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

From Reuters ● Aug. 31, 2022

As to the filter press cake, this may be best thrown away in a small factory.

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.

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.

At a low temperature a sediment is often formed, but this can be overcome by the use of sugar and filtering the soap through a filter press at a low temperature.

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.

This filter press is not in use anywhere for dealing with large quantities of water in connection with a town water supply.

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