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C.S.I. Section 11400
WP-9
701 S Ridge Avenue, Troy, OH 45374
1-888-4HOBART • www.hobartcorp.com
STANDARD FEATURES
■ Reduces waste volume up to 88%.
■ Appropriate to handle foodservice waste from
schools, hospitals, clubs, fast food service,
commercial restaurants, commissaries,
airline-in-flight kitchens, or confidential
document destruction.
■ Squeezes waste slurry, returns water to pulper
for re-use, discharges a semi-dry pulp.
■ Stainless steel screw, screen and housing.
■ 9" diameter gear-driven helical screw with
attached nylon brush mounted within perforated
cylindrical screen.
■ Helical screw and screen assembly removable
without disconnecting slurry or return water
piping.
■ Stainless steel wiper plates control pulp
moisture content.
■ Standard chemical pump.
■ Stainless steel, removable access cover.
■ 5 H.P. foot-mounted, totally enclosed,
fan-cooled waterpress motor.
■ 5 H.P. foot-mounted, totally enclosed,
fan-cooled return pump motor.
■ UL508 listed, prewired NEMA 4 stainless steel
electrical control panel. Field mounted.
■ Programmable logic controls.
■ Control panel door handle interlock; hinged
waterpress cover electrical interlock.
■ Electrical specifications:
❑ 200/60/3
❑ 230/60/3
❑ 460/60/3
WATERPRESS
MODEL
❑ WP-9 – Waterpress
Specifications, Details and Dimensions on Reverse Side.
WP-9 WATERPRESS
OPTIONS
❑ Chute extension, for through the wall discharge.
❑ Auxiliary base for elevating waterpress.
❑ Heated chute.
❑ Flush mounted control panel.
❑ Buss communication.
❑ Pulp level detection.
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WP-9
WATERPRESS
SPECIFICATIONS
WATERPRESS: For squeezing slurry and pumping return water
to pulper for re-use, and discharging a semi-dry
pulp. Designed to permit removal of helical screw and screen
assembly without disconnecting slurry or return water piping.
WATERPRESS MOTOR: 5 H.P., foot mounted, totally enclosed,
fan cooled.
RETURN PUMP MOTOR: 5 H.P., heavy duty, foot mounted,
totally enclosed, fan cooled. 5 H.P. return pump motor standard,
other H.P. available.
RETURN PUMP SET: Includes motor, with stainless steel
impeller and mechanical seal to protect stainless steel drive
shaft.
CONTROLS: Listed, UL508 industrial control panel. Prewired
NEMA 4 electrical control panel. Field mounted. Control panel
contains a main circuit breaker interlocked with panel door handle
and magnetic type nominal 115 volt controls. Panel to include circuit
breakers, magnetic starters, and individual three leg thermal overload
protection for each motor.
DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
701 S Ridge Avenue, Troy, OH 45374
1-888-4HOBART • www.hobartcorp.com
An electrical interlock is provided to keep the equipment from
operating, or to turn off the equipment if the hinged cover on the
discharge chute is raised.
WATERPRESS ASSEMBLY: Includes a stainless steel shell,
9 inch diameter gear driven helical screw with attached nylon
brush mounted within a perforated cylindrical screen, stainless
steel wiper plates to control moisture content of pulp, slurry
inlet connection, return water outlet connection and overflow
connection. Stainless steel access cover and removable access
door included to facilitate cleaning and maintenance.
DISCHARGE HOUSING: Stainless steel, contains gear reducer
driven by the 5 H.P. drive motor. Includes stainless steel
discharge chute.
WATERPRESS BASE: Structural base consists of tubular steel
members with stainless steel flanged feet. Base to support
waterpress assembly, discharge housing and return pump set.
VALVES: Motorized and manual 11⁄2 inch NPT ball valves for
system "Pump-Down." Field mounted.
As continued product improvement is a policy of Hobart, specifications are subject to change without notice.
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