC, which monitors the sumps and controls the transfer pumps. Flowline is reliable level measurement.