Draco drums where designed as a more affordable drop in solution that is easy to use. Initial price of a drum was always very expensive and then there were the hidden costs of plumbing a standalone unit in, usually involving lots of expensive 4 inch pipe and just the pure hassle of having to move everything around to physically fit them in to any existing system. Sometimes this scenario alone ruled out drum installs for most. Also there seems to be a bit of an “arms race” of extra features going on and on face value this seems to make them more complex for the user to install and use. There must be a simpler way.
From the absolute start, Draco Drums where designed to fit in the front of an ERIC filter to replace the subjectively high maintenance brush box system used in these units. The brief was to come up with a product that could drop in without a single modification to the original filter. It then had to be extremely easy to “wire up” and commission and then it had to be easy to maintain, with everything easily replaceable. It also had to have all the features needed to make a drum work but keep it within the chassis of the drum to allow it to be installed in almost any situation, no matter how tight.
The result is a drum that not only fits in an ERIC filter, but fits the 300 series Nexus units and single inlet vortexes over 33 inches in Diameter. We are also looking at multi chamber units but on a case by case basis as there are so many different types. Spring 2016 will see the introduction of a standalone unit and a smaller drum for nexus 200 series filters and smaller vortexes and larger multibays.
Draco Drum C30/340 Combi Unit
Draco Drum C30/340 Combi Unit
There are 3 different sized combination filters. These all have the drum and the biological chamber built into the same unit. Drawing on the experience and knowledge from our commercial development and collaborations we have transferred it to our range of smaller filter products to aid the modern water keeper. The engineering and understanding of how filtration works was developed to produce the Combi range of filters. Fully curved base to eliminate corners that allow bacterial and debris build up. Because of the clever design concept, the full length of the units (including under the drum unit), are utilised within the bio area. Thereby allowing the system to provide the maximum capacity to floor space without losing it to unutilised volume.
Features:
- Full length (utilises space under drum), diverted and downward flow, curve base biological chamber
- Sloped and slotted base to drum chamber, to eliminate bio media clogging and particle buildup in this area
- Split screen for easy access to the middle of the drum and easy bypassing of the unit
- Quick release/change UV Resistant DPM Drum Seal
- External short shaft, rim drive motor
- Solid state water level sensors
Technical Data:
- Dimensions (Including inlet/outlet pipes) – 635mm wide x 1160mm long x 905mm high
- Height above water level – (tba shortly)
- Capacity – 6,600 Imp gallons per hour / 30,000 litres per hour (in gravity mode, pump fed less 25%)
- Pond Volume – Approx 5,000 UK gallons
- Bio area – 340 litres @ a fill volume of 66% equates to 225 litres of bio media
- 3 X 110mm inlets and twin 110mm outlets
Draco Drum C60/590 Combi Unit
Draco Drum C60/590 Combi Unit
There are 3 different sized combination filters. These all have the drum and the biological chamber built into the same unit. Drawing on the experience and knowledge from our commercial development and collaborations we have transferred it to our range of smaller filter products to aid the modern water keeper. The engineering and understanding of how filtration works was developed to produce the Combi range of filters. Fully curved base to eliminate corners that allow bacterial and debris build up. Because of the clever design concept, the full length of the units (including under the drum unit), are utilised within the bio area. Thereby allowing the system to provide the maximum capacity to floor space without losing it to unutilised volume.
Features:
- Full length (utilises space under drum), diverted and downward flow, curve base biological chamber
- Sloped and slotted base to drum chamber, to eliminate bio media clogging and particle buildup in this area
- Large diameter and short length drum to maximise bio space and reduce water usage.
- Split screen for easy access to the middle of the drum and easy bypassing of the unit
- Quick release/change UV Resistant DPM Drum Seal
- External short shaft, rim drive motor
- Solid state water level sensors
Technical Data:
- Dimensions (Including inlet/outlet pipes) – 730mm wide x 1040mm high x 1340mm long
- Height above water level – 185mm
- Capacity 13,000 Imp gallons per hour / 60,000 litres per hour (in gravity mode, pump fed less 25%)
- Pond Volume – 8,000 to 10,000 UK gallons
- Bio area – 590 litres @ fill volume of 66% equates to 400 litres of bio media
- 4 X 110mm Inlets / 3 x 110mm outlets and additional 2 x 63mm bypass outlets on either side (e.g. for showers)
Draco Drum S100
Draco Drum S100
Drawing on the experience and knowledge from our commercial development and collaborations we have transferred it to our range of smaller filter products to aid the modern water keeper. The engineering and understanding of how filtration works was developed to produce the stand alone range of filters. Fully curved base to eliminate corners that allow bacterial and debris build up. These units are pretty enough for you not to want to hide them away. These are all built with the outlets to perfectly match the inlets of our bio systems. Providing you with the ultimate flexibility to suit your own individual setup and space.
