Bucket Wheel Sand Washer
XSD Series Low-Loss Wheel Sand Washing Machine 20-300T/H for Artificial & River Sand Cleaning
Bucket Wheel Sand Washer, also known as XSD series wheel sand washing machine, is professional water-washing, impurity removal and dewatering equipment for sand and gravel aggregates. Adopting rotary bucket wheel washing structure and sealed oil bath transmission, it effectively removes soil, clay, dust and stone powder from raw sand. Featuring low fine sand loss, water-saving design, high cleaning rate and stable operation, it is the mainstream sand processing equipment for sand plants, quarries and construction aggregate projects.
High Yield
Water Saving
Power Saving
What is Bucket Wheel Sand Washer?
In traditional sand and gravel production, raw artificial sand and river sand contain a large amount of soil, clay and stone powder impurities, which seriously reduce sand strength, adhesion and construction quality. Most ordinary washing equipment has prominent defects: serious fine sand loss during washing, resulting in reduced finished sand yield and poor gradation; high water consumption leading to high operating cost; poor sealing and easy mechanical failure; incomplete dehydration and high moisture content of finished sand, affecting sales and construction use.
Our XSD Bucket Wheel Sand Washer solves the above industry pain points through optimized wheel-type washing structure. The unique bucket wheel circulating washing mode realizes full stirring and cleaning of sand and gravel, thoroughly surface impurity removal. The built-in fine sand protection structure minimizes fine particle loss, while the fully sealed oil-bath transmission ensures stable long-term operation. With low energy and water consumption, high cleanliness and good dehydration effect, it is widely used in artificial sand production, river sand cleaning, highway and hydropower aggregate processing, becoming essential equipment for high-quality sand and gravel production lines.
Complete Machine Configuration & Composition of Bucket Wheel Sand Washer
1. Optimized Bucket Wheel Circulating Washing Structure
Different from simple flushing washing methods, the bucket wheel adopts large-capacity curved bucket design. With the rotation of the wheel body, sand and gravel are continuously lifted, stirred, washed and overturned in the water tank, realizing full contact between water flow and sand materials. It thoroughly strips surface soil, dust and clay impurities, achieving uniform and high-standard cleaning effect without dead washing zones.
2. Fine Sand Anti-Loss Protection System
Equipped with professional fine sand retaining and filtering structure, effectively capturing fine sand particles below 0.5mm. It greatly reduces fine sand loss during the washing process, improves finished sand yield by 8-15%, optimizes sand particle gradation, and enhances finished sand density and construction performance, bringing higher economic benefits for sand plants.
3. Fully Sealed Oil-Bath Transmission Device
The core transmission part adopts fully enclosed oil-bath lubrication design, completely isolating sand and water erosion. Compared with open transmission structure, it avoids water inflow, dust accumulation and lubricating oil deterioration. The transmission system runs smoothly with low failure rate, greatly extending the service life of bearings and gears and reducing daily maintenance frequency.
4. Adjustable Overflow Weir & Efficient Dewatering Design
The adjustable overflow weir plate can flexibly control water level and material residence time according to sand impurity content and production requirements. After full washing, the bucket wheel lifts materials for natural dewatering and draining. The finished sand has low moisture content, no muddy water adhesion, convenient stacking and transportation, directly meeting commercial sand sales standards.
5. Wear-Resistant Reinforced Body Structure
The bucket wheel, water tank and lining parts are made of thickened high-strength wear-resistant steel. The anti-impact structural design adapts to long-term high-load washing of hard sand and gravel. The vulnerable parts have strong wear resistance and long service life, avoiding frequent replacement and reducing long-term operating costs.
6. Energy-Saving & Water-Circulating System
Optimized water flow circulation path reduces invalid water discharge. Matched with sedimentation tank and circulating water system, it realizes repeated utilization of washing water, greatly saving water resources. The low-power and high-efficiency motor configuration reduces unit energy consumption, achieving energy-saving and water-saving green production.
