News – de-gritting and water treatment
This page brings together the news and updates from FB PROCÉDÉS dedicated to automatic dewatering, water treatment and mechanical equipment for hydraulic structures. Here you will discover our technical articles, our field projects, our product innovations, as well as the developments of our solutions designed for municipalities and industry.
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What Bar Spacing Should I Choose for a Bar Screen?
29/10/2026The right clearance is the smallest spacing that actually protects your equipment downstream, without excessively increasing the loss of charge or the volume of reject. Too wide, it lets through wipes and rags that clog the pumps and…
Bar Screen Automatic: Why does a strap outperform a cable or a chain?
23/01/2026In the field of water pretreatment, the choice of an bar screen automatic system is strategic. Although the function remains the same — extracting the rejects to protect downstream facilities — the traction mechanism changes everything. For a long time, it has been dominated by…
Meet FB PROCÉDÉS at Carrefour de l’Eau 2026 in Rennes
16/01/2026FB PROCÉDÉS Expose your innovations at the Carrefour de l'Eau. The 27th edition of the Carrefour de l'Eau will take place in Rennes on January 21 and 22, 2026. For us FB PROCÉDÉS, this annual event is a privileged opportunity to present our latest innovations…
73rd bar screen established in the Vendée
03/01/2026Last month, we therefore participated in the commissioning of an bar screen automatic machine of the NG11 type, coupled with a VCP250 type compaction screw, as well as a VTP200 type pivot transport screw. Due to the…Two bar screens on a network of rainwater pipes
31/10/20232 bar screens on a rainwater network At the end of October, our technicians Cédric and Geoffrey replaced two bar screens competitors in the Paris region, who had been using a rainwater network for a few years. In its place, we installed…Three bar screens FB Processes replaced
19/06/2023May will be the month of replacements for the bar screens FB Processes. Two at the Rezé wastewater treatment plant (44), then three at pumping stations near Rennes (35), and finally three more at a basin…
One bar screen with a full cowling
15/03/2023A slightly special SG400 type bar screen automatic was put into service a few days ago. A little special because it is equipped with an all-round fairing, and this option is not often chosen. In our case,…3 bar screens and 2 screws on a STEP
15/02/2023For the last few days, a wastewater treatment plant in the south of France has been bringing together some of our expertise. Specifically, a bar screen «rough» system installed directly at the entrance point. It bar screen is attached to the vertical wall of the station, facing…
2 new equipped motorway service areas
21/12/2022In recent days, two motorway areas in the south of France, located in the same commune, have each been equipped with a set consisting of a vertical bar screen press and a compaction screw. The electrical boxes are attached to the…
A communal post equipped with a bar screen
21/09/2022We recently equipped a communal lifting station with a vertical SG400 type bar screen automatic lifting system. The context was as follows: – Concrete station with an inner diameter of 1600mm. Wall thickness 120mm – The station protrudes from the ground of…4 bar screens vertical posts on a pumping station
20/06/2022Last week, our technicians Cédric and Geoffrey (accompanied by our local sales manager Stéphanie) were on an island in Spain to install 4 vertical XG12 type bar screens automatic pumps on a pumping station. One of the particularities of this…A composting platform equipped with bar screens
20/05/2022Earlier this week, Cédric, our technician, but also Julien and Thibault from the sales department, installed two NG11 type bar screens automatic composting systems on a composting platform in the Seine-Maritime region. These are bar screens vertical units with a unit width of 1200mm and grilles…
