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The DORR-OLIVER Horizontal Pan Filter is a continuous vacuum filter designed for economic filtration of granular, fibrous and coarse fast settling solids, including cake washing and drying if required. The DORR-OLIVER Horizontal Pan Filter provides a circular filtration surface (“pan”) rotating in a horizontal plane. Multiple filter designs, filter sizes and process components are available, suitable for a wide range of industrial applications and process needs.
The unique filter design allows for cake washing in counter current mode thereby achieving highest cake washing efficiency at reduced wash media consumption. The cake moisture is effectively reduced by means of the applied vacuum and additional methods if required before it is removed by a wear resistant cake discharge scroll. The filtration surface can be dressed with a wide range of textile and metal type of filter media thereby using most advanced cloth fixing methods including cassette designs.
DORR-OLIVER Horizontal Pan Filters are typically manufactured in an all-steel design considering the material selection most suitable for the individual application. In combination with the heavy duty filter design a highly reliable and maintenance friendly filter is provided.
The results of 60 years experience and superior performance have been proven in literally almost thousands of installations and various applications. Simplicity of design, operation visibility and great reliability are the remarkable features of this lowest capital cost/ton of product horizontal filter.