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Weir skimmers function by allowing the oil floating on the surface of the water to flow over a weir. There are two main types of weir skimmer, those that require the weir height to be manually adjusted and those where the weir height is automatic or self-adjusting.
English: Showing a self adjusting weir type oil skimmer. Three stainless steel body floats and centre black floating weir. Date: 1/4/2015: Source: I took photo: Author:
If the pool's water pump is operational water is drawn from the pool over a floating hinged weir (operating from a vertical position to a 90-degree angle away from the pool, in order to stop leaves and debris being back-flooded into the pool by wave action), and down into a removable "skimmer basket", the purpose of which is to entrap leaves ...
Pool with side skimmer. A skimmer or surface separator [1] (it separates substances from the surface of a liquid) [2] [3] is an essential accessory for the maintenance and cleaning of the water in a swimming pool. It is used to remove all the surface dirt floating on the water surface, such as leaves, tanning oil and human secretions. These ...
Weir boiler feedwater pump. The company was established in 1871 as an engineering firm by two brothers, George and James Weir, founding G. & J. Weir Ltd. [3] The Weir brothers produced numerous groundbreaking inventions in pumping equipment, primarily for the Clyde shipyards and the steam ships built there.
The tilting weir has its origins in the 19th century drum weir which functions using the same principles as the 20th century design. The drum weir, was for a long time confined to the River Marne, where it was first introduced in 1857. [5] Early tilting weirs were constructed from wrought iron and wood.
Circular clarifier with surface skimmer visible in the lower right. As the skimmer slowly rotates around the clarifier, skimmed floating material is pushed into the trap visible above the fenced enclosure at the lower left. Clarifiers are settling tanks built with mechanical means for continuous removal of solids being deposited by ...
A metallic skimmer. Metal hand-held (ladle-style) skimmers come in a large variety of forms, five of which are shown here. A skimmer is a flat, sieve-like scoop or spoon used for skimming cooking liquids or lifting ripened cream from milk, such as a spider used in Chinese cuisine. Skimmers are widely used in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.