Features:
- The remotely sited controller has start / emergency stop buttons and a knob allowing you to change the length of wash. LED indicator shows the length of time between washes in minutes. Option to utilise a forced wash at either 45 or 99 minutes (This is triggered only if an automatic wash has not completed within the specified time). It also has 2 leads – one to plug in to the mains supply (110v and 230v, auto selectable) and one to plug in to the drum. Status of the unit is via 4 colour coded LEDs. We didn’t think we could make it any simpler than that.
- Fully sealed nylon bodied water valve.
- Low voltage so that only 12 volts DC is anywhere near your pond water.
- Designed to run without a noisy and power hungry wash pump in most circumstances (they are available if required). On standby the unit can use less than 1/2 watt and in full wash mode, use 35 watts. It is entirely possible to run it off a car battery for prolonged periods of time.
- 77 micron stainless steel screen.
- 2 pin ancillary out from the control box facilitating you being able to utilise to your own requirements.
- Quick release/change UV Resistant DPM Drum Seal.
- External short shaft, rim drive motor.
- Solid state water level sensors.
- Extra deep waste tray with increased slope.
Draco Drum S16
Draco Drum S16
Drawing on the experience and knowledge from our commercial development and collaborations we have transferred it to our range of smaller filter products to aid the modern water keeper. The engineering and understanding of how filtration works was developed to produce the stand alone range of filters. Fully curved base to eliminate corners that allow bacterial and debris build up. These units are pretty enough for you not to want to hide them away. These are all built with the outlets to perfectly match the inlets of our bio systems. Providing you with the ultimate flexibility to suit your own individual setup and space.
Features:
- The remotely sited controller has start / emergency stop buttons and a knob allowing you to change the length of wash. LED indicator shows the length of time between washes in minutes. Option to utilise a forced wash at either 45 or 99 minutes (This is triggered only if an automatic wash has not completed within the specified time). It also has 2 leads – one to plug in to the mains supply (110v and 230v, auto selectable) and one to plug in to the drum. Status of the unit is via 4 colour coded LEDs. We didn’t think we could make it any simpler than that.
- Fully sealed nylon bodied water valve.
- Low voltage so that only 12 volts DC is anywhere near your pond water.
- Designed to run without a noisy and power hungry wash pump in most circumstances (they are available if required). On standby the unit can use less than 1/2 watt and in full wash mode, use 35 watts. It is entirely possible to run it off a car battery for prolonged periods of time.
- 77 micron stainless steel screen.
- 2 pin ancillary out from the control box facilitating you being able to utilise to your own requirements.
- Quick release/change UV Resistant DPM Drum Seal.
- External short shaft, rim drive motor.
- Solid state water level sensors.
- Extra deep waste tray with increased slope.
Draco Drum S30
Draco Drum S30
Drawing on the experience and knowledge from our commercial development and collaborations we have transferred it to our range of smaller filter products to aid the modern water keeper. The engineering and understanding of how filtration works was developed to produce the stand alone range of filters. Fully curved base to eliminate corners that allow bacterial and debris build up. These units are pretty enough for you not to want to hide them away. These are all built with the outlets to perfectly match the inlets of our bio systems. Providing you with the ultimate flexibility to suit your own individual setup and space.
Features:
- The remotely sited controller has start / emergency stop buttons and a knob allowing you to change the length of wash. LED indicator shows the length of time between washes in minutes. Option to utilise a forced wash at either 45 or 99 minutes (This is triggered only if an automatic wash has not completed within the specified time). It also has 2 leads – one to plug in to the mains supply (110v and 230v, auto selectable) and one to plug in to the drum. Status of the unit is via 4 colour coded LEDs. We didn’t think we could make it any simpler than that.
- Fully sealed nylon bodied water valve.
- Low voltage so that only 12 volts DC is anywhere near your pond water.
- Designed to run without a noisy and power hungry wash pump in most circumstances (they are available if required). On standby the unit can use less than 1/2 watt and in full wash mode, use 35 watts. It is entirely possible to run it off a car battery for prolonged periods of time.
- 77 micron stainless steel screen.
- 2 pin ancillary out from the control box facilitating you being able to utilise to your own requirements.
- Quick release/change UV Resistant DPM Drum Seal.
- External short shaft, rim drive motor.
- Solid state water level sensors.
- Extra deep waste tray with increased slope.
Draco Drum S50
Draco Drum S50
Drawing on the experience and knowledge from our commercial development and collaborations we have transferred it to our range of smaller filter products to aid the modern water keeper. The engineering and understanding of how filtration works was developed to produce the stand alone range of filters. Fully curved base to eliminate corners that allow bacterial and debris build up. These units are pretty enough for you not to want to hide them away. These are all built with the outlets to perfectly match the inlets of our bio systems. Providing you with the ultimate flexibility to suit your own individual setup and space.
