Filter Press

ilter presses in principal are pressure filters in where a filters pack comprising of a series of plates and frames or chamber plates in compressed between one fixed and one movable bulk head on the other end. The filter media is placed between each individual element.
a pair of filter plates when closed form a cavity internally covered on all both sides by the filtering medium. Slurry with uniform distribution of finely dispersed solids in liquid is introduced under pressure in this cavity. Liquid passes out and solids with remaining discharged through a closed pipe formed in the plates or is passed out into open channel through externally mounted cocks