filter press

British  

noun

1. an apparatus used for filtration consisting of a set of frames covered with filter cloth on both sides, between which the liquid to be filtered is pumped

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Example Sentences

Employees work on the production line at Jingjin filter press factory in Dezhou, Shandong province, China August 25, 2022.

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2022

When sufficiently concentrated the glycerine may be decolorised, if necessary, by treating with 1 per cent. animal charcoal and passing through a filter press, from which it issues as "dynamite glycerine".

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.

When the oxidation is complete, the anthraquinone is separated in a filter press, washed and heated to 120� C. with commercial oil of vitriol, using about 2� parts of vitriol to 1 of anthraquinone.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

The properly treated lye is then run through the filter press while slightly warm and the filtered lye is fed to the evaporator from the filtered lye tank.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.

The Brock and Minton filter press system is another method.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various