Features:
- The remotely sited controller has start / emergency stop buttons and a knob allowing you to change the length of wash. LED indicator shows the length of time between washes in minutes. Option to utilise a forced wash at either 45 or 99 minutes (This is triggered only if an automatic wash has not completed within the specified time). It also has 2 leads – one to plug in to the mains supply (110v and 230v, auto selectable) and one to plug in to the drum. Status of the unit is via 4 colour coded LEDs. We didn’t think we could make it any simpler than that.
- Fully sealed nylon bodied water valve.
- Low voltage so that only 12 volts DC is anywhere near your pond water.
- Designed to run without a noisy and power hungry wash pump in most circumstances (they are available if required). On standby the unit can use less than 1/2 watt and in full wash mode, use 35 watts. It is entirely possible to run it off a car battery for prolonged periods of time.
- 77 micron stainless steel screen.
- 2 pin ancillary out from the control box facilitating you being able to utilise to your own requirements.
- Quick release/change UV Resistant DPM Drum Seal.
- External short shaft, rim drive motor.
- Solid state water level sensors.
- Extra deep waste tray with increased slope.
Draco Drum Bio Unit
Draco Drum Bio Unit was designed to co-ordinate with the Draco Drum Solum Range of drum filters, they utilise the same curved base configuration to reduce dirt traps and can be installed either singly or in multiples.
Advantages with the Draco Drum Bio Unit:
- The Design also causes the bio media to more easily circulate, thereby increasing the amount of bio media your water touches as it travels through the unit.
- Can be installed in multiple configurations to make best use of the space you have available.
- Standard models utilise Twin 4” inlet / 2″ outlets but can be modified for individual needs.
- 3/4″ Ball valve drain
- Dimensions – 610mm wide x 700mm long x 680mm depth.
- Holds 100 litres of typical bio media in 185 litres of water.
- One unit capable of filtering ponds of approx. 4,000 UK gallons per unit.
https://youtu.be/eF0NysVPjz8
How does the Draco Drum Bio Unit work?
Operation of the Draco Drum Bio Unit
Draco Drum Bio Unit unit is configured as a downward flow, diverted input unit with longitudinal air delivery, to manage water flow around the chamber, maximising the active volume for bio filtration.
Incoming water at the top will have a tendency to “track” diagonally or straight down to the outlet, the path of “least resistance”. By making it interact with the air from the bottom of the tank, this waterflow is disrupted and forced back upwards.
If part of the incoming flow is diverted towards the centre of the tank, the water is forced into the area where the air is rising, enhancing this flow disruption and pushing the water out to the sides.
As the water is pushed sideways at the surface of the unit, it has no choice but to travel downwards when it hits the side. The bottom of the chamber is curved, helping that downward flow turn into a circulatory movement. When reaching the airbar right at the bottom of the unit, the water is forced back up to repeat the circulation until it exists out of the far end. This curved bottom also eliminates any corners where debris may accumulate.
Draco Drum large Bio Unit
Draco Drum large Bio Unit was designed to co-ordinate with the Draco Drum Solum Range of drum filters, they utilise the same curved base configuration to reduce dirt traps and can be installed either singly or in multiples.
Advantages with the Draco Drum large Bio Unit:
- The Design also causes the bio media to more easily circulate, thereby increasing the amount of bio media your water touches as it travels through the unit.
- Can be installed in multiple configurations to make best use of the space you have available.
- Triple 4″ inlets / twin 2″ outlets but can be modified for individual needs.
- 1.5″ Ball valve drain
- Dimensions – 740mm wide x 1140mm long x 840mm depth.
- Holds 300 litres of typical bio media and half a tonne of water.
- Double central air line.
- One unit capable of filtering ponds of approx. 10,000 UK gallons.
How does the Draco Drum large Bio Unit work?
Operation of the Draco Drum large Bio Unit
Draco Drum large Bio Unit unit is configured as a downward flow, diverted input unit with longitudinal air delivery, to manage water flow around the chamber, maximising the active volume for bio filtration.
Incoming water at the top will have a tendency to “track” diagonally or straight down to the outlet, the path of “least resistance”. By making it interact with the air from the bottom of the tank, this waterflow is disrupted and forced back upwards.
If part of the incoming flow is diverted towards the centre of the tank, the water is forced into the area where the air is rising, enhancing this flow disruption and pushing the water out to the sides.
As the water is pushed sideways at the surface of the unit, it has no choice but to travel downwards when it hits the side. The bottom of the chamber is curved, helping that downward flow turn into a circulatory movement. When reaching the airbar right at the bottom of the unit, the water is forced back up to repeat the circulation until it exists out of the far end. This curved bottom also eliminates any corners where debris may accumulate.
