Screenings Washer Compactors — Headworks

Clean, compact, and dewater headworks screenings in a single unit — cutting disposal volume, weight, and odor.

What is a Screenings Washer Compactor?

Bar screens capture the rags, plastics, and solids from incoming wastewater — but what comes off the screen is wet, heavy, and foul-smelling. Screenings washer compactors receive those raw screenings, wash out organic material (returning it to the treatment process where it belongs), and compact the remaining material for disposal. The result is a cleaner, drier waste product with significantly reduced volume, weight, and odor — lowering hauling costs and making disposal safer and more manageable for operators.

Equipment We Represent

WTP Equipment — Screenings Washing Dewatering Press (Model CPW)

  • Single unit handles conveying, washing, and dewatering of raw wastewater screenings
  • Shaftless conveyor screw design — prevents plugging from stringy and fibrous materials
  • Washes out fecal matter and organics, returning wash water to the treatment process
  • Reduces discharged volume and liquid content of screenings
  • Performs both washing/compaction and dewatering functions — reduced equipment footprint vs. separate systems

DryCake — WasherPress Washer Compactor

  • Washes fecal matter from raw screenings and compacts/dewaters in one unit
  • Reduces screenings volume, weight, odor, and disposal cost
  • Pairs with DryCake Multirake, StepRake, and Perfoplate screens

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Applications

Bar Screen Downstream Processing
Receiving and processing screenings from coarse and fine bar screens
Odor Control
Enclosed processing reduces H2S and odor exposure for operators
Disposal Cost Reduction
Volume and moisture reduction cuts hauling and landfill costs
Organic Recovery
Wash water returns BOD to the process rather than losing it in the waste stream

Why Winschel Environmental?

  • All-in-one unit — WTP CPW combines washing, compaction, and dewatering, minimizing footprint and mechanical complexity
  • Shaftless reliability — eliminates the plugging problems that plague shafted designs in rag-heavy applications
  • Direct cost savings — drier, cleaner screenings directly reduce your ongoing disposal costs
  • Application engineering — proper sizing based on your bar screen type, channel flow, and screenings volume
  • Virginia coverage — local support for startup and service

Need to improve your screenings handling?

Tell us about your bar screen type, average flow, and current disposal method and we'll size the right solution.

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