For over 50 years, Tenco Hydro has engineered dissolved air flotation systems that outperform — and outlast — the competition. Our Clari-Float DAF is the product of decades of full-scale testing, continuous refinement, and hundreds of installations across food processing, metal manufacturing, municipal treatment, and industrial wastewater applications.

The difference starts at the inlet. Most DAF units waste flotation area to turbulence — mixing energy from incoming feed and depressurizing recycle flows disrupts the surface blanket and sends undissolved air bubbling through where it shouldn’t. Tenco Hydro’s proprietary inlet chamber solves this directly: it dissipates turbulent energy, captures excess undissolved air before it reaches the flotation zone, and delivers a smooth, evenly distributed laminar flow across the full width of the DAF cell. The result is more usable flotation area, a cleaner float blanket, and more consistent effluent quality.

Our proprietary recycle pressurization system dissolves air at greater than 87% saturation efficiency — verified through rigorous full-scale testing. That number matters because higher dissolution efficiency means less energy consumed, smaller pressure tanks, and more microbubbles doing the work they’re supposed to do. Every bubble counts when your permit limit is 15 mg/L.

Clari-Float systems are available in rectangular hopper-bottom, rectangular flat-bottom, and circular configurations. Materials include carbon steel, 304 and 316 stainless steel, and concrete. Controls scale from bare-bones motor starters to fully integrated PLC systems with SCADA, remote access, and sensor optimization packages for pH, TSS, conductivity, and dissolved oxygen. Every system is engineered in 3D CAD, customer-approved before fabrication begins, and factory pre-assembled and tested before it ships — from our facility in Sugar Grove, Illinois.

Hundreds of units installed. Decades of proven performance. If you need a DAF system that works the first time and keeps working, talk to Tenco Hydro.