Gravity belt thickeners are used for dewatering sludges, like lime sludges in drinking-water systems and waste sludges from wastewater systems. DJ Gongol & Associates serves as the representatives in Iowa and Nebraska for the
Charter Machine Company, which manufactures American-made gravity-belt thickeners.
Unlike a full
belt-filter press, a gravity-belt thickener relies solely upon the ordinary action of gravity to help dewater the sludge.
last revised September 2010