Drum Filters - Profidrum
Tuesday, 12 October 2010 08:52

We are proud to announce that we are the exclusive UK dealer for ProfiDrum filters.

Drum filters are something that I have long been a fan of, though not a fan of the incredibly high price tag! Recently, we installed 'Profidrum' drum filters to our 8000 and 4400 gallon ponds, and am so far incredibly impressed! There are 5 units in the range, covering a vast range of pond sizes and flow rates.

After looking at just about every drum filter on the market, I decided that the Profidrum range is pretty much the best all-rounder, with the best value-for-money price tag, and here's why...

Profidrum filters are one of the only ones on the market that are made entirely from 316 stainless steel. Nearly all other manufacturers are using 304 stainless.

Profidrum filters are entirely laser cut, so the fit and alignment of the internals is second to none, which is all important if you wish for the drum to remove the maximum possible percentage of fine particles.

The screen used, is 70 micron stainless steel, which is heat bonded to the composite screen panel. The design of the screen panel is such that waste, leaves, etc, can't get trapped between the panel and screen itself. The panel also has a 'waterwheel' design, so that the waste is physically carried up and over the waste chute during the cleaning cycle, rather than simply rolling back into the water as will happen with cheaper designs.

The drum seal on drum filters is incredibly important. I don't wish to go into too much detail on this point, but suffice to say, that the Profidrum seal is incredibly simple, yet gives a very reliable seal against waste bypass, and will maintain this performance without significant wear over the years.

Cleaning control is provided by a simple but effective system, that senses a drop in water level on the 'clean side' of the drum caused by flow loss, which then sets the drum into cleaning mode. It takes about 12 seconds to rotate about 150 degrees, making sure that the screen that is under water is always a freshly cleaned area. This cleaning process consumes about 1.5 litres of water. You can either use pond water (from the clean side of the drum), or mains water (from a header feed tank) to feed to the high-pressure cleaning pump. Assuming a pessimistic cleaning regime of once every 10 minutes (15 to 20 mins is the norm), which equates to a miserly 333 gallons of water used for cleaning, each week!

There are many reasons for us fitting drum filters to our ponds, and these include the following...

1) Waste is removed before it gets a chance to decay.
2) The removal of the waste being so prompt means that TDS levels are kept to a mimimum.
3) The prompt waste removal also keeps GH levels from rising too high by decomposed fish waste adding to such levels.
4) Due to the waste being removed in this un-rivaled manner, it gives our Bakki Showers a much better chance of making biologically better water for the Koi.

The owner of this year's BKKS Mature Champion, Adult Champion, and 'non-Go-Sanke Champion' has raised his Koi on a combination of drum filtration, Bakki Showers, having run 4 drum filters across three ponds for nearly five years now. I think the results, and condition speaks for itself. I believe that Drum filtration is the perfect partner for Bakki Showers, and the water created by this combination is unbeatable by any other combination of filtration.

Please contact us for pricing info, as the pricing is volatile because of exchange rates. You will be surprised by how competitively priced these are.

Type Drum size (cm) Inlets Outlets Waste Max Flow Price
ProfiDrum 45 45 x 40 3 x 110mm 2 x 110mm 90mm 25,000 lts/hr £POA
ProfiDrum 55 53 x 40 4 x 110mm 3 x 110mm 110mm 35,000 lts/hr £POA
ProfiDrum 65 65 x 40 4 x 110mm 3 x 110mm 110mm 60,000 lts/hr £POA
ProfiDrum 65e 65 x 80 options available 3 x 110mm 110mm 80,000 lts/hr £POA
ProfiDrum 75e 75 x 80 options available 4 x 110mm 110mm 100,000 lts/hr £POA

For those that can't justify the expense of a Stainless steel ProfiDrum, a new 'ProfiDrum Eco' has been launched. These have the same drum, control system, pump, and spraybar as the flagship range, but with a 12mm thick welded polypropylene tank. This currently sits the new 'Eco' range streets ahead of other plastic/composite drum filters.

Type Drum size (cm) Inlets Outlets Waste Max Flow Price
ProfiDrum Eco45 45 x 40 3 x 110mm 2 x 110mm 90mm 25,000 lts.hr £2450
ProfiDrum Eco55 53 x 40 4 x 110mm 3 x 110mm 110mm 35,000 lts/hr £2550
ProfiDrum Eco65 65 x 40 4 x 110mm 3 x 110mm 110mm 60,000 lts/hr £2800