[...]On Thursday, 16 December, HUBER SE said goodbye to four long-serving employees as they entered their well-deserved retirement. The employees Richard Bayerschmidt, Wolf-Dietrich Gräper, Roland Kuttig and Erwin Meyer had been with the company for altogether more than 168 years. The executive board, human resources department and works council gave the former employees a fitting farewell and transition into retirement during the official farewell ceremony at the HUBER Forum. A total of 168 years of professional experience at HUBER: the Berching-based company officially bid farewell to four long-serving[...]
[...]The success story of the HUBER ROTAMAT® machine family began 45 years ago. The patent for the HUBER Fine Screen ROTAMAT® Ro1 was filed at that time, and the ROTAMAT® family has continued to prove itself ever since through continuous innovation and adaptation. The patent described a combination of screening, dewatering, compaction and transport. Over the years, further variants of the Ro1 system, which is equipped with a screen basket and a rake, have been developed. These include the Ro2 with a rotating wedge wire basket, the RPPS, which has a perforated plate screen basket, and the latest variant[...]
[...]HUBER SE receives order for the largest sewage treatment plant in Northern Ireland With its 280,000 inhabitants Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, is the second largest city on the island of Ireland. Situated at the mouth of the river Lagan in the Bay of Belfast the city represents one of Northern Ireland's 26 administrative districts. Three of the six million Irishmen live in the Dublin-Belfast corridor, along the motorway. In 2011, HUBER SE supplied already the complete mechanical pre-treatment equipment for Dublin, the biggest city on the island of Ireland. Now we have received the order [...]
[...]Mooresville, North Carolina, USA The ninth belt dryer project was sold in the USA in 2022. The USA has thus established itself as the second largest belt dryer market in the HUBER Group. There is no doubt that the foundation stone for this success was laid in the Mooresville belt dryer project in North Carolina: This year we are celebrating 10 years of operation of the plant in Mooresville. The BT 20 belt dryer (formerly known as BT 5-2) serves the wastewater treatment plant with a maximum capacity of 28,400 m3/d (7.5 MGD). Since its commissioning in 2013, this dryer has made a significant [...]
[...]Bickenbach, Germany The European water sector will face enormous challenges in the coming years. Implementing the new EU‑Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and ensuring the sustainable protection of our water resources will be a significant collective task. UWWTD is therefore rightly regarded as a milestone that will shape urban water management across Europe in the long term: stricter requirements for the removal of phosphorus and nitrogen, energy neutrality and, above all, the widespread introduction of the fourth treatment stage. All sewage treatment works with a capacity of more[...]
[...]Editorial on the topic ”ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY” by Prof. Dr. Franz Bischof ”Energy”! A word that electrifies and invites discussion like no other at the moment. Everyone in this country now knows about the importance of energy – and its availability and costs. And it is energy carriers, heat and electricity, i.e. the conversion products of our technical processes that are subject to losses, that keep our lives and those of industry in this country “running and alive” and at the same time make them easier. 1,000,000 billion joules of primary energy consumption But have you ever actually thought[...]
[...]HUBER Lifecycle Service A complete range of services for optimum product operation HUBER LifeCycle Service HUBER LifeCycle Service Service modules for your requirements Superior machine and plant technology must be installed and commissioned correctly. Subsequently, professional maintenance as well as any necessary optimisation of the mode of operation to changing conditions ensures that the optimum performance can be used reliably and operationally safe to the full extent at minimum operating costs. Comprehensive service package HUBER Service supports you in operating your machines and [...]
[...]Cannock STW, UK HUBER Technology recently completed a project for Severn Trent Water at Cannock STW, north of Birmingham. HUBER Technology were engaged on the project in 2018 with the project being installed in late 2019 and commissioned in 2020. Project Profile This project was part of the upgrade to the Four Ashes and Cannock STW sludge treatment capability to include finer screens and provide sludge thickening. HUBER Technology Supplied 2 x HUBER Sludgecleaner STRAINPRESS® 290 5mm Sludge screens including Control Panels to Severn Trent Water Specification and a 6m high gantry to mount the[...]
[...]United Utilities, Warrington, England Background In 2017, United Utilities started work on a four-year improvement project at Blackburn and Darwen WwTW. This work included: Extending the current works at Blackburn WwTW to construct new tanks, buildings and improve the treatment process. Taking existing wastewater flows from Darwen WwTW through to Blackburn WwTW by installing a new connecting pipe and upgrading the existing tanks. Constructing new storm tanks and new pipeline to transfer wastewater to Blackburn WwTW from Nabs Head WwTW. Blackburn WwTW treats principally domestic crude sewage from[...]