Parts & Accessories - Mooring Options
There’s more to mooring than meets they eye. Variations in water levels can influence wastewater treatment applications and selecting the proper mooring configuration for your operations can help increase overall efficiencies.
Aerator Solutions recommends several typical mooring options to help you gain optimum efficiencies and make the best use of your EcoJet™ High-speed aerator.
Shore Mooring is the most common mooring arrangement for wastewater treatment aerators. In this configuration, the shore-end connects to an eyebolt or embedded anchor.
Restrained Mooring is most appropriate for applications with large variations in water level. This option requires the restrained mooring frame to fit loosely around the mooring posts. Allowing the aerator to slide up and down the posts, this type of positioning easily adapts to changes in water level.
Pivotal Mooring includes arm assemblies that allow the aerator to move vertically with any change in water level. This type of accessory additionally allows convenient access for maintenance, as the pivotal mooring arms can easily be pulled to the side of the tank.
Mooring Accessories
Mooring Cable
- Designated by the number of strands in the cable and the number of wires in each strand
- In cable specified by Aerator Solutions, 7×19 means 7 strands of 19 wires each.
- All mooring cable is manufactured of 7×19 strand, 304 stainless steel.
| HP |
DIA |
WGHT |
STGH |
| 2-30 |
3/16 |
65 |
3,700 |
| 40-75 |
1/4 |
110 |
6,400 |
| 100 |
3/8 |
243 |
12,000 |
Notes:
- AMPS – Full load AMPS
- Maximum cable length in feet based on a 5% voltage drop and .90 power factor
Shackles
- Heavy-duty functionality
- 304 stainless steel
- Available sizes: 3/16”, 1/4”, and 3/8” for use with corresponding diameter mooring cable
- Attached to the thimble
- Allows for easy detachment of the aerator from the mooring line
Extension Spring
- Used for small variations in water levels
- Stainless steel construction
- Installed at mooring points for approximately 10 inches of expansion for each spring
Thimble
- Heavy-duty functionality
- 316 stainless steel
- Available size: 3/16”, 1/4”, and 3/8” for use with corresponding diameter mooring cable
Snap Hook
- Heavy-duty functionality
- 304 stainless steel
- Available size: 3/16”, 1/4”, and 3/8” for use with corresponding diameter mooring cableAvailable sizes: 3/16”, 1/4”, and 3/8” for use with corresponding diameter mooring cable
- Attached to thimble
- Allows for simple detachment of the aerator from the mooring line for scheduled maintenance or other services
Mooring Hardware Arrangement – 3/16” – 1/4”
- For up to 30 HP: use one thimble and one clip on each end of the mooring line
- Above 30 HP: use one thimble and two clips on each end of the mooring line.
Wire Rope Clip
- Heavy-duty U-bolt clips
- A316 stainless steel
- Available sizes: 3/16”, 1/4”, and 3/8” for use with corresponding diameter mooring cable
Mooring Ring
- 304 stainless steel
- Connect aerators together when not moored to shore, posts, or concrete blocks
Larger Mooring Hardware Arrangement - 3/8"
- Consists of one thimble and two wire rope clips on each end of the mooring line
- Install U-bolt section of wire rope clips on “dead” or short end of cable
- Install saddle on “live” or long end of cable
- Apply second clip as near to thimble as possible