The TOTAL CLEAN SYSTEM is not just another version of the same old cleaning system that everyone else offers. The TOTAL CLEAN incorporates a v-shaped tank, a tilted plate baffle system, and a shaftless screw to create a clarifier. Instead of attempting to suspend the solids with the use of jets and agitators the TOTAL CLEAN lets nature take its course and allows the solids to settle to the bottom of the v-tank portion of the unit. The settling is enhanced by the tilted plate baffle system, which the slurry must flow through as it passes through the v-tank. The shaftless screw steadily moves the settled solids to the suction of the hydrocyclone feed pump.

Varying the speed of the shaftless screw with a VFD regulates the concentration of the slurry that is then pumped to the hydrocyclones. The heavy sands and silts are removed by the hydrocyclones and then dewatered over a linear shaker. The hydrocyclone/shaker units and pumps are sized appropriately so that the hydrocyclone feed rate is 3 to 4 times the flow rate through the system. This redundancy allows for maximum solids removal from the drilling mud or dredged slurry.