Core Product Advantages of Bucket Wheel Sand Washer
1. Ultra-Low Fine Sand Loss, High Yield
Thanks to the fine sand protection structure, the bucket wheel sand washer effectively retains fine sand particles, solving the serious fine sand loss problem of traditional washing equipment. The finished sand yield is significantly improved, the particle gradation is more reasonable, and the sand quality is higher, effectively increasing the output value of sand and gravel production lines.
2. High Cleaning Cleanliness & Stable Quality
The circulating overturning washing mode removes surface mud, dust and stone powder thoroughly. The cleaned sand has uniform texture, high purity and strong adhesion, fully meeting the aggregate standards of high-grade concrete, highway, railway and hydropower projects. Stable mechanical operation ensures consistent finished sand quality in batch production.
3. Water & Power Saving, Low Operating Cost
The circulating water recycling system reduces overall water consumption by more than 30% compared with traditional sand washers. The optimized low-power matching motor reduces no-load energy consumption. With low failure rate and less wearing parts replacement, the long-term comprehensive operating cost is far lower than spiral sand washing equipment.
4. Fully Sealed Transmission, Low Failure Rate
The oil-bath fully sealed transmission structure completely isolates water and sand erosion, effectively preventing bearing rust, oil leakage and gear wear. It can adapt to long-term outdoor harsh working conditions, with stable operation and extremely low mechanical failure rate, reducing manual maintenance time and cost.
5. Simple Structure & Easy Operation
The whole machine has compact and reasonable structural layout, simple operation and no complicated debugging procedures. After one-time installation, it can realize continuous automatic production. The modular disassembly design is convenient for daily inspection, cleaning and parts replacement, with low technical threshold for workers.
6. Green & Environment-Friendly Production
Closed water circulation realizes zero waste water discharge, avoiding water resource waste and environmental pollution. The whole washing process is stable with no dust overflow and low running noise, meeting global environmental protection standards for quarry and construction aggregate production.
Working Principle & Production Flow of Bucket Wheel Sand Washer
Working Principle
The Bucket Wheel Sand Washer adopts rotary bucket wheel circulating washing + natural dewatering principle. Raw sand and gravel materials are evenly sent into the water tank of the sand washer. Driven by the motor and transmission device, the large-capacity bucket wheel rotates slowly and continuously lifts, stirs and flips the materials in the water.
Impurities such as soil, clay and stone powder on the sand surface are fully dissolved and separated in the water, while the fine sand protection structure effectively intercepts fine particles to avoid loss. After multiple cycles of washing, the high-cleanliness sand is lifted out of the water by the bucket wheel, and the moisture is naturally drained during the rotation process. Finally, the dry and clean finished sand is discharged from the outlet, and the muddy water enters the circulating sedimentation system for reuse.
Standard Production Flow
Raw Sand Feeding → Water Tank Circulating Washing → Impurity Separation & Fine Sand Retention → Bucket Wheel Lifting & Dewatering → Clean Sand Discharging → Muddy Water Circulating Utilization → Finished Sand Stacking
Application Scenarios of Bucket Wheel Sand Washer
Bucket Wheel Sand Washer is the core supporting equipment of sand and gravel production lines, widely used in quarry and sand plant aggregate processing. It is specially used for cleaning artificial machine-made sand, river sand and gravel aggregate, removing soil, dust and sundries to improve sand quality. The high-cleanliness finished sand is widely used in concrete mixing stations, highway pavement, railway engineering, hydropower projects, municipal construction and other fields, providing high-standard building aggregate for infrastructure construction.
Core Application Fields: Machine-made sand production, river sand purification, construction aggregate cleaning, road & hydraulic engineering materials processing
Global Project Cases of Bucket Wheel Sand Washer
Case 1: Artificial Sand Washing Project | Philippines Quarry Plant
Project Info: The customer’s machine-made sand contained a lot of stone powder and soil, failing to meet commercial sand standards. Equipped with our XSD bucket wheel sand washer, the sand cleaning rate reaches over 98%, and the fine sand loss is effectively controlled. The finished sand has uniform gradation and high purity, which is well recognized in the local construction market. The water circulation system also reduces long-term production costs.