Draco Drum midi Bio Unit
Draco Drum midi Bio Unit was designed to co-ordinate with the Draco Drum Solum Range of drum filters, they utilise the same curved base configuration to reduce dirt traps and can be installed either singly or in multiples.
Advantages with the Draco Drum Bio Unit:
- The Design also causes the bio media to more easily circulate, thereby increasing the amount of bio media your water touches as it travels through the unit.
- Can be installed in multiple configurations to make best use of the space you have available.
- Twin 4” inlet / 2″ outlets but can be modified for individual needs.
- Dimensions – 610mm wide x 1000mm long x 705mm depth.
- Holds 200 litres of typical bio media in 300 litres of water.
- One unit capable of filtering ponds of approx. 6,000 UK gallons.
https://youtu.be/XGQjCRHyLHk
How does the Draco Drum midi Bio Unit work?
Operation of the Draco Drum Midi Bio Unit
Draco Drum midi Bio Unit unit is configured as a downward flow, diverted input unit with longitudinal air delivery, to manage water flow around the chamber, maximising the active volume for bio filtration.
Incoming water at the top will have a tendency to “track” diagonally or straight down to the outlet, the path of “least resistance”. By making it interact with the air from the bottom of the tank, this waterflow is disrupted and forced back upwards.
If part of the incoming flow is diverted towards the centre of the tank, the water is forced into the area where the air is rising, enhancing this flow disruption and pushing the water out to the sides.
As the water is pushed sideways at the surface of the unit, it has no choice but to travel downwards when it hits the side. The bottom of the chamber is curved, helping that downward flow turn into a circulatory movement. When reaching the airbar right at the bottom of the unit, the water is forced back up to repeat the circulation until it exists out of the far end. This curved bottom also eliminates any corners where debris may accumulate.
Draco Drum Minima Combi Unit
The Minima – Combi Unit
Another first for Draco – a true, fully functional, expandable drum combi system for under £1600.
Perfect for quarantines, average stocked ponds to 2000 gallons, multi tank / sump installations and anywhere else a complete, compact unit is needed where there is very little space as it is only 30.5cm wide.
Height above static pond water level is 17.5cm .
This unit will run gravity fed only!
Media capacity is approximately 40 litres and can take micro K1.
An additional bolt on bio unit will be available, allowing the user to seamlessly double the biological capacity of the filter.
- The integrated controller has start / emergency stop buttons and a knob allowing you to change the length of wash. LED indicator shows the length of time between washes in minutes. Status of the unit is via 4 colour coded LEDs.
- Low voltage, sealed water valves and drive units utilising an extremely low geared stepper motor drive system mean that only 12 volts is anywhere near your pond water.
- Designed to run without a noisy and power hungry wash pump in most circumstances (they are available if required). On standby the unit can use less than 12 watts and in full wash mode, use 35 watts. It is entirely possible to run it off a car battery for prolonged periods of time.
Combi Unit
Dimensions (Including inlet/outlet pipes) – 350mm wide x 1215mm long x 488mm high
Height above water level – 175mm
Pond Volume – Approx 2,000 UK gallons
Single 3” inlet and outlets
recommend air pump size 40ltr
no media included
https://youtu.be/5MG-TJhXDbI
https://youtu.be/E5jc4C8a1U0
Origin Draco Drum
Origin Draco Drum
The Origin Draco Drum is a reasonably priced and reliable unit. It comes with a choice of screens 77 microns and 58 microns depending on what is required. This Drum Can be used without a pressure wash pump – wash cycle runs off a normal garden hose with a minimum pressure of 2.5 bar with good flow. The Origin uses 35 watts of power while active, 11.5 watts while on standby and 78 watts while active with optional pressure pump. The Drive system comprises direct gearing to the back of the drum minimising complexity, the sealed motor unit is mounted on a single pivot swing arm as a safety feature to stop foreign bodies jamming the system. Its a fairly Simple installation via multiple types of adaptor plate which are interchangeable Single, pre-wired connection from controller to drum. Just plug and play ability to site controller up to 4 metres away from the unit. The Status of controller is available via simple, high intensity, colour coded LEDs and a digital minute between washes display. Easily accessible water level sensors that can be adjusted to accommodate any situation
All parts are modular and are replaceable in the event of any damage or failure Wholly designed and built in the UK by Draco Drum.
Technical Data
- 3700gph / 16500lph flow rate
- Single 110mm inlet
- Filters to 58 micron
- Gravity or pump fed
- Designed to wash from mains pressure (down to 2 bar)
- 11 watts standby / 35 watts wash
- 12 volts DC waterside electrics
- Simple plug and play design
- Polypropylene / Stainless steel construction
- Totally modular – all parts user replaceable
- Optional bolt on wash pump (for low water pressure areas)