SANIBEST - toilet and pump
While most of
our range are basically shredders, the Sanibest incorporates
an actual grinder system. The Sanibest is ideal for situations where you
do not control the use of it; i.e. rental unit, offices, warehouses, etc.
The Sanibest is designed to deal with sanitary articles that may have been
flushed down the toilet by accident. The Sanibest can be used with a round
bowl or an elongated bowl. Note that in commercial installations the code
requires an elongated bowl.
The Sanibest is
a system that is used to install a complete bathroom up to 18 feet below
the sewer line, or even up to 150
feet away from a soil
stack.
The macerating
pump is connected to the spigot of a horizontal outlet toilet.
The toilet tank is connected to the water supply.
The macerating/pump is connected to the small diameter discharge pipe
work.
The macerating/pump is connected to the electrical supply.
The inside of
the Sanibest comprises of a pressure chamber, which starts and stops the
unit,
and the motor, which drives the cutter and the pump.
When
the flush is activated, the water flowing into the Sanibest activates a microswitch
in the pressure chamber, which in turn starts the motor. The
motor
is sealed for life in an oil filled enclosure. A common spindle drives
the impeller and the macerator blades. The moving parts therefore are kept
to
an absolute
minimum. Water and organic waste matter, enter the chamber and are reduced
to slurry as the macerator blades rotate at 3600 RPM. The reduced solids
are picked
up at the bottom and the impeller mounted beneath the motor ejects the
waste. The pump operates at 10 PSI and pumps the effluent upward to 12 feet
and/or
150 feet horizontally (with gravity fall). Once the water is discharged
and the water
level in the container goes down, the microswitch deactivates the unit
until the flush is activated again. A normal operating cycle for Sanibest
takes
about 15 - 18 seconds depending upon the discharge pipe run configuration;
power
consumption is therefore minimal.
In addition to
the toilet waste, Sanibest will also discharge gray wastewater from a variety
of other sanitary fixtures,
such as: a hand basin, a bath,
a bidet, a urinal and even a clothes washer (Note: washing machine must
drain to a laundry
sink or tub first). When adding a bathtub, a base will have to be constructed,
made out of 2" x 6" on edge, to allow for the installation of a
P-trap and some gravity flow towards the pump unit.
The wastewater
from other sanitary fixtures is discharged into Sanibest via
two 11⁄2-inch inlets, on either side of the housing. Either one or
both inlets can be used as required. The discharge elbow on top of the Sanibest
can be turned
either to the left or to the right, depending on the discharge installation.
The
Sanibest automatically adjust the input rate from other sanitary fixtures,
always giving priority to the discharge water of the toilet. Inlet valves
operated by a simple float mechanism achieve this. For example, if the
bath is being
emptied and the toilet is flushed simultaneously, the inrush of water from
the toilet
into the container slows down or stops the discharge from other fixtures
for a few seconds, until the waste from the toilet has been dealt with.
As the
toilet water is discharged and the level in the container goes down the
float valves
open and the discharge from the other fixtures resumes.
The Sanibest is
designed to provide vertical pumping up to 18 feet as well as a horizontal
discharge,
therefore a simple non-return valve is incorporated.
It has now become possible to install a complete bathroom where previously
this
would have been impossible or where considerable capital equipment and
structural work would have been necessary.
The water closet
the Sanibest is connected to, uses much less water than a regular toilet,
it uses 6 liters (1.6 USG)
of water per flush.
