Durco Filter Presses

Durco Filter Press
Dewatering Systems

Durco EP Sidebar Filter Press
Dewatering System

Durco QP Overhead Filter Press
Dewatering System

Durco Filter Press Range

Filter Press Systems Recover Solids And/Or Liquids From Slurry. The Durco Range Of Sidebar Filter Presses & Overhead Filter Presses Are Ideal For 'Dewatering' Of Aqueous Or Other Liquid Slurry Containing 3-30 wt% Particulates

So What Is A Filter Press, How Does It Work, & What Is Dewatering?
A filter press is a liquid-solid separation device used to reduce the volume and weight of a slurry waste or process stream by separating liquid filtrate and solid filter cake. This process is often referred to as dewatering.

The operation of a filter press is therefore a batch process. Depending on the particular application, the filter press may be used to recover either the solid particulate, the liquid stream, or both.

The filter press accomplishes dewatering within a series of chambers into which a process slurry is pumped. Filtered liquid (filtrate) passes through filter cloths and exits the press leaving behind filtered solids (filter cake). The filter press is then opened and the filter cake is discharged by gravity as each plate is shifted.

Durco Filter Press units are ideal for batch operations with liquids containing high solids concentrations or slurries (3%-30% solids by weight).

Durco offers 2 Filter Press lines:

	Durco EP Sidebar Filter Press The Durco EP Sidebar Filter Press design provides economical dewatering of a wide variety of industrial and municipal slurries and sludges.
	Durco QP Overhead Filter Press The Durco QP Overhead Filter Press 4-bar design offers ultra-reliable process stream dewatering in the most demanding conditions.

Durco Filter Presses are ideal for dewatering of slurry & sludge or cake washing applications with solids loadings from 3-30 wt% solids.

Durco Filter Presses have found wide use in a range of industrial dewatering applications such as:

• Chemicals Industry Dewatering - Pigments, Organic Polymers, Silica Gel, Organic Dyes, Carbon Fines, Brine Sludge, Ethanol Slops, Phosphoric Acid, Explosives Wastes, Paint Sludge, Latex, Pesticide Wastes
• Electronics Industry Dewatering - Metal Hydroxide Sludge, R.O. Sludge
• Food Industry Dewatering - Brewery Mash, Sugar Carbonation Sludge, Wine Lees, Yeast, Apple Juice Polishing, Meat Packaging Wastes, Scrap Candy, Palm Oil
• Hazardous Waste Remediation - Soil Washing, Landfill Leachate, Heavy Metals Precipitation
• Metals, Metalworking, Transportation Industries Dewatering - Steel Rolling Mill Waste, Foundry Sludge, Plating Wastes, Paint Spray Booth Waste, Oily Waste
• Mining Industry Dewatering - Titanium Dioxide, Clay, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold Concentrates, Mineral Tailings, Coal Tailings, Acid Mine Drainage, Ready Mix Washout
• Municipal Waste Dewatering - Primary, Secondary Raw and Digested Sludge, Teritary Lime Sludge
• Pulp & Paper Filtration - Recausticizing Wastes, Biological Waste Treatment Sludge, Secondary Fiber, De-inking Waste Recovery
• Oil & Petrochemical Recovery - Drilling & Completion Fluids, Slop Oil Recovery
• Pharmaceuticals, Toiletries, Cosmetics Filtration- Biological Treatment Sludge
• Power Industry Dewatering - Cooling Tower Sludge, Scrubber Sludge, Fly Ash, Coal Pile Runoff
• Water Supply Dewatering - Alum, Ferric, Polymer and Softening Sludge
• Biodiesel Processing - Biodiesel Dry Wash Filtration

Ascension Industries Filtration Division Sales 716-693-9381 ext.216
Filter Press Laboratory & Pilot-Scale Testing Call ext.216
Durco OEM Filter Press Plates & Parts Call ext.231

Durco Filter Presses ... are ideal for dewatering of slurry & sludge or cake washing applications with solids loadings from 3-30 wt% solids.

Durco Filter Presses