Sand Lane Systems

Sand that’s settled and removed from sand lanes is often wet and dirty, requiring long periods of storage and hours of conditioning prior to reuse. This can tie up large amounts of valuable space and bedding sand while the product is allowed to dewater. The Sand Lane System is used to wash and dewater bedding sand that has been harvested from a sand lane settling system. It can be used to dewater other wet and sticky aggregates and minerals as well. 

With minimal effort, sand can be scooped from a sand lane and dumped directly into the system, which removes more than 50 percent of the water and a large percentage of the organics, leaving you with a drier, cleaner sand product. This system saves the producer money by minimizing sand management; producing cleaner, drier sand; and ultimately reducing sand inventory.

How Sand Lane Systems Work

The Sand Lane System is installed on the concrete pad close to the sand lane. Sand is scooped from the lane and dumped directly into the metering hopper. This hopper can serve several purposes. In a washing and dewatering system, water is added to the hopper and mixed with the sand for washing. Organic material is liberated from the sand and floats off with the liquid. The remaining clean sand travels up the screw and is dewatered on the screen. All the water and organic material flow back into the lane along with some fine sand. In a dewatering system, no water is added to the hopper system. The auger meters the sand into the screen for dewatering. In both cases, the sand comes off the screen at about 12-15% moisture and needs minimal conditioning prior to reuse.

Why McLanahan Sand Lane Systems

McLanahan’s team of agriculture professionals is dedicated to helping dairy producers manage their bedding in the most efficient and economical way. This now includes those utilizing sand lanes. The McLanahan Sand Lane system is a unique system that can wash sand, dewater sand, or wash and dewater. It uses the same technologies that have been proven in aggregate and agriculture systems for providing long life and trouble-free operation.

The Sand Lane System consists of mining-duty equipment that includes a hopper, auger or sand washer and Dewatering Screen. Sand drying time is reduced without the addition of water.

Although McLanahan Corporation always takes the time to evaluate each customer’s needs to ensure solutions are optimized for their dairy, the Sand Lane System is fairly standard for each customer, with different sizes depending on tonnage requirements.This allows for quick delivery, as well as simple installation and startup. Contact McLanahan today to learn how you can improve the quality of your recycled sand.