Flumes, while they can be used in a wide range of flow operations, are usually installed in operations requiring the management of sanitary flow. While you can choose from a variety of different flume styles to measure and manage sanitary flow, all suffer from a risk of clogging. Since a clogged flume means flow can’t exit, this is an ongoing fight and becomes more difficult if you make the wrong flume choice for your operations.
Understanding the right and wrong choices used for the measurement of sanitary flow is essential to keeping your operations running smoothly. Learn about clogging and sanitary flow management, as well as the best devices to keep things running.
If you’re looking for an ideal choice for sanitary flow management, the only type of flume you should really consider is a trapezoidal flume. This is because these flumes include a unique shape and cross-section that can accommodate solid material even if there does happen to be a slight backup in the system. Using a trapezoidal flume vastly reduces the need for regular ongoing maintenance and clearing waste. It will smooth out your operations and reduce clogging overall.