Removing solids from a flowing fluid using a care-free pumped or gravity flow rotating drum screen with stationary stabilization assemblies

A method for removing solids from a flowing fluid using a pumped or gravity flow rotating drum screen, comprising:

• causing a flow of influent containing solids to enter a fluid inlet end of a housing, the housing being equipped with the fluid inlet end, a solid discharge end and an area between the two ends,
• wherein the influent flows into a hollow portion of a drum screen positioned lengthwise in the area between the two ends of the housing, the drum screen comprising a filter medium that retains at least a portion of the solids within the hollow portion of the drum screen and which produces a liquid effluent that is discharged from an outer surface of the drum screen, the retained solids being removable via the solid discharge end;
• rotating, by a drive assembly, the drum screen about an axis running the length of the drum screen;
• engaging, by a plurality of trunnion wheels, one or more rings circumscribing the outer surface of the drum screen as the drum screen rotates, in which each trunnion wheel is supported by a bracket mounted to the housing;
• and
• stabilizing the drum screen using one or more stationary stabilization pad assemblies comprising a mountable bracket including a base portion, an upstanding member, and a holding portion,
• mounting the base portion to a supporting structure of the housing such that the upstanding member protrudes up from the base portion, and the holding portion is attached to a top of the upstanding member,
• wherein the holding portion includes a U-shaped cross-section into which a pad is inserted,
• wherein one or more rims of the one or more rings is received within the holding portion such that the pad is in contact with the one or more rims, and
• wherein the holding portion is positioned above at least a portion of the drum screen and at least a portion of the plurality of trunnion wheels.