The ATI Powercone, featuring their unique Gridwheel impeller, will be unveiled to U.S. Aquarists at MACNA 2010. Greg Morgan and the Reef Geek crew will have the new PowerCone on display; we’re looking to seeing how quiet that 3,000 lph @ 35w really is. Gridwheel diagram from ATI’s patent While researching the new PowerCone skimmer, [...]
The ATI Powercone, featuring their unique Gridwheel impeller, will be unveiled to U.S. Aquarists at MACNA 2010. Greg Morgan and the Reef Geek crew will have the new PowerCone on display; we’re looking to seeing how quiet that 3,000 lph @ 35w really is.
Gridwheel diagram from ATI’s patent
While researching the new PowerCone skimmer, we have dug up German patent applications on the new Gridwheel design. This is an important step for ATI to retain their intellectually property and will hopefully slowdown the copyshops. If the Gridwheel performs as well as we believe it will, 3rd party licensing may be a viable option. For those fluent in German you can find the patent under application number: DE202010003425U1
Additional information from the ATI Press Release:
ATI PowerCone 160 w/ Pump – Coming Soon
- Up to 150 Gallons
- $399.95
ATI PowerCone 200 w/ Pump
- 100-250 Gallons
- $459.95
ATI PowerCone 250 w/ Pump
- 250-500 Gallons
- 10.0″ x 18.1″ x 21.7″
- $529.95
The ATI PowerCone Skimmer combines several new innovations
to produce a skimmer with unsurpassed efficiency and exceptional performance. At the core of the design is the innovative Grid-wheel impeller that combines the stable performance of a needle-wheel with the superior performance of a thread/mesh-wheel impeller.
This Grid-wheel impeller combined with an improved air injection nozzle to increase air intake and an optimized pump housing to improve water flow produces a skimmer with unmatched performance. The ATI PowerCone is the perfect merger of modern advances in skimmer technologies and affordable pricing making it a truly unbeatable value.
Unmatched Performance: The high-volume of air flow combined with the Grid-wheel impeller to chop it all up produces an incredible amount of tiny, waste removing bubbles resulting in an extremely dense and uniform water air mixture. And the design of the skimmer body allows these bubbles to remain in contact with the water for a long period of time resulting in a skimmer that easily outperforms much larger skimmers. The significantly higher surface area of the Grid-wheel impeller easily outperforms traditional needle-wheel impellers.
Stable Performance: Grid-wheel impeller produces consistent, long-term performance as it won’t break apart and wear out like thread/mesh-wheel impellers.
Energy Efficient: Uses just 35 watts of energy while pulling in 3000+ lph of waste removing air.
Easy To Use: Built-in water-level adjustment valve allows for easy and precise fine-tuning of the skimmers performance. The base of the skimmer can be adjusted to change the position of the water outlet and many parts of the skimmer can be easily taken apart for cleaning.
Quiet Operation: Produces minimal noise due to innovative pump and skimmer body design and built-in air silencer.
Excellent Build-Quality: Constructed of high-quality materials and assembled using modern production techniques.
