Candle filters are manufactured making use of extremely light structure
filter components that have Equi-Diameter funnels covered with filter
hose in polypropylene, polyester, nylon or PVDF. The totally
different design of the filters is what makes cake release very
smooth.
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Candle Filter |
Candle
Filters are considered to be very much suitable for handling
flammable, highly toxic and corrosive materials because they are
specifically designed and autoclaved for life-threatening conditions
where the highest level of pressure along with safe operation are
needed.
Principal Components
The Candle Filter has the 3
given below components:
- The vessel
- The filtering elements
- The cake discharge mechanism
The
Vessels
There
are 2 kinds of vessel configurations:
- Vessels with conical bottom for cake filtration and polishing
- Vessels with dished bottom for slurry thickening
Candle
Filters are available in a large number of sizes, and the largest one
can have an area of upto 200 m2 while containing 250 or even more
filtering elements.
Salient Advantages candle filters include the following:
- Filter elements in Stainless Steel construction
- Candle in Metal or Polypyrene construction
- Suit process requirement
- Body in Stainless Steel or Carbon Steel
- Excellent cake discharge.
- Adapts readily to slurry thickening.
- Minimum floor space.
- Mechanically simple since there are no complex sealing glands or bearings.
Areas
of Applications
Made
available by candle filter suppliers India,
these filters find their applications in the following areas:
- Precious metal catalyst like Nickel and Palladium Carbon
- Pharmaceuticals
- Chemicals
- Oils and Foods
- Miscella
- Bio Fuels
- Beverages
- Foods
- Pesticides
- Sulphur
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As
a trailblazer in the field of Oil and Fats extraction and as a
market-leading candle filter exporter. Mectech has been acting as a catalyst in
the development and growth of oil
& fats industry
in India right since its inception in the year 1978.
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