This Removable trash racks is operated by a crane using a grappling.

It is used for protecting the water intakes, channels, pen stocks and other types of hydraulic structures against the inlet of debris of vegetation urban or industrial trash, is achieved by the use of trash racks.

The trash racks are a welded construction comprising of panels formed by a set of parallel bars, equally spaced at a distance defined by the charge load,  permissible vibration level and flow conditions. These bars are fixed to a support structure, which are either embedded in the concrete or movable.

The operation of a trash rack cleaning machine may be manual, semi-automatic