Systems and Methods for Extracting Sand from Raw Slurry Material

A processing system for processing raw slurry material comprising:

• a barrel member, where
• the barrel member defines a processing chamber and at least one intermediate opening, and
• the processing chamber defines a pre-processing portion and a separator portion;
• a continuous helical member arranged within the pre-processing portion of the processing chamber;
• a plurality of discontinuous helical members arranged within the separator portion of the processing chamber such that the discontinuous helical members define at least one separator gap;
• wherein
• as the barrel member rotates about a longitudinal axis thereof,
• the continuous helical member transports at least a portion of the raw slurry material through the processing chamber, and
• the plurality of discontinuous helical members transport at least a portion of the raw slurry material through the separator chamber.

A method of processing raw slurry material comprising the steps of:

• providing a barrel member defining a processing chamber and at least one intermediate opening;
• arranging at least one transport member within a pre-processing portion of the processing chamber;
• and
• arranging at least one separator member within a separator portion of the processing chamber such that the at least one separator member defines at least one separator gap;
• and
• rotating the barrel member such that
• the at least one transport member transports at least a portion of the raw slurry material through the pre-processing portion of the processing chamber, and
• the at least one separator member transports at least a portion of the raw slurry material through the separator portion of the processing chamber.