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TH FILTER PRESS

Operating costs within the environmental, mineral and mining industries can be absolutely crippling for companies because the conditions can be both volatile and demanding.  However the T.H. (Tecnicas Hidraulicas) fully automatic Filter Press supplied solely by PrepQuip on the African continent can offer companies a cost effective and robust solution to endure these conditions.  There is undoubtedly an increasingly high demand for the removal and elimination of slimes/slurry dams and the PrepQuip supplied T.H. fully automatic filter press is just the equipment for the fines dewatering application with its low capital and operating costs, making it an ideal purchase and solution to your dewatering process.  The design also ensures durability, reliability and effectiveness.  The TH Filter Press ranges in size from 1.41 m² to 594 m² which produces filter cakes of up to 85 tons/hour per press.

Figure 1: T.H. Filter Press installed to dewater copper concentrate
Figure 1: T.H. Filter Press installed to dewater copper concentrate

The TH Filter Press 11 Most Impressive Features:

  • Fully automatic and hydraulic driven
  • Dewatering capacity up to 85 tons dry solids per hour
  • Equipped with 40mm thick steel plates (prevents mechanical damage)
  • Unique design ensures effective discharge of all cakes
  • Individual chamber feed ports decrease filling time and increase cloth life
  • Replaceable rubber seals prevent leakage and ensure ease of maintenance
  • Hydraulic pack is used for both slurry pump operation and press opening/closing
  • Fulcrum Design facility to incorporate up to 12 different steps during the filtering process. Press PLC has the facility to incorporate up to 12 different steps during the filtering process
  • Uniform filling eliminates the formation of blocks and the risk of plate damage
  • Consistently low cake moistures controlled via an effluent measurement system
  • Lower energy consumption
  • Dewater capabilities with moistures as low as 14% depending on compositiona and size of fines

Figure 2: 3 x T.H. Filter presses installed on coal fines slurry line
Figure 2: 3 x T.H. Filter presses installed on coal fines slurry line

 

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