Proper filter cloth selection goes a long way in ensuring a trouble-free press operation with excellent cake formation. However, you may be experiencing telltale signs that something is wrong.
Learn more about Filter Press Cloth Troubleshooting below and explore Ten Symptoms to watch for with your filter press cakes and process.
Here are Ten Symptoms to be on the lookout for regarding your filter press cakes and filtration process:
1. Sticking Filter Cakes
2. Sludge Blows Out From Between Filter Plates
3. Thin Filter Cakes
4. Sloppy Filter Cakes
5. No Filter Cakes
6. Partially Formed Filter Cakes
7. Cloudy Filtrate
8. Drips Coming from the Bottom of Filter Cloths
9. Core Blow Is Working Inefficiently
10. Core Blow Is Working Too Aggressively
Just as with medical symptoms, it is always best to get to the root cause underlying the symptoms.
Reasons for the above 10 Symptoms can include torn, rippled, or creased filter cloth, badly or incorrectly fitted filter cloth, or incorrect filter cloth type. Reasons can also include plugged drain holes on plates, poor sludge conditioning, issues with slurry feed pump pressure, or a variety of other causes.
When it comes to Troubleshooting, Micronics Engineered Filtration is your trusted technical expert! While you may wish to carry out the troubleshooting yourself, Micronics provides excellent services to get to the root cause of your filter press operating issues. We make the best filter cloth and we are also experts in helping ensure trouble-free press operations! Think of us as partners in problem-solving, helping you and your company maximize the value of your filtration investment.
Did You Know…Micronics can also changeout filter press cloth and/or refit your filter cloth, ensuring the correct cloth type and the proper fit? In addition to focusing on the filter cloth itself, we will also perform a complete inspection to ensure that your filter plates are not misaligned or broken. In these challenging times, sometimes an added service/maintenance hand is just what the doctor ordered.
Contact Us, if you have any of the 10 Symptoms outlined here, and Micronics will be happy to work with you and your operating team!
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