SALHER - Model FP -Filter Press
The Filter Press (FP) is a fully automated equipment, Salher brand, for the elimination and dehydration of sludge from small and medium WWTP. The dehydration by pressure allows to reach better dryness percentages than other dehydration systems (with results close to 30%, being able to be higher through a correct conditioning of the sludge).
Its main body is made of Q235 high quality steel, processed by sandblasting and painted with epoxy primer. Its vertical plates and filter cloths are made of polypropylene. It includes an hydraulic group to control the closing and opening of the hydraulic cylinder, a pressure measurement system for the automation, an inductive sensor for the opening control of the hydraulic cylinder, a ball valve for the clarified water outlet, a clarified water collection channel made of stainless steel, safety elements for emergency stop and a combined pressure detector to measure the pumping of sludge at the entrance of the equipment and to control the filtering process.
Optionally, an automatic polyelectrolyte preparation unit, a sludge conditioning tank, a sludge feed screw pump, a plate agitation system, a hopper for cakes collection, a lifting structure, a lateral protection in transparent methacrylate, with security control and the electrical panel board with PLC and screen.