All correspondence must be made through the Vendor Portal. Specifications include, but are not limited to: It is the intent of this Specification is to describe in detail an Ultra Easy-Clean Out Brine Production System. This system must be designed and constructed to convert rock salt to finished salt brine. It must also include a self-contained hydraulic system to rotate the lower brine holding tank and trash screen down when cleaning is desired, allowing all debris in the salt hopper to simply flow into a standard 2 or 3 cu. yd. loader bucket. Total clean-out will only take approximately 10 minutes and requires no personnel entry into the system for shoveling and no "quick attach" loader buckets. A. The BPS5000-SS Brine Production System must be capable of producing approximately 3,000 to 5,000 Gallons of Brine Per Hour (based on MNDOT's water supply of 50 GPM to 83 GPM at 60 PSI or greater). B. System must be designed and constructed to be easily filled with rock salt using a standard 2 cu. yd. or 3 cu. yd. loader bucket (no conveyors or augers required). C. System must be designed and constructed to be easily cleaned of all debris in the salt hopper with a standard 8' wide 2 cu. yd. or 3 cu. yd. loader bucket (no "quick attach" loader buckets are required). To do this, the loader operator will simply position his loader bucket below the system's lower brine holding tank. He will then switch on the system's self-contained hydraulic control Power Pack. The operator will then rotate the pivoting trash screen and lower brine holding tank down, allowing all debris in the salt hopper to flow into the loader bucket. D. System must also be designed and constructed to provide for easy clean out of the silt and other fines inside the lower brine holding tank as follows: The operator will again rotate the system's lower brine holding tank down, this time with the pivoting trash screen held in the "up" position. He will then clean the inside the lower brine holding tank and wash out the silt and other fines using a standard water spray hose (can also remove lower secondary screen when desired). E. Entire system must be constructed on a single skid frame to allow for easy loading, unloading, and moving using various loaders with forks (system can also be lifted into place). F. System must be a "downward flow" brine maker where the salt bed acts as a "filter bed" as the water moves down through the bed from the top spray bars. This provides for cleaner brine (less suspended solids in the finished brine) than upward flow brine makers produce. G. Overall system dimensions: 10'6” wide x 6'1" deep x 8'0" high.
