WEFTEC~? 2016 INGENUITY CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED

摘要

This year marks the fifth year this competition has sought to recognize those fixes that began on the front lines with the need tackle a persistent problem using just what's at hand and a big shot of ingenuity. The 2016 competition yielded six awards. James Spielvogel from the Borough of Ellwood City, Pa., Wastewater Treatment Plant received the Ice Breaker Award. He invented a device to safely and easily lift the clarifier skimmer in the winter to prevent the skimmer from freezing to the grease box. Using this invention, one operator can stand on a clarifier bridge with a hooking pole and lift the skimmer onto an arched hook.