Case 2: River Sand Purification Project | Indonesia Sand Processing Plant
Project Info: Raw river sand has high mud content and many impurities, resulting in low sales value. After adopting our bucket wheel sand washer, the mud and dust impurities are completely removed. The fully sealed transmission structure ensures 24-hour continuous stable operation, low failure rate and less maintenance. The high-quality washed sand greatly improves customer economic benefits.
Case 3: Highway Aggregate Washing Project | Thailand Construction Material Factory
Project Info: Highway engineering requires strict aggregate cleanliness and stable quality. Our XSD series sand washer provides high-precision washing and dewatering effect, with stable finished sand moisture and consistent quality. The energy-saving and water-saving design meets local environmental protection requirements, becoming reliable supporting equipment for large-scale infrastructure projects.
FAQs of Bucket Wheel Sand Washer
Q1: What is a Bucket Wheel Sand Washer used for?
A: Bucket Wheel Sand Washer is professional sand washing and dewatering equipment, mainly used to remove soil, clay, dust and impurities from machine-made sand and river sand. It improves sand cleanliness and particle gradation, making finished sand meet commercial building aggregate standards.
Q2: What is the capacity range of XSD sand washer?
A: The XSD series bucket wheel sand washer covers a capacity of 20-300T/H, with multiple models for small, medium and large sand production lines, supporting customized configuration according to customer output requirements.
Q3: Does bucket wheel sand washer cause serious fine sand loss?
A: No. Equipped with exclusive fine sand anti-loss protection structure, it effectively captures fine sand particles, reduces loss rate below 8%, and improves finished sand yield and gradation compared with traditional washing equipment.
Q4: What are the advantages of oil-bath sealed transmission?
A: The fully sealed oil-bath transmission isolates water and sand erosion, avoids oil leakage and bearing damage, greatly reduces equipment failure rate, extends service life and lowers daily maintenance costs.
Q5: Can the washed sand be directly used for construction?
A: Yes. The cleaned sand features high cleanliness, low moisture and uniform particle size, fully meeting the aggregate requirements of concrete, highway, railway and municipal construction, and can be directly sold and used.
Technical Parameters of Bucket Wheel Sand Washer
|
Item
|
Specification
|
|
Machine Model
|
XSD2610 / XSD2816 / XSD3016 / XSD3620 (Customizable)
|
|
Processing Capacity
|
20 – 300 T/H
|
|
Max Feeding Size
|
≤10mm
|
|
Cleaning Rate
|
≥98% High cleanliness
|
|
Fine Sand Loss Rate
|
≤8% Low loss design
|
|
Motor Power
|
7.5 – 45KW Energy-saving configuration
|
|
Water Consumption
|
Low circulating water consumption
|
|
Discharged Sand Moisture
|
≤15% Good dewatering effect
|
|
Transmission Mode
|
Fully sealed oil-bath transmission
|
|
Core Advantage
|
Fine sand protection, water-saving, low failure rate
|
|
Applicable Materials
|
Artificial sand, river sand, gravel, crushed stone aggregate
|
|
Application Scenarios
|
Quarry, sand plant, highway, railway, hydropower construction
|
Get Custom Bucket Wheel Sand Washer Solution
Our XSD Bucket Wheel Sand Washer integrates fine sand protection, high-efficiency washing, energy and water saving, and stable operation. It solves the pain points of large fine sand loss, high water consumption and easy damage of traditional sand washing equipment, providing high-quality aggregate cleaning solutions for global quarries, sand plants and infrastructure construction projects, helping customers improve sand quality and production profits.
Contact us now to get free model selection, customized process scheme and accurate project quotation!
