Washout:
Shor FiltraGold Recovery System
You may ask yourself; why do we need any recovery system for our sink? Well,
just think for a moment, every time your polisher washes his hands, he's
probably washing a pennyweight or more of gold down the drain. Very quickly that
adds up to a respectable amount of money being washed away.
So why this system? You want a
system that meets a number of criteria:
First and foremost, it must recover all the gold.
There are two ways to achieve that. One way is to use many settling tanks and
lots of standing water. This works well but requires a great deal of space and
the stagnant water tends to stink. The other way is to have a
very fine filter system. These systems require a pump, because any
filter that is fine enough to capture all the gold is also so fine that the
water will back up and not pass through it unless there is a pump to force the
water through the filter. Any system that relies on a filter without a pump is
letting most of the gold go down the drain.
- Your recovery system must be compact.
- It must be easy and inexpensive to maintain.
- And last, it should be inexpensive to purchase.
The Shor FiltraGold has all these
qualities and much more. In fact, it’s so revolutionary that it’s been granted a
patent by the U.S. Patent Office (foreign patents pending). Even installation is
easy; out of the box and completely installed in 10 minutes is common.
The
FiltraGold incorporate two independent
filtration systems. The first (the prefilter) captures the stones and large
particles of gold. After passing through the prefilter, the water then activates
a pump and its integrated float switch. The pump forces the water through a 10
micron cotton wound filter cartridge which recovers the fine particles of gold.
The Shor FiltraGold takes up only 1 cubic
foot of space and fits neatly under your sink (so, in effect, they take up no
space at all!)
Average maintenance time is 5-10 minutes, once a week. Cost of replacing the
filter cartridge (about once a month) is just $5.
Cost of the standard system (this is the right size for all but large shops)
is only $395 complete
High volume shops may require a Shor FiltraGold
with a more powerful pump.