Abanaki Corporation oil skimmers are designed to offer cost-effective ways to solve a variety of issues related to recycling, parts manufacturing and assembly within the automotive industry. Recently, a large automaker required assistance retrieving over sprayed automotive wax from its wash water system. The automaker was sacrificing time and money at the hands of aging, labor-intensive equipment that offered poor removal rates. Abanaki’s oil skimmers are designed to be simple,dependable and effective tools for removing oil, grease and other hydrocarbons from water, the company said.The specially designed pick-up unit for this application uses infrared heaters located in the rear of the skimmer, overhead convex heaters and heated chutes intended to soften the automotive wax,making it easier to separate from water. The design uses the difference in specific gravity and surface tension between oil and water to pick up wax, oil,grease and other hydrocarbons as the belt passes through the wash water.The belt travels into the wash water, picking up the wax as it passes through. It then Travels throughaninfraredheaterhoodand is then scrapedof thewaxbytandemwiper blades. Thewax then tumbles into thewax receptacles. The hard, abrasive resistant construction of the ceramic wiper blades is intended to offer more efficient removal rates than standard wiper blades, the company said. According to the automaker, the new custom-designed solution solved a problem that units costing 10 times asmuch failed to solve. The end result is that wash water life has been extended by several weeks and spray nozzles are no longer getting plugged by wax. Abanaki was also approached by a national recycler of used oil filters that handles approximately 50,000 used oil filters every day and recovers up to 800,000 gallons of waste oil annually that had an issue effectively skimming oil. The company was first using a sucker vacuum truck to skim oil off the surface. This method proved to be too time consuming, messy and inefficient. Either too much oil remained in the water or toomuch water was sucked up with the oilwhen the oil filmthinned. To solve the problem, the Abanaki Oil GrabberModelMBwas installed. It uses two 8” wide belts and stationary wiper blades to skim the water surface to remove up to 200 gallons of oil per hour. The unit is critical to the recycling process, is virtually maintenance-free and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the company said.Additionally, part washers, paint lines and machine shops all have a need to remove oil from water. Abanaki oil skimmers are designed to extend coolant life, reduce disposal costs and avoid fines from municipal sewer districts. For more information contact: Abanaki Corporation 17387 Munn Road Chagrin Falls, OH 44023 800-358-SKIM (7546) 440-543-7400 info@abanaki.com www.abanaki.com