Schoonover, Inc. - Liquid Filtration

Liquid Filtration -Vertical Plate Filters


VERTICAL PLATE FILTERS
Vertical Plate Filters offer the benefit of automatic cleaning by wet cake or dry cake discharge. Sparkler Filters manufactures both vertical or horizontal tank vertical plate filters. Contact Schoonover, Inc. for more information on which filter is best for your application requirements. VF Vertical Plate Filter MCRO Vertical Plate Filter Selection Guide for Vertical Plate Filters VF Vertical Plate Filter The VF vertical tank vertical plate filter is used where floor space is limited. For dry cake discharge the bottom has a cone with a valve or a bottom drop door. For wet cake discharge, the cake is dislodged with a sluice header and discharged through the drain. MCRO Vertical Plate Filter The MCRO mounted cover, horizontal retractable tank, overhead supported filter is the answer for high volume, heavy duty applications like mining, commodity chemicals, vegetable oils, sugar refining and waste or recycle water. No piping disconnects are required to open the filter. The transplate sluice operates with the lowest wash volume per square foot of area for high efficiency and rapid cleaning.

Selection Guide for Vertical Plate Filters

Filter Model

Filter Septum

Std. Capacity Range

Cake Discharge

Application Notes

24" to 54" Tank Diameter

Wire Mesh or Cloth Bags

Filter Area:
39-661 ft²

Cake Volume:
4.8 - 41 ft³

Automatic Dry Cake or Wet Cake

For processes with uniform flow and solids content. Vertical plate filters require constant flow or pressure on the filter plates. The filter plates may be cleaned without opening the filter vessel.

Vertical Plate Filter Product Literature

MCRO

36" to 84"
Tank Diameter

Wire Mesh or Cloth Bags

Filter Area:
99 -4000 ft²

Cake Volume:
12.4 - 666 ft³

Automatic
Dry Cake or Wet Cake

Large capacity filters for processes with uniform flow and solids content. Vertical plate filters require constant flow or pressure on the filter plates. Wet cake discharge without opening the filter vessel. Highly efficient sluice system. Tank retracts for dry cake discharge.

MCRO Filter Product Literature